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Chinese conservationist explores community-based wildlife protection in Kenya_我的网站

一 |     重大项目是高质量发展的“加速器”和“压舱石”。

二 | 近日，国网新源辽宁清原抽水蓄能电站建设再次取得新进展，这也为6台机组全部投产发电的最后冲刺奠定了坚实基础。眼下已进入决胜全年目标任务的关键阶段，辽宁清原抽水蓄能电站正以昂扬的奋斗姿态，借山水之势，囤蓄电能，立足资源禀赋，全力打造发展新质生产力的绿电优势。    

    Zhuo Qiang (L) talks with Simon Msago, a Maasai community leader in Ngoswani, in Narok, Kenya, Aug. 12, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Qiong)As dawn breaks over Ol Kinyei Conservancy in Kenya's Maasai Mara ecosystem, rangers are already combing the grasslands for signs of unauthorized entry and poaching while keeping a close watch on wildlife.
Among them is Chinese conservationist Zhuo Qiang, nicknamed "Simba," the Swahili word for lion. For him, this early-morning routine is driven by a broader mission to achieve human-wildlife coexistence.
In 2010, Zhuo left his job in China at the age of 37 and embarked on a less-traveled path: pursuing wildlife conservation in Kenya.
Without professional training in wildlife conservation, he found himself in a territory then dominated by Western organizations and local practitioners.
But Zhuo decided to stay. "I wanted to prove that Chinese people could also do wildlife conservation," he said.
Initially, Zhuo saw conservation largely through the lens of wildlife science: working in the field, studying animals and collecting data.
Living and working with Maasai communities changed that perspective. "The fate of wildlife was closely tied to the people sharing the same land," he said.
In the Maasai Mara ecosystem, livestock grazing is deeply connected to the livelihoods of pastoral communities. "If local people are asked to stop grazing but are given no alternative source of income, conservation cannot be sustainable," Zhuo said.
That principle laid the foundation for his work with the local community in establishing the Ol Kinyei Conservancy.
The area had suffered from prolonged overgrazing, with plants and the land itself deteriorating. Under the conservation model, local grazing land was leased and gradually restored, allowing vegetation to recover and creating a more suitable habitat for wildlife, said Zhuo.
Meanwhile, households participating in the scheme receive land-rental income and have access to jobs such as wildlife rangers and tourism workers. Their average annual income has increased from around 500 U.S. dollars to about 3,700 dollars, according to Zhuo.
Some residents from surrounding communities also learned from the experience and brought the approach back to their own grazing areas.
Nowadays, 26 private conservancies have been established around the Maasai Mara National Reserve, covering about 1,600 square km, according to Zhuo.
He believes the network of community conservancies provides additional safe space for wildlife to move and survive, extending conservation efforts beyond the boundaries of a single national reserve and into surrounding communities.
Simon Msago, a Maasai community leader in Ngoswani, said Zhuo's work encouraged more residents to take an active role in conservation.
In the past, many residents saw few direct benefits from wildlife conservation and had limited awareness of its importance. Today, community members are increasingly willing to work as rangers and protect wildlife, creating an effective layer of protection around the conservancies, Msago said.
"Human-wildlife conflict cannot be solved simply through restrictions and prohibitions. The key is to create alternative sources of income so that residents can gain tangible benefits from conservation," Zhuo said.
"That is what makes community-based conservation sustainable -- allowing local people to become part of wildlife conservation rather than bystanders with no stake in it."
While continuing his work in the Maasai Mara, Zhuo has also sought to strengthen exchanges between China and Africa in wildlife conservation.
In recent years, he has visited more than 30 nature reserves and national parks in China, sharing his experiences of community-based conservation in Africa with Chinese counterparts.
"Conservation practices in China and Africa each have their own characteristics, and there is much that the two sides can learn from each other," he added.
    Zhuo Qiang (C) checks the chickens raised by local residents in Narok, Kenya, Aug. 12, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Qiong)
。         　　日前，记者来到清原抽水蓄能电站，偌大的地下厂房内，灯火通明，六台发电机组沿着厂房中心线依次排列，工程技术人员正在对5号机组的运行参数进行日常巡检。11月30日19时，电站5号机组顺利实现投产发电。         　　国网新源辽宁清原抽水蓄能电站运行部值班员敖思达说：“ 目前，5号机组各项运行数据稳定，截至12月10日，5号机组严格参照电网调度指令，有序开展启停53次，累计发电3245万千瓦时。”          　　辽宁清原抽水蓄能电站开工8年多来，建设者们克服地质复杂、地下洞室群庞大、施工难度大、危险多等重重困难，追星逐月推进工程建设，现如今，工程建设进入到收尾阶段。电站建设的顺利推进得益于省、市、县级政府的大力支持，市发改委与省发改委紧密配合，开拓创新，抢时快办，2016年10月28日核准批复清原抽水蓄能电站，2016年12月8日，清原抽水蓄能电站宣布开工兴建，创出令大型水电建设项目艳羡的“清原速度”。         　　在电站建设中，建设者们遇到了一个棘手的难题。由于清原抽水蓄能电站所处地区冬季最低气温可达零下37摄氏度，水库冰层可能对大坝、闸门等水工建筑和电站设备造成破坏，影响机组正常运行。工程人员充分调研抽水蓄能电站设备防冰冻情况，联合参建单位在电站建设期间开展多次试验，最终采用气泡防冰技术，利用压缩空气，在水下形成扰动水体的气泡群，从而阻止水面形成冰层。

三 | 该项技术的成功应用，为寒冷地区抽水蓄能电站水库冬季防冰盖封闭提供了解决方案。         　　国网新源辽宁清原抽水蓄能电站运行部值长秦健说：“  年底收官战的冲锋号角已经吹响，电站已全面进入“冲刺状态”。目前，我们正在对6号机组进行整组调试。以试运行指挥部为中心，下设启动调试组、验收检查组、生产维护组和综合组，不舍昼夜地加快机组安装、调试步伐，力争早日实现6台机组全面投产发电。”          　　辽宁清原抽水蓄能电站6台机组全部投产发电后，每年可减少标准煤耗15.8万吨，减少二氧化碳排放约37.5万吨，年缴纳税金超一亿元，将对推动能源绿色低碳转型、构建新型电力系统和加快发展新质生产力发挥重要作用。也将成为推动抚顺、清原经济社会发展的强大引擎，并有效助力辽宁清洁能源强省建设。                   责任编辑：刘春阳。

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