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Prof. YIN, Kaipu 印開蒲教授

中國科學院成都生物研究所研究員

Prof. Kaipu Yin is currently a researcher in the Chengdu Institute of Biology who also sits in various government committees advising the Government on issues of ecology and environmental protection.  

For more than 50 years, Prof. Yin has been doing research related to the flora and fauna of Western China. Passionate about what Nature can teach man, and what humans can do to protect the natural environment, he advocates moderate use of natural resources, measured consumption and sustainable development, protection of biodiversity and traditional knowledge of minority ethnic groups in China.

In August 1978, Prof. Yin wrote a scientific report on the need to establish nature reserves in Sichuan.  It caught the attention of leaders of China’s central government and played an important role in the protection of one of China’s best scenic areas Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve.   In 2002, he proposed the restoration of the habitats of the Giant Panda and the establishment of the Panda corridor in part of the Minshan Mountains.  It was supported by environmental organizations at home and abroad. The central government accepted the proposal.   Right after the 2008 earthquake in Wenchuan, Prof. Yin again raised concern about the habitats of the Giant Panda and proposed that their habitats be protected and restored.   The proposal was favourably received by Premier Wen Jiabo and unanimously accepted by the earthquake relief headquarters of three provinces: Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu at that time.

Prof. Yin has been making important contributions to environmental education and conservation of biodiversity in China for future generations.  

印開蒲,1943年出生。現任中國科學院成都生物研究所研究員,四川省人民政府參事,四川省決策咨詢委員會委員。 作者長期在中國西部省份及四川工作,興趣廣泛,熱愛自然,關愛動植物,倡導有節制的利用自然資源,致力於少數民族地區生物多樣性和傳統文化的保護。20世紀70年代,他是最早提出保護九寨溝生態景觀的學者之一。2002年,曾提出“建立岷山大熊貓生命走廊”的建議,被政府部門採納並實施。2008年,四川汶川大地震發生後,又提出“高度重視災後大熊貓棲息地保護”的建議,受到中央政府的關注。