Biodiversity ｜ Puzhehei, Yunnan： a paradise with a unique landscape from karst landforms.

CCTV News:Puzhehei in Qiubei County, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China is located in the core of karst landform in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi. Puzhehei is a Yi language, which means a pond full of fish and shrimp. The unique karst landform and hydrological environment also give birth to Puzhehei’s rich biodiversity and uniqueness.

This is Puzhehei in Qiubei County, with 312 solitary peaks scattered, 83 caves in various shapes, 54 lakes connected and connected, and 40,000 mu of plateau karst wetland and rocky mountain peak forest integrated into one, forming a unique karst lake wetland ecosystem. Puzhehei has more than 20,000 mu of water surface, and there are tens of thousands of mu of wild lotus only. In August of this year, a wild two-color Bidens bipinnata attracted wide attention. Two flowers were blooming on a flower stalk, and the colors were different, which was amazing. Experts call this kind of "two colors with the same stem" a treasure in flowers of the genus Bidens.

In recent years, Puzhehei has established a provincial nature reserve, built a pilot project of Puzhehei Karst National Wetland Park, and carried out wetland restoration for the living environment of wetland animals and plants. The good water system and ecological function provide suitable habitats for waterfowl birds.

Reporter Duan Yu:Karst landforms are complex and diverse, and it is more appropriate to describe them with unique caves. Now we come to an underground cave, where stalactites are crystal clear and many unique fish live.

In order to protect the living environment of these cave fish, local fishing stations have artificially propagated and released these fish, and gradually established a national minimum population protected species. Today, the population of these endemic fish has increased from the previous 4 species to 12 species.

The effective protection and restoration of wetland ecosystem also breeds the diversity and uniqueness of organisms. According to statistics, the number of birds has reached 209, the distribution of fish has reached 89, and the number of vascular plants has reached 823, making it a veritable biological paradise.