必修三模塊四 Sandstorms in Asia學案

the friends of nature is the most influential organization of its kind in china. its main areas of concern are: the protection of world-level rare animals -- such as the yunnan golden monkey and its habitat, and preventing its potential extinction from commercial logging in the forest it inhabits; the protection of the tibetan antelope, and eliciting help worldwide to stop the killing of this endangered animal; protesting against the destructive felling of natural forests; and openly criticizing the industrial pollution that is spreading all over the china.
the green lecture is a form of education on environmental protection initiated by the friends of nature. pan wenshi and lu zhi, both experts on pandas, dr. jane goodall, an english expert on chimpanzees, and chagba doje, protector of the tibetan antelope, have all given lectures, relating moving personal experiences about human beings and nature.
the friends of nature has its own special coach, decorated with the image of a tibetan antelope. members of the organization simply call it the "antelope vehicle." at present, the friends of nature is cooperating with s.o.f., a german environmental protection organization, on a program named the "antelope vehicle project." on this mobile propaganda coach, children can play games or watch videos about environmental protection. with the support of project hope, the "antelope vehicle" also goes to schools in remote villages. since formally starting on may 31, , the program has initiated activities in numerous schools in beijing, hebei province, inner mongolia autonomous region, and shanxi province, and received a warm reception.
the main activity of the green earth volunteers, commonly known as the green earth, is planting trees in deserts and on barren mountain slopes. the foot of the badaling great wall in beijing, the enbeige desert in inner mongolia, and the hukou waterfall area in shanxi province, all bear the traces of volunteers' footprints, among whom the youngest is only three years old.
bird watching is another activity initiated by the green earth, as a means of understanding the relationships between humankind and nature. professor zhao xinru of the biology department of beijing normal university has, since 1997, at the invitation of the bird watching group, given lectures and instruction to the group on birds and bird identification. after a period of study, group members can now distinguish almost 100 species of birds, including the whooper swan, the lapwing, and the heron. they have also twice participated in the hong kong international bird watching contest and achieved impressive results. according to wang yongchen, founder of the green earth and journalist at the central people's broadcasting station, the organization is currently engaged in the work of bird identification, with the aim of helping volunteers to gain a deeper understanding of birds and the relationships between birds and human beings. through her knowledge obtained from bird watching, zhong jia, a volunteer with the green earth, has found that excessive land reclamation has caused the bird habitat in beidaihe to shrink dramatically, hence the steady dwindling of their number. zhong jia made an appeal based on her findings to the relevant department, to protect this world-famous bird watching site. her action concurs exactly with the green earth's guideline, i.e. providing a scientific basis for the department concerned to stipulate policies on managing bird resources and their habitat. in , the green earth participated in work at the beidaihe bird identification station, thus becoming the first bird identification group mainly made up of volunteers. 新課標第一網