In the early summer, drivers on a stretch of National Highway 109 in the Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Northwest China's Qinghai province often encounter a unique spectacle: herds of Tibetan antelopes crossing the busy road.
With just a few clicks, an engineer switched the live feed on a big screen from a view of about a dozen black-necked cranes foraging in alpine meadows in Nagqu in the Xizang autonomous region, to a glimpse of the majestic, glistening glaciers of Mount Kulha Dardong on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
A snow leopard was recently spotted near Yuthok village in Gerze county, Xizang autonomous region, offering rare footage and demonstrating China's conservation and biodiversity research efforts.
A growing number of Himalayan monals and Himalayan gorals have been found foraging in the county. Thanks to steady efforts of the authorities, locals are also building a keener awareness for ecological protection.
Recent monitoring and studies by Chinese scientists reveal that Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region remains one of the regions with the best ecological environment quality in the world, while the implementation of the ecological security barrier construction project in the region has achieved significant benefits.
A drone photo taken on April 7, 2024 shows the migrating black-necked cranes at the A Rag Wetland in Damxung county of Lhasa, Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region.
Tibetan antelopes gallop in the snowfield at the Qiangtang National Nature Reserve in the northern part of Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, May 8, 2024.