Female tourist being reported by netizens for taking photos! Scenic Area Response Platform | Women | Scenic Area

On the evening of June 24th, a netizen named "Mint Durian" posted a set of check-in photos taken at the peak of the Panda Kingdom in Balang Mountain, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province on a short video platform. In the photo, the woman is holding a suspected green Artemisia that she has picked, which has sparked numerous reports from netizens.

On the noon of June 25th, "Mint Durian" deleted the video it posted, and its short video account has also been blocked.

A networked who shares photos of herself holding a batch of allocated green Artemisia leaves at 4300 meters above sea level on Balang Mountain in Sichuan province received backlog online, and her account was blocked on Sunday

A woman holding a green mugwort to check in and take photos

It is understood that the genus Artemisia is a perennial herbaceous plant. According to the records of Flora of China, it is mainly produced in the northwest of Sichuan, northeast of Xizang, southeast of Qinghai and southwest of Gansu, and is mostly found in hillside grassland at an altitude of 2800 meters to 4300 meters. In 1999, the red and green Artemisia annua was included in the National Key Protected Wild Plant List, with a protection level of level two. On September 7, 2021, the State Forestry and Grassland Administration and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs released the "National Key Protected Wild Plant List", which included Red Flower Green Artemisia, Jiuzhi Green Artemisia, and Haiban Green Artemisia, with a protection level of Level 2.

The green Artemisia has been on the "List of National Key Protected Wild Plants" in China since 1999 and is a second grade specification under State protection

A woman holding a green mugwort to check in and take photos

Reported by netizens:

"Such violent picking is heartbreaking."

The behavior of a woman picking flowers has caused dissatisfaction among netizens. Some have left a message saying, "How can you pick flowers?" "Balang Mountain is not an issue, and you don't care about this kind of person." Some have reported to short video platforms, while others have reported to the Wolong Nature Reserve Management Bureau, forestry department, and police.

Weibo netizen "Qiu Han" also revealed that a woman was picking green Artemisia annua on Mount Balang and posting it to her account on a short video platform. "Posting Weibo to expose, I hope everyone can learn from it, travel in a civilized manner, and protect every blade of nature."

According to the netizen, although currently only the red flowered green velvet artemisia, the long lasting green velvet artemisia, and the hairy petal green velvet artemisia are listed as second level protected plants in the country, the whole leaf green velvet artemisia in the picture can only grow in high-altitude areas with very difficult conditions, and the number is not large, and it cannot withstand such waste.

The reporter interviewed Sun Hai, a well-known plant science popularization writer in Chengdu, and Sun Hai also paid attention to the video. He introduced that the green Artemisia annua in the video is "whole leaf green Artemisia annua" and is not a secondary protected plant as some netizens claim.

But Sun Hai said that people should at least have a sense of awe towards nature. "Picking and discarding at will is just a fleeting beauty, but in fact, it disrupts a flowering period. These will affect the normal growth and development process of wild plants in the natural system."

He felt that the woman's behavior should be condemned, "But netizens can't all go and catch one person, go online bullying."

Wolong Nature Reserve:

Balang Mountain is an area where outdoor activities are prohibited without approval

The staff of the Wolong Nature Reserve Management Bureau stated that Balang Mountain is a prohibited area for outdoor activities. At present, the Wolong Nature Reserve Management Bureau has received a report from netizens, and the next step will be to investigate and handle it. The staff of the protected area stated that if violations of outdoor activities are found, the protected area generally stops, dissuades, and criticizes education. If consequences are caused, the protected area will impose penalties. At present, there have been multiple incidents of similar penalties for illegal crossing in the protected area.

According to staff from the Wolong Nature Reserve Administration, outdoor activities are prohibited in the Balang Mountain area The administration has received reports from netizens and will invest in inappropriate actions If conflicts are discovered, they will intervene and pose penalties if there are multiple sequences There have already been multiple cases of penalties for unauthorized crossing incidents within the reserve

Regarding this matter, Wolong Nature Reserve replied that it has verified with the National Key Protected Wild Plant List that the plants in the photos do not belong to the second level protected plants. But in response to the issue of indiscriminate picking and picking, the protected area will strengthen daily patrol management and publicity, and promptly stop any problems found. On the other hand, a special action to ban deforestation and grass destruction, as well as a special action to ban the excavation of medicinal materials, has been proposed recently.

It is also reported that on April 27th, the Wolong National Nature Reserve Management Bureau and the Wenchuan Wolong Special Administrative Region jointly issued a notice stating that outdoor activities in the Wolong Nature Reserve require procedures to be completed, and those who violate regulations will be held accountable.

The notice states that outdoor activities carried out within the Wolong Nature Reserve must submit an application and activity plan to the reserve management agency in advance. After obtaining the outdoor activity permit certificate with approval, relevant procedures must be handled at the local management department of the outdoor activity route, and outdoor activities must be carried out according to the outdoor activity route set by the Wolong Nature Reserve. Without permission, it is strictly prohibited for any unit or individual to engage in activities such as sightseeing, mountain climbing, exploration, outdoor hiking, etc. within the nature reserve. Those who enter or solicit or organize others to enter the buffer zone and core area of the Wolong Nature Reserve without permission will be punished in accordance with the law and regulations. If their behavior constitutes a crime, they will be transferred to judicial organs and held criminally responsible in accordance with the law.