Siling Lake, located at an altitude of approximately 4,500 meters, is the largest saltwater lake in China's Xizang autonomous region, and also a natural habitat of wild animals on the plateau. In recent years, with the application of technologies, the lake has seen improvement in the protection of biodiversity, according to a manager of the lake's nature reserve.

　　As an important national wildlife reserve, the Siling Lake is home to many wild animals that can only be found in the Xizang-Qinghai Plateau, including the Tibetan antelope, Tibetan wild donkey, lynx, black-necked crane and bar-headed goose. It is so distinctive that the antelopes living around the lake don't migrate, and the antelope community in Xainza county has a population of nearly 10,000, according to local authority.

　　Over 40 wildlife conservation patrollers work in the nature reserve, and you can see the scars left on their hands when saving wild animals, said Palbar Tashi, manager of the Siling Lake Nature Reserve, who told S&T Daily that technology has been playing a greater role in wildlife protection.

　　The Chinese Academy of Sciences has provided technological support. With the use of infrared cameras and image identification technology, more than 500 snow leopards have been identified and are monitored, Tashi said.

　　All the images captured by the cameras and data are transmitted to the terminal monitoring system, where staff members analyze the information to better understand the activities of the animals.

　　With the improvement of the environment and natural resources, reproduction in the wild animals has gone up. A leopard couple can now give birth to three to four cubs, while in the past they usually gave birth to one cub, Tashi said.

　　The Siling Lake area was listed as a nature reserve in 1993, and in 2003, upgraded to a national-level one. In 2018, it was included in the list of Wetlands of International Importance designated by the Convention on Wetlands, an intergovernmental treaty.