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1、Recipient:UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgrammeandInternationalOlympicCommitteeSustainabilityandLegacyCommissionLetter:Greetings,PleasesaveSongshan-HaituoNationalNatureReservesfrombecomingpartof2022WinterOlympicSite.Weareawarethatthe2022BeijingWinterOlympicGam
2、esintendtobuildAlpineskiingandslidingvenuesandtheOlympicVillageinsidetheSongshan-HaituoNationalNatureReserves.Underpressure,itisreportedthattheChinesegovernmentisgoingtorevisetheboundaryofthereservessothattheskifacilitiescanstillbebuiltasoriginallyplanned.
3、Thedelicacyofthenaturereservesrequiresbufferzonetokeephumanactivitiesaway.Thecomingconstructionoftheskifacilitiesisasevereintrusionthatcanpermanentlydamagethenaturereserves.Wedon’tfeeltheUNEPandIOCcanignorethisissue.Theworldiswatching-andtheinternationalop
4、positionforthispracticetostopisloudandclear.Thefollowingiswhywethinkitisimportanttomakeourappealpublic.Establishedin1985,SongshanisthefirstandonlynationallevelnaturereserveintheBeijingmunicipality.Withanareaof4660ha,SongshanislocatedintheYanshanmountainran
5、ge,lyingjustsouthofDahaituoMountain(2198m),thesecondhighestpeakinBeijing.Alongwithitsrichvarietyofwildlife,itscloseproximitytotheurbancenterofBeijingalsoaddsvaluetoitsimportantecologicalfunctionsandservicessuchaswaterretention,duststormprevention,andaircle
6、ansing.Ontopofthis,thenaturereservealsoprovidesauniqueplaceforthemillionsofregionalurbanresidentstoexperiencenature.SongshanisthelargesthabitatareafornaturalstandsofChinesepineintheHuabeiregion,whiletheuniquesecondarynaturalChinesepineforestofSongshanisals
7、oaveryimportantecosystemtype.OtherregionallycharacteristicforesttypesfoundatSongshanincludeManchurianwalnut,linden,elm,andbirch.Thereserveisalsorichinbiodiversitywith713knownplantspecies,29speciesofmammals,143speciesofbirds,15speciesofreptile,2amphibianand
8、12fishspecies.TherearefourLevel1nationallyprotectedanimalspeciesincludingthegoldenleopard(PantherapardusLinnaeus),Goldeneagle(AquilachrysaetoskamtschaticaSevertzov),Imperialeagle(AquilaheliacaheliacaSavigny),