Analysis
by Yongfeng Feng on September 20, 2007 China is witnessing a dangerous trend. The country’s policy of returning farmland to forests is faltering, and many areas are opting out of this activity in a push to protect local farmers.
by Lila Buckley on September 4, 2007 For most people, images of prayer flags blowing in the wind, intricately decorated monasteries, and nomads riding across open grasslands do not immediately bring to mind national parks and bird watching.
by Yongfeng Feng and Yingling Liu on August 21, 2007 One of the biggest priorities in China today, according to the central government, is to “save energy and reduce emissions.” But another important indicator of environmental health is the quantity and quality of big trees the country harbors.
by Lila Buckley on August 16, 2007 For the last several decades, China’s leaders have grappled with a challenging conservation dilemma. Home to some of the world’s most endangered species, the country has scrambled to set up nature reserves and parks to temper the effects of rapid economic development.
by Yunwu Cao on July 17, 2007 The Three Gorges Botanical Garden for Rare and Specious Plants, located in Chongqing in western China, was closed on June 9 due to funding shortages.
by Li Zhang on June 12, 2007 For the first time ever, scientists recently captured clear footage of a wild Indo-Chinese tiger in a nature reserve in China’s southeastern Yunnan Province.
by Yongfeng Feng on April 10, 2007 The global paper giant Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has advertised its slogan, “ecological plantations, environmental pulp, green paper,” everywhere around Hainan Province. It has also won over officials in this southern island province.
by Yongfeng Feng on April 5, 2007 On March 28, Greenpeace China announced its discovery that the paper giant Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has planted a large area of eucalyptus trees for pulp and paper making in Yingge Mountain Provincial Conservation Area, in southern China’s Hainan Province
by Ling Li on December 28, 2006 The international expedition that recently declared the Yangtze River dolphin, or baiji, “functionally extinct” has called the disappearance of the species “a loss not only for China, but for the entire world.”
by Dongping Yang on November 2, 2006 Last month, China’s State Forestry Administration (SFA) tried to hold the nation’s first-ever auction of wildlife hunting licenses. The event, which was cancelled following widespread public protest, would have granted foreigners the right to hunt and kill several endangered species, including the Tibetan antelope and the wild yak.
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