King of the jungle
China DailyA giant tree in Yinggeling rainforest park, Hainan province. Mi Hongxu can navigate the labyrinth of pathways at Yinggeling just as easily as its untamed denizens-a skill he has honed through years of fieldwork in the tropical forest that sits 1,400 meters above sea level, tucked deep in the interior mountains of Hainan, China's second largest island. Sprawling over more than 500 square kilometers, the rainforest has earned the sobriquet "water tower of Hainan" for being the source of the rivers Nandu and Changhua, which course through the island province. Yinggeling rainforest ranger Mi Hongxu and other rangers study a map of afforested areas of the national park. The Yinggeling rainforest was upgraded to a national nature reserve in 2014 and plays a key role in protecting Hainan's ecology.
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