Liu Detian personally invested 6,543.8+10,000 yuan to protect the endangered bird Black-billed Gull, and published more than 300 environmental protection articles and 654.38+ 020 photos. He publicized the development behavior and saved 2000 mu of black-billed gull breeding ground and 30000 mu of red-crowned crane breeding ground from being trampled. He wrote an article calling for the protection of Nanxiaohe, the breeding ground of black-billed gulls, which eventually led to the establishment of Nanxiaohe Black-billed Gull Protection Station.
In addition, he successfully publicized and protected the red-crowned crane, making Panjin a "crane town" reputation; Hold a "roving exhibition of rare bird paintings, with a scroll of more than 1,000 meters and 100,000 signatures"; He successfully planned the first "Bird Watching Tourism Month" in China, initiated a good start of bird watching tourism in China, and found the combination of tourism and bird protection. He also founded the first environmental education base of environmental NGOs north of the Great Wall in China, which is a successful example of cooperation between environmental NGOs and enterprises.
In 2002, after winning the "Ford Motor Environment Award", he used the prize money to hold the first international symposium on the protection of black-billed gull sponsored by international non-governmental organizations (attended by bird experts from China, Japan and South Korea) and established the "Black-billed Gull Information Network" with the participation of three countries, five places and six parties. At the same time, a large number of reports and popular science articles he wrote also made people understand the value of black-billed gull, which played an extremely positive role in popularizing common sense of ecological protection and protecting the environmental value chain.
From 65438 to 0990, Mei, a seagull expert from the International Fund for Nature, went to Panjin to inspect the black-billed gull. Through investigation, Mei confirmed that Shuangtai Estuary is the breeding ground of the endangered black-billed gull that humans have been searching for for more than 100 years. Mei discovered about 1200 black-billed gulls after her investigation in Panjin wetland. At that time, the number of black-billed gulls in the world was only about 2,000. Black-billed gull mainly inhabits Panjin South Xiaohe Wetland, Shilixi, Liuzigou, artificial islands and peripheral beaches, covering an area of 9 square kilometers, exceeding the area of any breeding ground of black-billed gull in the world, and it is the largest breeding ground of black-billed gull in the world.
After interviewing experts, Liu Detian wrote a report on the breeding ground of black-billed gull overnight-"China Discovered the breeding ground of black-billed gull, Uncovering the unsolved mystery of the world for a hundred years". The next day, Liu Detian's report was published on the front page of Panjin Daily, and then reprinted by many newspapers, which aroused widespread concern in society.
Black-billed gull is the only gull that nests and hatches on land rather than on the island. They have strict requirements on the breeding environment, not only the food-rich coastal beaches, but also the low and sparse Suaeda salsa, because their nests need plants that don't block the line of sight. Due to the over-exploitation of the Liaohe Delta in Panjin City, the black-billed gull had to move several times.
187 1 year, French missionary S. Hou Wen collected and named the black-billed gull specimen for the first time in Xiamen, Fujian, China. Black-billed gull is an internationally specially protected bird, which is listed in the Red Book of Endangered Species and Animals compiled by the International Committee for the Protection of Birds. Black-billed gull is about 32 cm long, with black head, neck and mouth, and small white spots at the moment; The back, shoulders, feathers and waist are light blue-gray; The lower neck, chest, abdomen and tail are white. Adult birds wear "black hats" and look as beautiful as blooming black-core white flowers in the sun. "Black-billed gull is the latest known species among 44 species of seagulls in the world. It is a rare and endangered bird and is listed in the World Red Book. " "Black-billed gull is an indicator species. It is very sensitive to the environment, and its number can indicate the habitat environment. If one day, the black-billed gull disappears in its habitat, it indicates that the local environment has been greatly damaged, and even human beings should consider their own safety. " All kinds of information about black-billed gulls are explaining a problem. If this bird is not properly protected, it will soon become extinct, which worries Liu Detian. Liu Detian believes that nature is like an interlocking net, and the black-billed gull is also a part of this net. Once this ring is destroyed, more species may face the threat of extinction in the future. This idea made him realize the urgency of protecting the black-billed gull. Since then, Liu Detian has often run to the nature reserve and spent most of the day observing with a telescope. After all, a person's strength is limited. In order to better protect the black-billed gull, Liu Detian organized people of insight from all walks of life to register with the local civil affairs department. 199 1 year, he established Panjin Black-billed Gull Protection Association, the first non-governmental organization to protect black-billed gulls in China. The Association has become one of the earliest environmental NGOs in China and the first organization to protect bird species in China.
199 1 years ago, there was no experience that any bird NGO could learn from in China, and everything had to be explored by itself. At the beginning of its establishment, there was neither social donation nor funding from environmental protection organizations, and most of the funds of the association were taken from home by Liu Detian himself. The association organizes its members to make field trips. Without transportation, he relied on his own relationship to ask for help and borrow a car. However, going on a field trip is a long-term thing, and he goes almost every Sunday. Later, Liu Detian and the members took a taxi at their own expense. Even so, he still refused to give up his belief in protecting the black-billed gull.
In order to let people know the value of black-billed gull and popularize the common sense of ecological protection, Liu Detian used his professional advantages to write a large number of reports and popular science articles. Through several years of publicity, people's awareness of protecting black-billed gulls has been greatly enhanced. However, in 1970s, when China compiled the Catalogue of Wild Animals in China, no black-billed gull was found to breed in China, so there was no description of black-billed gull in the catalogue. In order to make the black-billed gull famous and facilitate the future protection work, Liu Detian went to Beijing on March 1995 to coordinate with relevant people.
