The public liability insurance of wild Asian elephants in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province has paid 14

September 28, & ldquo; COP15 invitation to spring city & rdquo; A series of press conferences on biodiversity conservation in Yunnan were held in Kunming. According to the news of the meeting, up to now, the actual compensation amount of wild Asian elephant public liability insurance in Xishuangbanna has reached 140 million yuan.

Zhu Hongjin, director of the forestry and grassland Bureau of Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan Province, introduced that in order to build a modern ecological system of harmonious coexistence between man and elephant, Xishuangbanna prefecture has continuously strengthened the construction and management of wildlife habitats dominated by nature reserves in recent years. While strengthening the construction and management of two national nature reserves of 4.02 million mu, it has also designated two state-level nature reserves There are 3 county-level nature reserves and 3 nature reserves, with a total area of 6228000 mu< br />




In terms of preventing and alleviating the conflict between man and elephant, Xishuangbanna prefecture has taken measures such as establishing biological isolation belt, elephant prevention ditch, elephant prevention wall and elephant prevention fence to prevent the infringement of wild elephants on people. At the same time, establish a professional team of wild elephant monitors and take & ldquo; Ground tracking + aerial UAV & rdquo; Effective & ldquo; Tracking & rdquo; In addition, infrared cameras have been installed around villages and wild elephant activity areas, and high-tech equipment has been used to carry out monitoring, early warning and safety prevention of Asian elephants. And real-time release of early warning information through mobile app, wechat platform, etc., so that the people can grasp the trend of elephant group in advance and make prediction< br />


While actively preventing and alleviating human elephant conflicts, actively carry out compensation for wildlife accidents. In order to protect the interests of the people, Xishuangbanna introduced the commercial insurance model in 2010 and carried out the pilot work of Asian elephant accident public liability insurance. In 2011, Xishuangbanna expanded from a single Asian elephant protection to all kinds of wildlife insurance, and took the lead in establishing wildlife public liability insurance in China. Up to now, the total insured amount is 140 million yuan, and the actual insurance compensation amount is 140 million yuan< br />






In addition, Xishuangbanna also actively carried out the reception and rescue of Asian elephants, and built China's first Asian elephant rescue and breeding center in 2008. The establishment of the center has filled the gap in the reception, treatment and upbringing of injured and abandoned Asian elephants and orphans in China. So far, a total of 26 wild Asian elephants have been rescued. (CCTV reporter Zhang Bin, Xu Xiaolong)