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July 2016

For many of China’s 10,000 protected areas, conservation has come second to economic development for decades. A new national park pilot project attempts to reverse this trend and establish a system that puts nature first

Conservation expert Zhu Chunquan talks to NewsChina about China’s new national parks initiative and how the country can become a leader in nature conservation

For environmental protection efforts to succeed, local communities must be on board. Otherwise, authorities are inviting a war between conservationists trying to protect nature and the local residents who resort to exploiting it to make a living

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