Environment
June 2013 Issue | by Wang Yan | Imported Rhinos
No Introduction Necessary?
The controversial introduction of seven non-native white rhinos into Pu’er National Park in southern China has been marketed as a “re-introduction” of an extinct, unrelated local species. However, critics claim it is an attempt to kick-start a rhino-farming operation to feed China’s insatiable demand for rhino horn
April 2013 Issue | by Wang Yan | Save the Orchid
Bloom and Bust
Despite an international ban on the trade of wild orchids, spiraling demand from the Chinese diaspora has led to the widespread illegal harvesting of these rare and beautiful flora
January 2013 Issue | by Geng Haotian, Li Guang | Snow Leopard
Cat’s Cradle
China is home to more snow leopards than any other country in the world, but still lacks both academic understanding and concrete protection efforts
December 2012 Issue | by Wang Yan | Pan-Himalayan Flora
Plant Pursuit
Working in cooperation with countries around the world, Chinese botanists are undertaking the most extensive survey of Himalayan flora in history
November 2012 Issue | by Wang Yan | Fisheries Depletion
Net Worth
Being the largest seafood exporter and a major consumer of wild fish products, China is facing a massive depletion of its fisheries. However, authorities seem reluctant to take firm action
October 2012 Issue | by Wang Yan | Conservation
LAST RESORT
The only remaining habitat in China for migrating red knots is vanishing, due to human encroachment, posing a threat to the very survival of this species
August 2012 Issue | by Wang Yan | Green Economy
The Only Way?
“Green economics” may have been the talk of the Rio summit, but is this theory simply a new cloak for corporatism? NewsChina looks for the substance behind the latest geopolitical buzzword
July 2012 Issue | by Wang Yan | Yangtze Biodiversity
Fished Out
Massive habitat loss caused by human development has left many of the Yangtze River’s unique aquatic species on the verge of extinction. Will government promises of greater environmental protection be translated into action?
June 2012 Issue | by Xu Zhihui, Xie Ying | Pollution Control
Water Watch
With improved co-operation and an increasingly broad network of anti-pollution volunteers, the efforts of China’s environmental NGOs are becoming difficult for the authorities to ignore
May 2012 Issue | by Wang Yan | Water Pollution
Protection Money
China’s first inter-provincial environmental compensation system has just been launched to cover a river basin spanning Anhui and Zhejiang provinces, protecting the area against pollution while improving the local economy. Will it genuinely improve life at the water’s edge? NewsChina investigates
January 2012 Issue | by Wang Yan | Cross-Border Floods
The River Wild
From its source in Tibet, the Yarlung Tsangpo River meanders 2,900 kilometers and passes through India and Bangladesh. With devastating annual floods and potentially hazardous hydroelectricity projects in the pipeline, there is an urgent need for improved cross-border co-operation
November 2011 Issue | by Wang Yan | Reviving Minqin County
Oasis on the Edge
A 4-billion-yuan government-sponsored water resource management project was launched in 2007 to rejuvenate Minqin, a county threatened by encroaching desert in the northwestern province of Gansu. Four years later, as the project draws to a close, doubts arise over whether or not the money has been spent wisely
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