How to protect nature with images?

Xi Zhinong, a famous wildlife photographer, is the founder of the non-governmental environmental protection organization "Green Plateau".

1983, recommended by Professor Fu, a famous ornithologist of Zhinong, participated in the filming of Bird Paradise and started the wildlife photography. 65438-0989, began to shoot environmental protection propaganda films such as "Mother River Calling" and "Voice" for Kunming Education TV Station as a photographer. 1990, joined CCTV Animal World as a photographer. 1992, returned to work in Yunnan Forestry Department. From 1992 to 1995, I entered Baima Snow Mountain Reserve for six times to shoot Yunnan golden monkey. 1995, he sent a letter to Song Jian, then State Councilor, and contacted non-governmental environmental protection organizations to stop the commercial logging plan of virgin forest in northwest Yunnan, thus saving the habitat of Yunnan golden monkey. 1996 Join the Oriental Time and Space Program Group of CCTV. 1997 Enter Hoh Xil, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to shoot and report Tibetan antelope. 1998 resigned from CCTV and became a full-time environmental volunteer and freelance photographer. Later, he and his wife, Shi Lihong, returned to Yunnan and founded the non-governmental environmental protection organization "Green Plateau", which is dedicated to promoting ecological protection and sustainable development in northwest Yunnan. In 2002, the "Wild China" studio was established to record the disappearing wild nature in China and strive to promote the development of natural image recording in China; The documentary "Hunting Yunnan Golden Monkey" won the TVE Award at the British Wild Screen Festival. In 2004, the first wildlife photography training camp in China was established. From the end of 2005 to the beginning of 2006, we investigated and photographed Kelpolo sheep in Pamir Plateau of Xinjiang, Tibetan antelope in Hoh Xil, and white-browed gibbon in Gaogongshan Nature Reserve of Yunnan, and obtained a lot of precious image data.

Xi Zhinong has been devoted to the shooting and protection of wild animals in China for more than ten years. He showed the little-known national first-class protected animal Yunnan golden monkey to the public. Before him, humans had never even taken a clear picture of Yunnan golden monkey. He first reported the hunting crisis of Tibetan antelopes and the hard efforts made by the "Wild Yak Team" to protect Tibetan antelopes, which greatly promoted public attention at home and abroad to the ecology of the source of the Yangtze River and the protection of Tibetan antelopes. He initiated and held the first wildlife photography training camp in China, providing technical and equipment help for the frontline workers of nature protection, and further expanding the team of protecting nature with images. His works have been published in many well-known journals at home and abroad, such as China Photography and National Geographic, and have become publicity materials of major international environmental protection organizations.

From 65438 to 0964, Xi Zhinong was born in Weishan, the ancient city of Dali, Yunnan. He grew up in an environment with beautiful mountains and rivers and lush vegetation, which made him sincerely love nature. 1983, Xi supported agriculture, 19 years old, was recommended by Wang Zijiang, a professor of biology at Yunnan University, and participated in the documentary and scientific film Bird's Paradise, which was his first exposure to wildlife photography. The film crew invited a technician from the zoo to catch birds, smooth their feathers and tie them to a tree with a rope to ensure that the birds will not move for the time being. At that time, Xi felt that supporting agriculture, why did you do this? There are also birds nearby. Why not kill them? At that time, he was determined to shoot free-flying birds. From then on, he began to learn photography.

In the following two years, Xi, a student supporting agriculture, went back to his hometown to study bird migration for many times during his vacation, and helped China Bird Ring Center to set up a bird ring site in Weishan. This is the only bird circle website promoted by the people in China.

From 65438 to 0989, Xi supported agriculture and filmed environmental protection propaganda films such as "Mother River Calling" and "Voice" for Kunming Education TV Station. For the first time, he led the public to pay attention to ecological protection through his works.

From 65438 to 0990, Xi supported agriculture and became a photographer of CCTV Animal World. He went to protected areas in south Yunnan and northwest Yunnan twice to photograph wild animals. During this working experience, he saw many illegal hunting of wild animals, which strengthened his consciousness of protecting nature.

From 65438 to 0992, Xi supported agriculture and went to work in the Propaganda Department of Yunnan Forestry Department. This year, Long Yongcheng, then an expert at Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, started a three-year biological research project on Yunnan golden monkey.

1992165438+10. In October, Xi Zhinong started shooting Yunnan golden monkey in Baima Snow Mountain. When he first entered the mountain, he didn't find any monkeys. Later, he went to Baima Snow Mountain with heavy photographic equipment, and stayed for several months, climbing from an altitude of more than 2,000 meters to more than 4,000 meters.

1September, 1993, Xi supported agriculture and climbed Baima Snow Mountain again. Through the fallen leaves and pine branches, he saw a group of monkeys on a prominent fir tree on the opposite hillside. The Grand Duke monkey sat on the trunk and slowly nibbled at the pine tree. Two female monkeys snuggled up to its sides. One of them is holding a cute little monkey, while two little monkeys are playing their clever games and making noises from time to time. He put the camera on a stone and turned it on to push the focal length to the longest. When I took pictures, Xi's eyes supporting agriculture were blurred by tears. He said, "I've been looking for it for two years, and today I finally found it!" " Before that, humans had not even taken clear photos of Yunnan golden monkey.

