SYDNEY, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Round 23 action in Australia's A-League football kicks off on Friday 19:50 (AEDT), when the competition leaders Sydney FC take on the Central Coast Mariners at home.
Although the derby is often a spirited affair, Sydney FC are expected to demolish the second-last placed Mariners.
The match of the round will come Saturday 19:50 (AEDT), with the Melbourne Victory playing host to Perth Glory.
After losing the highly anticipated match against Sydney FC last week, the league's top goal scoring Besart Berisha and the Victory will be looking to fire in front of home fans.
However the Glory have been impressive this season and after putting three goals past the Wellington Phoenix last week, they may prove hard to contain.
The second Saturday fixture, 19:50 (AEDT), sees Melbourne City face the Newcastle Jets at home and despite the Jets good performances this season, City should prove far too strong for the travelling side.
Coming off an impressive win last week, the Brisbane Roar will look to slide into third place on the ladder as they take on last-placed Adelaide United on Sunday at 17:00 (AEDT).
To end the week's fixtures, the Wellington Phoenix will travel away to face the Western Sydney Wanders in a very tough game to call, with both sides desperate for a win.
Expect a tough gritty affair Sunday 17:00 (AEDT) that may turn into a goal-fest later in the match.
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CHANGCHUN, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- As a conservationist Nick Jensen Red Wings Jersey , 27-year-old Wang Chunli knows what a rewarding yet bumpy ride China must take before reaching its "Beautiful China" destination by the mid-21st century.
For the past two years, she has been wrestling with the paradox between humanity and nature.
In December 2016, Wang went to Xianghai National Nature Reserve in China's northeastern Jilin Province for the first time. She was amazed by the rich landscapes, but shocked by the severe human disturbance in the reserve.
"I didn't expect so many people to be living in a nature reserve. There were even residents among the habitat of red-crowned cranes and heartlands of rare plants," Wang says.
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There are still more than 15,000 people currently living in the reserve. Before 2015, 30 percent of the core zone Authentic Darren Helm Jersey , in which human activity is strictly prohibited, was farmland.
Zhang Xuejun, 56, was born and raised in Xianghai, and witnessed first-hand how human beings occupied the reserve.
"When the wetland was first built, everyone appreciated the pleasing environment. But when they saw that putting sheep out to pasture was lucrative Authentic Martin Frk Jersey , they all rushed to grab land in the core zone," Zhang says.
At first, the local government sent out patrol teams to control illegal grazing. But it did not work well because grazing was not limited to one location. In recent years, Jilin provincial government decided to solve the puzzle with an immigration project. It removed 248 houses and shacks, returned 6,711 hectares of farmland to grassland and reimbursed the villagers 8 Authentic Luke Glendening Jersey ,000 yuan for every hectare each year.
However, driven by profit, people still catch rare birds and poison fishes in the core zone.
"The biggest challenge is to coordinate ecological protection and community development, on which the government can work with NGOs," says Wang, who has been running a pilot program since 2016.
Over two years of research and negotiation Authentic Henrik Zetterberg Jersey , the Beijing-based Paradise Foundation signed a 30-year agreement with the reserve and local government in December 2016, to set up the Xianghai Ecological Protection Center, which covers half the reserve's core zone. The center is directly managed by the foundation and supervised by the government.
Wang became the director of the center and the first thing she did was to visit several households in nearby villages to learn about their needs.
"Wang and her team always come to talk about the importance of ecological protection, so I know that wetland is the kidney of the earth. Now they are looking for good ideas for improving our lives," Zhang says.
On one hand, the center recruited local villagers to help with patrols Authentic Anthony Mantha Jersey , so that they could crack down on poachers while creating jobs. On the other hand, they developed environment-friendly industries, such as breeding native chickens and growing organic grains.
Despite Wang's efforts, most villagers still sit on the fence, in fear of inexperience and bleak market prospects. Zhang was among the few who agreed to breed native chickens.
"I believe in the concept of ecological protection. For the sake of our descendants, we need to make changes Authentic Jimmy Howard Jersey ," he says.