Share
Print
A+
A-

Intl. experts meet in SZ on mangrove protection

Writer: Liu Xudong  |  Editor: Zhang Chanwen  |  From: Shenzhen Daily  |  Updated: 2023-07-26

A high-level international forum on mangrove protection opened yesterday and will last through Friday. Mangrove is Shenzhen’s city tree. Shenzhen has 213.62 hectares of mangrove trees and aims to build itself into an international wetland city by 2035, with 50% of its wetlands under protection, as per a draft plan of the city government.

A scene of the Futian Mangrove National Nature Reserve in this file photo. Photos by Liu Xudong

A scene of the Futian Mangrove National Nature Reserve.

A resident takes a photo at Futian Mangrove National Nature Reserve.

Matteo Convertino takes photos of mangrove forests in Dongchong, Dapeng New Area.

The wetland and mangroves of Shenzhen Bay Park in Nanshan District.

Part of the mangrove forest of Xiwan Mangrove Wetland Park in Bao'an District.

A high-level international forum on mangrove protection opened yesterday and will last through Friday. Mangrove is Shenzhen’s city tree. Shenzhen has 213.62 hectares of mangrove trees and aims to build itself into an international wetland city by 2035, with 50% of its wetlands under protection, as per a draft plan of the city government.