KUNMING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua)-Forest police from Hongtupo township, Southwest China’s Yunnan province，recently finished their annual patrol (巡逻) of    1    famous stopover (中途停留) site and habitat for migratory (迁徙的) birds in the Ailao Mountain area.

The officers with the forest police station of Hongtupo, Nanhua county enter forests in the Nanhua area of the Ailao Mountain national nature reserve every September    2    remain there until the following February. During their stay, they patrol the forests in Dazhong Mountain, deep in the Ailao area    3    (prevent) poaching (偷猎) and other wildlife crimes.

The Hongtupo forest police station, known as “a migratory police station”,    4    (establish) in 1984 in response to illegal poaching on the mountain. A huge variety of wildlife was hunted to near    5    (extinct), according to Zhang Yueping, an instructor with the police station.

The police station got off to a rough start, with no running water, no phone service, and significant    6    (challenge) in the delivery of supplies.    7    (initial), the officers had no choice but to live in tents. It was not until 2010 that a house was built for the officers at the foot of Dazhong Mountain.

Despite the tough conditions, generations of protection efforts    8    (pay) off over the years. Since 2019, zero cases of poaching have been reported. During the migration season, birds can be seen    9    (fly) right over people’s heads.

“In October, there are birds all over the mountain,    10    is quite splendid,” says Liu Yan, a female officer with the police station.

Glass recycling has become such a big industry that the amount of glass     1     (recycle) is not meeting the demand for new glass to be produced. Some states in U. S. have attempted to resolve this situation in hopes of encouraging the     2     (produce) of glass over plastic by offering monetary incentives (奖励) for glass. For example, California has a special program     3     you can earn five cents for most glass bottles as well as plastic ones and aluminum cans less than 24 ounces. For items over 24 ounces, you can earn 10 cents each.

An art exhibition on the theme of Nipponia Nippon was held in Shanghai as part of efforts to promote the harmony     1     human and nature as well as communication among China, Japan and South Korea.

Nipponia Nippon, or Zhuhuan in Chinese,     2     (know) as an auspicious (吉祥的) bird in oriental culture. In 1981, only seven wild Nipponia Nippon were found in Hanzhong of Shaanxi Province,     3     unveiled (拉开……的帷幔) the protection and breeding of the bird. China then sent some birds to Japan and South Korea in the     4     (follow) years, an act which gifted the bird its nickname “friendship ambassador”.

People from the three countries have deep affection for the bird, which     5     (become) a symbol of friendship. Since 1985, these birds from China have been settling down in Japan and South Korea. This has not only created     6    (condition) for the protection and rebuilding of the bird community in the two countries,     7     also created the opportunity to build a new bridge to promote     8     (ecology) civilization construction based on the cooperation of the three countries.A seminar of the same name was held recently. During     9     event, experts from the three countries shared their experience and views on     10     (protect) the bird and bilateral cooperation.

Coral reefs are being planted in the deep seabed around Hainan Province, a famous tourist destination in China, as part of efforts     1     (preserve) the maritime (海上的) environment and promote green development.

Coral reefs cover about 2 percent of the area of sea floor and provide habitats for about 25 percent of     2     (creature). They play     3     important role in stabilizing ecology of the ocean, according to experts. They work as     4     (extreme) natural barriers to weaken the impact of waves crashing on the shore.

However, survival of coral reefs have been challenged due     5     changes in the maritime environment. In 2019, the Hainan South China Sea Institute of Tropical Ocean initiated a program to plant     6     (million) of coral reefs through professional breeding technology.

“It’s like     7     (plant) trees under the sea,” said Chen Hong, director of the institute. “Though they grow slowly, the seedlings no     8     (big) than fingernails may become coral reefs     9     size can surpass several soccer fields.”

In recent years, the team has planted over 200,000 coral reefs around Sanya city and Danzhou city. That quantity     10     (break) the national record of coral reefs transplantation for amount and survival rate.

Seventy-five-year-old Xiao Luying is the vice-captain of a team of volunteers engaged in cleaning floating trash from the Yangtze River. The team,     1     (form) in 2019, is made up of more than 50 local ex-fishermen aged over 60,     2     the average.

“We have lived along the Yangtze River since childhood and want to do our part in protecting it,” said Xiao from a village of Anhui Province. Sixty-year-old Ma Mingsuo is one of the team, who has fished for over 40 years. Upon     3     (end) his fishing career, this old fisherman turned to apply his sailing experience to protecting the mother river. “It’s good that my skill can still be used to clean the garbage in the river,     4     will also benefit the future generations,” said Ma.

Each month, this     5     (volunteer) team patrols (巡逻) 15 km of waterways three     6     (time), collecting trash and preventing people from fishing on the river. The trash collected by them     7     (send) to the garbage disposal station on the shore, while the recyclable waste such as plastic bottles is sold.

In over a year, the team of volunteers has grown from 13 members to over 50. Up to now, they     8    (clean) over 50 tons of floating waste. “We will continue to protect the Yangtze River until we are     9     old to handle the boat, as it’s a career     10     (real) deserving our time and energy,” said Xiao.

Tourists have been warned not to take sand and seashells from beaches in Sardinia, an Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea. More than 40 people,     1     took a combined 100 kilograms of sand and shells, have been fined up to £2,575 each. The law     2     (introduce) in 2017 to ban people from taking the items as souvenirs of their trips. Experts express     3     (they) worry that it could cause beaches to become smaller.