自2021年起，上海根与芽与广西邦亮长臂猿国家级自然保护区合作，修复东黑冠长臂猿栖息地。小叶榕、南酸枣等植物对于东黑冠长臂猿栖息地的修复乃至种群的壮大具有重要作用。在2023年国际长臂猿日来临之际，上海根与芽与上海辰山植物园一起结合植物园与栖息地共有的植物在植物园内开展科普教育，通过形式多样的活动让大家关注长臂猿栖息地的恢复工作。
Shanghai Roots & Shoots has been working with Bangliang Nature Reserve to restore the habitat for Cao Vit Gibbon since 2021. Every tree and plant on the habitat are critical for the restoration of the ecosystem and the survival of the species. For this reason, Shanghai Roots & Shoots and Shanghai Chenshan Botanic Garden together held an International Gibbon Day event. A variety of the event sessions focus on environmental education to raise the awareness of the habitat restoration for the gibbons.
马长勇博士在科普长臂猿知识 刘佩铃摄
Dr.Changyong Ma giving the lecture on gibbons, Photo by Peiling Liu
此次活动共有室内和室外两个部分。上午是在科普教室内的讲座，下午是在植物园里寻找长臂猿栖息地相关植物的室外“打卡”活动。首先由广西师范大学的马长勇博士开展“长臂猿在呼唤”讲座，他着重谈到了栖息地丧失与破碎化，而人为活动是长臂猿面临濒危的主要原因。
In the morning, the lecture and workshop were held in the classroom. And in the afternoon, the volunteers set up four booths at four spots, each introducing a particular plant which can be found in the original habitat as well as in Chenshan. The visitors were given a special map to look for these spots. In the classroom, Dr. Changyong Ma gave the lecture on Gibbon and their habitat. The loss of habitat is threatening the survival of the gibbons. They used to be found across China, but now habitat were degraded and fragmented because of human activities.
上海根与芽陈汉龙讲课 刘佩铃摄
Hanlong Chen from Shanghai Roots & Shoots talking about the connection between the plants and the gibbons, Photo by Peiling Liu
接着，上海根与芽的工作人员陈汉龙老师以及辰山植物园科普部的寿海洋老师介绍“怎么在植物园了解长臂猿”，通过了解植物来认识长臂猿的生境和家园，保护他们的栖息地就是为了保护这种极度濒危的物种。
Hanlong Chen from Shanghai Roots & Shoots and Mr. Haiyang Shou from Chenshan Education Department introduced to the audience, how to learn more about the gibbons in the botanic garden. In Chenshan, you can study the plants which are essential to the habitat of the gibbon. Conserving the habitat is the only way to protect the critically endangered species.
听课的学生在和老师互动 刘佩铃摄
Listeners answering the questions, Photo by Peiling Liu
学生们在用积木拼搭长臂猿的家园 刘佩铃摄
Kids building the habitat of the gibbon using LEGO bricks, Photo by Peiling Liu
现场的小朋友用乐高积木拼搭“长臂猿的家园”。在半个小时的时间内，小朋友结合之前讲座的内容并充分发挥自己的想象力，搭起了一个个样貌独特的长臂猿家园。
The kids were then using the LEGO bricks to build the habitat of the gibbon. In half an hour, they completed a very impressive work to show where the gibbon would live.
游客手持地图找到打卡点 刘佩铃摄
Visitors holdingthe map stopping at the booth, Photo by Peiling Liu
科普教室内活动结束后，各位小朋友也获得了一份辰山植物园“寻宝”地图。所有游客都可以根据地图上的指示在园内找到四个打卡点，每个打卡点均有相应科普小展台以及打卡植物。游客参与打卡点的游戏可收集贴纸兑换奖品。
After the lecture and workshop, each kid was given a Treasure Hunt Map, to look for the special four spots at Chenshan. Each spot with an educational booth was available for all the visitors to stop by and learn about a plant of Karst Landscape and a fact about Cao Vit Gibbon. By participating the games, the visitors were given a special plant stickers to complete their map.
游客在1号打卡点参与游戏 刘佩铃摄
Visitors guessing which is the monkey and which is the gibbon at the first spot, Photo by Peiling Liu
1号打卡点位于辰山植物园温室馆内，打卡植物为长臂猿栖息地的重要构成树种——榕树。同时参与人员还能现场感受到热带森林里的特殊气候。
The first spot was located in the glasshouse, and the plant to be find is the banyan tree. This is one of the most important local trees on the habitat of Cao Vit Gibbon. The glasshouse also mimicked the climate of the original habitat.
2号打卡点附近的南酸枣树 王晨昱摄
The Choerospondias axillaris trees near the second spot, photo by Chenyu Wang
2号打卡点位于植物园内的一棵南酸枣树附近，打卡植物即为南酸枣。正值南酸枣成熟之际，草地上落满成熟的南酸枣，这正是东黑冠长臂猿最喜爱的食物之一。
The second spot was near the Choerospondias axillaris trees, which were the plants to find on this spot. When the trees were ripe, the fruits would be fallen on the ground. These fruits are one of the favorites of Cao Vit Gibbon.
3号打卡点的志愿者及科普展台 刘佩铃摄
The volunteers of the third spot, Photo by Peiling Liu
3号打卡点位于植物园的蕨类植物园内，打卡植物即为蕨类植物。某些蕨类植物为了适应热带的多层植物结构，寄生或附生在其他植物或岩石上，可以利用特殊的叶片收集枯枝落叶存储养分。
The third spot was located on the island of ferns, where the visitors would find all kinds of ferns. In order to adapt to the multi-layered plant structure of the tropics, some ferns are parasitic or epiphytic on other plants or rocks. Those ferns can use special leaves to collect dead leaves to store nutrients.
4号打卡点的志愿者在向游客科普知识 郭珈源摄
The volunteers telling the visitors what elephant grass do on the habitat, photo by Jiayuan Guo
4号打卡点位于植物园内的一片象草前，打卡植物为禾本植物象草。禾本科植物会在长臂猿的栖息地内快速生长并阻碍其他植物的生长，不利于栖息地恢复。
The fourth spot was located in front of batches of elephant grass, which was the plants to get to know as Gramineous. Gramineous plants was typical tropical plants famous for growing rapidly and invading the living space of other plants, thus affecting the restoration of habitat .
下午15：30分左右，辰山植物园活动正式结束。当天前往四个地点进行打卡的游客络绎不绝，使得游客在游玩植物园的过程中和长臂猿有了一次特殊的“相遇”，并在打卡的过程中收获快乐、增长知识。
The event came to an end at around 3:30 pm. Over a thousand visitors have stopped by the booths, encountering the gibbons in an unexpected way, learning about the creature a little bit more.
