GAC SUVs are used to patrol the Three-River-Source National Park in China.
SINCE 2016 China carmaker GAC Motor has taken part in the construction, education, ecological conservation and environmental protection efforts of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and management of Sanjiangyuan — or Three-River-Source — National Park. When opened in 2020, the Three-River-Source will be China’s first national park.
The park is home to the source of three major rivers in China; Yang-tze, Yellow and Mekong (known in China as Lancang). The area helps to preserve the ecology in China and other parts of Asia.
GAC personnel join park rangers in a recent event.
In a statement bylined to Yin Ruowei released by GAC Motor, the company said it has been helping in the ecological protection and daily operations of the park during the last three years.
“With Sanjiangyuan National Park opening in 2020, greater public attention will be placed on the importance of ecological protection,” said GAC Motor president Yu Jun.
“The project not only involves the government, enterprises and non-governmental organizations, but also… volunteers from GAC Motor,” said Yong Yi, director of environmental education at WWF China.
Guangzhou-based GAC Motor said it has donated 22 GS8 and three GS5 SUVs to the park’s management. Used as patrol cars, the carmaker said the vehicles deliver “optimal performance on- and off-road at high altitudes, in rain, sleet, snow and mud.
“GAC Motor is not only giving us material and financial aid, but also encouragement, which provides great strength to us,” said Yuan Guangming, a Sanjiangyuan park ranger.
GAC said “major breakthroughs” have been made in terms of monitoring the environment and biodiversity in the park. It cited that 26 species of wetland birds have been recorded, along with nearly 15,000 birds, including the endangered saker falcons and vulnerable black-necked cranes.
The rarely seen snow leopard has also been photographed at the source of Yellow River. For the first time, too, the rare black wolf was photographed at the park, confirming the species’ existence in China.
“GAC Motor… will continue to explore and move forward in building an ecological civilization and join forces with all parties to build a beautiful China,” the carmaker said in a statement. It added it would join the Sanjiangyuan management and WWF in reaching out to communities along the Lancang River to help lift local people out of poverty by “supporting them in making the transition to an alternative livelihood strategy.”
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