Getting warmer and moist improves the local ecological environment, yet the rising waters made the habitat of Przewalski's gazelles, an endangered antelope species named after Russian explorer Nikolai Przhevalsky who found a specimen and brought it back to St. Petersburg in 1875, to shrivel.
"Our protection station used to be on Bird Island which lies northwest of the lake, and was then moved to the south shore," said 57-year-old Wu Yonglin with the nature reserve, who has participated in monitoring, rescue and artificial breeding of the wildlife species since 2003.
At present, there are 14 populations of Przewalski's gazelles near Qinghai Lake, with the total number increasing from some 300 in 1994 to over 2,700, Wu added.
Pastures and houses of local herders were also threatened by rising water levels.
In Shinaihai Township of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, five houses have been submerged, with 5,400 hectares of grazing land waterlogged, according to Zhaxi, head of the township.
The government has given subsidies to those who lost their land and property and helped them relocate from the core reserve area by the lake to a new settlement site, Zhaxi said.
PROMOTING NATIONAL PARK CONSTRUCTION
As the COVID-19 epidemic wanes in China, trans-provincial tourism is gradually resuming, attracting many self-driving travelers to the Qinghai Lake in early August.
The Qinghai Lake scenic area, one of the highest-rated national tourist attractions, received 4.42 million visitors last year, with an annual tourism revenue of 265 million yuan, according to the lake's management bureau.
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