1996, after the city decided to select city birds in the whole city, Liu Detian wrote more than 30 articles and canvassed for black-billed gulls everywhere. When he discovered that the crane culture in Panjin had a long history, he put forward the idea of "two birds in one city" if he chose a city bird.
In 2000, Liu Detian published "The Phenomenon of Black-billed Gulls Flying to the West of Liaohe River", pointing out that the migration of black-billed gulls from the east bank of Liaohe River to the south river on the west bank of Liaohe River, on the one hand, showed that the influence of agricultural development on the east bank made the breeding ground of black-billed gulls lost there, on the other hand, emphasized that the black-billed gulls settled in the south river on the west bank of Liaohe River, which had potential environmental crisis and could not be ignored.
In 2002, in order to save Nanxiaohe and attract the whole society's attention to Nanxiaohe, the last home of the black-billed gull, Liu Detian planned the activity of "sending the black-billed gull chicks home". After recovering from the injury, a black-billed gull chick found in Nanxiaohe was sent to its birthplace and released, and a release ceremony was held to attract the attention of all sectors of society.
In 2002, Liu Detian won the "Ford Motor Environmental Protection Award". Using this prize, he organized the first international symposium on the protection of black-billed gull sponsored by international NGOs (inviting bird experts from China, Japan and South Korea) and established the "Black-billed Gull Information Network" with the participation of six parties from three countries, five places and six places.
In 2003, local shrimp farmers brought seawater to Nanhe River to raise shrimps, and the seawater flooded the hatched eggs of black-billed gulls, causing the chicks to die in the eggshells, and the newly hatched chicks that could not fly drowned. The number of black-billed gulls in Panjin decreased by 2000 compared with the previous year. After an in-depth investigation, Liu Detian published a long investigation report "Crying South River" in the newspaper, which aroused widespread concern in society and strong public opinion put pressure on the relevant departments.
Liu Detian also wrote to invite Takeshi Quanci, a Japanese bird expert who studies black-billed gulls, to issue protection countermeasures against the problems of Nanxiaohe. While replying to Liu Detian, Quan Ciwu also wrote to Ceng Wei, consultant of the Black-billed Gull Protection Association and secretary of Panjin Municipal Party Committee, on the issue of Nanhe. Ceng Wei doesn't know much about the samurai shrine, so he can't comment on his protective countermeasures for the time being. Liu Detian introduced the background of the samurai Quan Ci to Ceng Wei, affirmed his countermeasures, and prompted Ceng Wei to write back to the samurai Quan Ci, and wrote in the letter: "We should do our duty to protect the black-billed gull." Ceng Wei also instructed relevant departments to take measures to protect Japanese experts.
After four years of hard work, Liu Detian finally contributed to the establishment of Nanxiaohe Protection Station. The number of black-billed gulls decreased by 2,000 in 2003 and increased by 3,000 in 2004.
Liu Detian led the team to carry out the wintering experiment of black-billed gull in the north and the sex identification of black-billed gull. In order to find out the reasons for the disappearance of the red beach and the deterioration of the ecological environment, he visited the reserve many times and even squatted in the sea to observe it regardless of his life, and finally solved the mystery of the disappearance of the red beach that has puzzled many scientists for a long time. Inspired by bird-watching activities abroad, he proposed to carry out bird-watching tourism in the Liaohe Delta-walking into nature in tourism, getting familiar with birds in nature, and enhancing the awareness of protection in familiarity. In the spring of 2005, he successfully planned the Bird Watching Tourism Month in Liaohe Delta, which initiated a good start of bird watching tourism in China and found the combination of tourism and bird protection.
It took him 10 years to create an ecological culture with local charm. He organized and composed the song "Black-billed Gull on Red Beach" and burned 5000 CDs for wide dissemination. He organized the creation. Go home, little seagull, don't worry! A number of poems with the theme of black-billed gull, such as Mama, were published in newspapers and periodicals. Organized a calligraphy pen meeting with the theme of black-billed gull and a "roving exhibition of rare bird paintings, a thousand-meter scroll signed by 100 thousand people" The creation of ecological culture has played a subtle role in enhancing the ecological awareness of local people. Through unremitting efforts, Panjin people's awareness of environmental protection is also constantly improving, and the black-billed gull protection association has also developed from the initial dozens to tens of thousands now.
On June 8, 2006 18, he called for the number of black-billed gulls in 15 to increase from 1200 in 1990 to more than 6,000, accounting for 70% of the global total.
Dingxiang Scenic Area used to be a saline-alkali beach and a waterlogged pool. Because the leaders here have built and protected the environment, including making way for trees, subsidizing cats and building hospitals for birds, a virtuous circle has now formed in which man and nature live in harmony and the ecological environment returns economic benefits to mankind. With the support of enterprises, Liu Detian turned Dingxiang Scenic Area into an environmental education base-the first environmental education base of environmental protection non-governmental organizations north of the Great Wall of China. This is also an attempt of cooperation between NGOs and enterprises. Liu Detian takes scenic spots as the classroom and scenic spots as the teaching material, and receives tourism education. In three years, he received 400,000 people.
Liu Detian's protection of black-billed gulls for more than ten years not only significantly increased the number of black-billed gulls, but also influenced and promoted the improvement of people's environmental awareness in Panjin area. Liu Detian's greatest wish is that the black-billed gull will no longer be included in the endangered species list. The internationally recognized population standard of endangered birds is 6.5438+0 million, but the reality is gradually approaching this standard.
"Environmental problems are like people falling into the water. We should appeal at this time, but everyone is appealing. No one will go into the water to save people, and those who fall into the water will be drowned. " "Protecting nature is to protect human beings themselves. As long as we work hard, we can save a species. "