1July, 994, Yunnan golden monkey was photographed for the second time. After three years' efforts, he presented a documentary "Pursuing Yunnan Golden Monkey", which is the first time that human beings recorded the activities of Yunnan Golden Monkey with a camera, and it has high academic and artistic value. This film has won many awards all over the world.

1May, 1995, Xi, who works in Yunnan Forestry Department, heard a shocking news: Deqin County decided to cut down more than 0/00 square kilometers of virgin forest on the south side of Baima Snow Mountain Nature Reserve in order to solve its financial difficulties. In Xi's view of supporting agriculture, the destruction of this rare high-altitude dark coniferous forest in the world is not only a disaster for Yunnan golden monkey, but also a disaster for many rare animal and plant species growing here. At that time, Xi had just finished the difficult tracking and shooting of Yunnan golden monkey, and knew the importance of protecting Yunnan golden monkey. In order to save this forest and golden monkey, Xi ran around supporting agriculture. Comrades in Deqin County said that if they can't even get paid, they can stop if they want. Xi can't give money to support agriculture Finally, with the help of friends, he found a famous environmental writer, Tang Xiyang, and together with Tang Xiyang wrote a letter to State Councilor Song Jian at that time, and contacted Liang Congjie, president of Friends of Nature. They disclosed the matter to the media and terminated the commercial logging plan in Deqin County. This incident made Xi a hero of environmental protection in China by supporting agriculture, and also made him lose his job in Yunnan Forestry Department.

May 1996, special program of the third anniversary of oriental time and space 1, Xi is a guest supporting agriculture. After a pleasant cooperation, the column of Oriental Time and Space invited Xi to join in supporting agriculture, so he came to Beijing to work as a reporter in Oriental Time and Space.

199765438+February, Xi went deep into the no-man's land in Hoh Xil to support agriculture, and followed the "Wild Yak Team" for 20 days in the harsh environment of tens of degrees below zero. Yunnan Golden Monkey 2 He saw a batch of Tibetan antelope skins and heads captured by the wild yak team in Golmud. He collected and photographed a large number of video materials about Tibetan antelope poaching and anti-poaching, and made a documentary to be broadcast in Oriental time and space, which aroused strong repercussions at home and abroad. This is the first TV program that comprehensively and truly shows the current situation of Tibetan antelopes and anti-poaching actions. Later, he wrote a series of reports on the poaching, trafficking and trade of Tibetan antelopes, and worked hard to promote an international seminar on protecting and stopping the trade of Tibetan antelopes, and founded the Tibetan antelopes network.

1998 In the summer, Xi Zhinong, as a freelance photographer, participated in the investigation of Tibetan antelope breeding grounds jointly organized by Xinjiang Altun Mountain Nature Reserve and Hongkong China Exploration Association. He went deep into Hoh Xil again and photographed piles of bloody Tibetan antelopes hunted by poachers. Some young Tibetan antelopes were dragged from their mothers by vultures before they were born. Xi Zhinong recorded the tragic situation of Tibetan antelope being poached with a lens. Liang Congjie, chairman of Friends of Nature, showed these photos to British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Blair decided to support the international anti-poaching of Tibetan antelopes, and then the national anti-poaching and protection activities also started. After returning from Hoh Xil, Xi supported agriculture with his photos of Tibetan antelopes to give lectures at universities, be interviewed by the media or write his own articles to continue his work of protecting Tibetan antelopes. This year, Xi met Shi Lihong, an accompanying reporter of China Daily, who was 7 years younger than him. Later, they got married. After marriage, Xi supported agriculture and his wife tried to create a natural life. They don't need air conditioning, ride bicycles and take chopsticks with them. Although more and more people in China are beginning to pay attention to environmental protection, their hearts are still eager to return to the real nature.

1In April, 999, Xi resigned from Dongfang Space-time and returned to Yunnan with his wife Shi Lihong. After returning to Yunnan, the couple set out to set up a non-governmental organization "Green Plateau" in northwest Yunnan. Soon they had a daughter, less than half a year old, who was taken to the plateau at an altitude of 3000 meters by the couple.

In 2000, Xi won the "Earth Award", the highest honor in the field of environmental protection in China. He is the only winner unanimously recognized by the judges. He was also named "Person of the Year of the 2004 China Photographic Media Award".

In 2002, Xi Zhinong and his wife Shi Lihong returned to Beijing and founded the "Wild China Studio", whose main task was to photograph and record the wild animals in China. The purpose of this paper is to record the changes of endangered species and natural environment in China by means of rescue, improve the public and government's awareness of nature protection, and promote the development of natural history images in China.

In 2004, Xi Zhinong founded the "China Wildlife Photography Training Camp", and donated the remuneration for his endorsement of Canon photography products, all of which were used to buy photographic equipment, to provide equipment and professional guidance for wildlife workers, researchers and photographers who could not afford to buy photographic equipment and receive professional photography training, and to promote wildlife photography in China through them, so as to raise people's attention to wildlife protection.

"In fact, I am also trying to explore, because in fact, in foreign countries and western developed countries, this kind of shooting of nature and wildlife, that is, the world's top wildlife programs that China audiences have watched for more than 20 years, is an industry. Without this industry, without wildlife producers and filmmakers, how can you see the programs shot by the world's top wildlife photographers? China for many years, few people filmed in this place, which is related to our national conditions. In the past, we didn't have enough to eat, and we filmed to promote public opinion. " "This is the power of image. Protecting nature with images is my direction. "