March 3 is the 11th World Wildlife Day, with the theme of "Building a Smart Wildlife Conservation System" in China. In recent years, Linxia Prefecture has coordinated and promoted the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasses, and sands. With the forest chief system as the starting point, it has implemented grid management of forest and grass resources, accelerated the construction of an information protection system for wildlife and plants, and taken multiple measures to strengthen the protection of wildlife and plant resources. The population of wildlife and plants has achieved a stable increase. According to survey statistics, there are currently 1,110 species of wild animals in 43 orders, 212 families, 763 genera, and 11 families, 26 genera, and 44 species of nationally protected animals in the province.There are 940 species in 416 genera of 105 families of vascular plants, 38 species in 26 genera of 13 families of nationally protected wild plants, 43 species in 24 genera of 10 families of wild woody medicinal plants, and 162 species in 116 genera of 52 families of wild herbaceous medicinal plants.

Strengthen publicity and education, and enhance awareness of protection. We make full use of various promotional media and forms such as television, the internet and social media to organize online and offline promotional activities at times such as World Wild Life Day, Bird Week, and Biodiversity Day, to raise public awareness of protecting wildlife and plants.

Strengthen law enforcement supervision and crack down on illegal activities. We establish a four level forest chief responsibility system in rural areas of Linxia Prefecture, fully leverage the advantages and roles of local and grid management of forest chiefs, forest rangers, and supervisors at all levels, and continuously strengthen the management and patrol of forest and grass resources. We established a mechanism for coordination and cooperation, information sharing, problem collection, clue transfer, and joint supervision among departments such as procuratorial, public security, forestry, and municipal supervision, to ensure the safety of wildlife resources and ecology.

Strengthen management measures and improve protection levels. By establishing rules and regulations, target management and other measures to improve the management system, we will comprehensively strengthen the protection work of 11 nature reserves. We systematically layout various levels and types of nature reserves after integration and optimization, and establish a cross regional monitoring, management, and protection grid. Strengthen the protection of overwintering birds during wetland migration, set up safe overwintering migration channels, and enrich the population.

Strengthen scientific monitoring and accelerate system construction. We strengthen the management and network monitoring of key areas of wildlife and plants, and take scientific measures to prevent and control invasive alien species, local biological disasters, and wild biological diseases. We strictly implement the inspection and patrol system, and increase efforts to rescue injured, lost, and sick wild animals. In 2023, a total of 47 wild animals of 13 species were rescued and released throughout the prefecture.