The gray-faced buzzards of Bagua Mountain, once so threatened that people spoke of '9,000 dead out of 10,000,' have rebounded through years of conservation, and the institution involved received a national environmental-education award, the Liberty Times reported.

The gray-faced buzzard is a raptor that migrates with the seasons, and Bagua Mountain is an important stopover. In the past, trapping and habitat loss sharply cut its numbers.

The heart of conservation was environmental education alongside enforcement. As local residents and students became the protectors of the birds, a creature once trapped turned into the region's pride.

Wildlife conservation has limits if it relies on enforcement alone; it lasts only when people's awareness changes, and this award shows the change education created.

Sinophone Bridge Times views environmental stories as the choices of people and communities, not distant nature. A bird once vanishing now soaring again is proof that when hearts change, nature returns.