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Xinhua| 2019-01-17 20:17:08|Editor: ZX
NANCHANG,
Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Six organizations from China, Russia and Mongolia signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the conservation of the Siberian crane
Thursday in east China's Jiangxi Province.
Also
known as the Siberian white crane, or the snow crane, the species is rated as
critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature
(IUCN) Red List.
The six
organizations -- the School of Nature Conservation of Beijing Forestry
University, a Siberian cranes protection center in the city of Nanchang, two
institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a Mongolian bird conservation
center and a nature reserve administration in Dornod Province -- signed the MOU
of Siberian Crane Research and Conservation in Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi.
Guo
Yumin, a professor with the Beijing Forestry University, said that all parties
decided to join hands to protect the Siberian crane after multiple discussions.
The participants will work together to collect and share scientific data such
as breeding areas, population size and different habitats.
According
to the MOU, the Russian side will focus on the investigation of the breeding
areas of Siberian crane, while the Chinese side is mainly responsible for the
investigation of the bird's winter area, and the Mongolian side will carry out
research on Siberian cranes in the summer area.
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