Want China Times, Xinhua 2015-03-27
A Chinese company is actively involved in preserving the wetlands of the southern harbor city of Lobito, Angola a key part of the migration route of flamingos from neighboring Namibia to Kenya.
Flamingos at a park in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, March 27, 2003. (File photo/Xinhua) |
A Chinese company is actively involved in preserving the wetlands of the southern harbor city of Lobito, Angola a key part of the migration route of flamingos from neighboring Namibia to Kenya.
Thousands
upon thousands of flamingos can be seen on the wetlands during the peak time of
migration though only hundreds of flamingos stopped by the wetland during the
past week due to torrential rains, said Zhang Huaqiang, a project manager of
China Harbor Engineering Company (China Harbor).
China
Harbor, a key player in the reconstruction of harbors in the formerly war-torn
African country, joined hands with local volunteers and governmental
environmental protection organizations in safeguarding the wetlands, removed
dustbins, and levelled the banks of the two lakes to provide a better
environment for the migrating birds.
The Chinese
company also organized on-spot awareness campaigns on wetlands to educate local
residents and Chinese expats working in Lobito on the breeding, growth and
habits of flamingos. The group also joined local volunteers to patrol the area
to guard against poaching of the birds, which were a symbol of Lobito city.
Zhang said
his company entered Angola in 2006 and constructed or rebuilt 16 harbors there,
and the protection of flamingos and conservation of the wetlands in Lobito is
part of his company's efforts to shoulder its social responsibilities and pay
back to local societies.
China
Harbor is not only actively involved in the post-war reconstruction process but
also became a part of local society, and his company is willing to share the
dividends of economic development with the local population, Zhang said.
China
Harbor is now building a new oil tanker terminal in Lobito with an investment
of US$120 million from the Angolan government. Before this, it reconstructed
the container terminal and the terminal for bulk minerals at Lobito, 550
kilometers south of the capital city of Luanda.
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