Targeting the ecosystems in the region, SEE’s conservation work in Sanjiangyuan Region aims to safeguard China’s most unique plateau ecosystem and the freshwater sources for 700 million Chinese people.Since its initiation in 2012, the project has engaged 115 local environmental organizations in the conservation network. In 2022, it funded five new projects with a total amount of 1.1015 million yuan, established experimental grassland restoration plots covering an area of 43.33 hectares, and cumulatively protected an area of 127,000 square kilometers. Through field visits and investigations of the no-man’s-land at Sanjiangyuan borders, the project will develop a feasible development plan that will gradually diminish the threats from too many human activities in the no-man’s-land and promote the harmonious co-existence between human and nature. Built on the experiences of its conservation efforts in the region in the past five years, SEE will continue to implement science-based and community-based conservation actions that aim to promote the harmonious co-existence between the local communities and the surrounding environment, maintain the authenticity of the ecosystems in the region, and realise the harmony between man and nature in Sanjiangyuan Region.
