Analysis
by Kejia Zhang on September 14, 2006 Earlier this month, the Chinese government put into effect a new regulation tightening its oversight of the import and export of endangered plant and animal species. The law, which delineates the roles of specific government agencies in managing the wildlife trade, reflects China’s determination to crack down on illegal trading activity.
by Yongfeng Feng and Yingling Liu on August 31, 2006 At 62 percent, Fujian Province boasts the highest forest coverage rate in China. Yet as its natural forests are replaced with fast-growing tree plantations, the province has experienced worsening flooding and other natural disasters in recent years.
by Yongfeng Feng on August 29, 2006 It was around 5:00 p.m. when I arrived in Xinan, a small town in Xiapu County in China’s southeastern Fujian Province. A handful of young people came up to greet me, saying they would accompany me to Fuzhu Village, 14 kilometers away, after dinner. It will still be light then, they said, and you’ll be able to see the hills where natural forests were cut down two years ago, as well as the sites where they replanted eucalyptus last year.
by Yingling Liu on July 6, 2006 Thousands of hectares of natural forests are being eliminated to make room for fast-growing tree plantations in Liu Shun County in southwestern Yunnan province.
by Yingling Liu on April 6, 2006 As environmentalists lament the rapid loss of forest landscapes in southwestern China's Yunnan Province, they may now have an unlikely ally in their efforts to preserve this biologically diverse region: pig geneticists.
by Zijun Li on November 30, 2005 Due to the robust demand for its wool in the United States and Europe, Tibetan antelope, an endangered species at the top of both China's and international protection lists, has been decimated by poaching—the population shrank sharply from an estimated 1 million in 1900 to around
by Yingling Liu on October 31, 2005 As disposable incomes rise in China, the desire to alter the landscape is intensifying. City authorities, tired of the same old surrounding flora, are eager to revitalize streets and parks with new and exotic greenery. Meanwhile, desertification researchers, faced with worsening sandstorms from China’s barren deserts, are keen to find more permanent methods for holding back the drifting sand.
by Lila Buckley on September 22, 2005 Unless rainfall increases by at least 80 percent over last year, the remaining surface water in China’s 100,000 hectare Xianghai State Nature Reserve could dry up completely by the end of 2006. Loss of the massive wetland area would likely take the future of several of the world’s rare and endangered bird species with it.
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