New Chinese inclusions in World Heritage List known for ‘valuable, vulnerable ecosystems’. After around seven years of preparation, China’s Badain Jaran Desert – Towers of Sand and Lakes has finally been included on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Another addition to the list is the Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the coast…
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China holds polluters liable to restore environment
Restorative justice approach adopted to enhance ecological governance. China has adopted a restorative justice approach to handling environmental pollution cases as part of efforts to enhance its ecological governance system, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate said on Monday August 5, 2024. In the first half of this year, 1,597 individuals were…
China-Thailand Joint Laboratory for Climate and Marine Ecosystems
Thailand and China have much cooperation and interests in common in the areas of marine conservation and disaster prevention. This is particularly evident in the establishment in June 2013 of the China-Thailand Joint Laboratory for Climate and Marine Ecosystems in Phuket, Thailand. MODEL OF INTERNATIONAL MARINE COOPERATION The China-Thailand Joint Laboratory has become…
Timor-Leste: China to support green development and livelihood improvement
China has pledged to strengthen cooperation with Timor-Leste in green development – in areas such agriculture and fisheries, health, water conservancy, energy, education and poverty reduction, tourism, and digital economy. Dr José Ramos-Horta, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, embarked on a state visit to the People’s Republic of China…
‘Trash hunt’: Chinese tourists transform into guardians of scenic beauty
“Reduce, reuse, recycle,” are the three Rs that waste environmental activists have underscored. Recently, this idea came to life in China at the Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring scenic spot in Dunhuang, Northwest China’s Gansu Province. With the tourist season in full swing, Dunhuang’s iconic scenic spot has been bustling with…
China expands energy storage capacity to utilize more renewables
China’s energy storage capacity is expanding to facilitate the utilization of growing renewable power amid the country’s efforts to advance its green energy transition. China’s installed new-type energy storage capacity had reached 44.44 gigawatts by of the end of June, expanding 40 percent compared with the end of last year,…
From national to world scenery – China’s World Heritage Sites
World Heritage promotes mutual learning among civilizations. The Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage promulgated in 1972 was a global landmark event for UNESCO, aimed at exploring cultural teleology and universal values with culture as the starting point. The Convention mainly stipulates the definition of cultural…
Tariffs on China’s green products undermine nature protection
French economist Professor Rémy Herrera argues imposing restrictions on the export of China’s green tech risks harm to the development of numerous ecological sectors.
China’s 3rd Plenum Resolution and Ecological Civilization
What did China’s 3rd Plenum Resolution say about Ecological Civilization? China Ecological Civilization newsletter regularly reports on Chinese government documents with importance to ecological civilization. Its latest report is on the Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Deepening Reform Comprehensively to Advance Chinese Modernization….
Wuhan residents pioneer winning formula for rooftop solar
A rooftop solar project in China suggests community emissions-reduction work must benefit everybody to succeed. China’s housing regulations are such that the roof of an apartment block is communally owned by all residents. That means there must be unanimous agreement to install solar panels there, making this a far more complicated undertaking…