CiNii Books - Tragedy and hope : from the Sichuan earthquake to the Olympics

This volume of the China Environment Yearbook is the fourth in the seminal series by China's first environmental NGOs, Friends of Nature. The fourth English translation updates readers on environmentally significant issues of 2008, a year of both tragedy and hope. 2008 was an eventful year that included such setbacks as the Sichuan Earthquake, debilitating snow and ice storms, an algae bloom at the site of the Olympic sailing venue prior to the games, and a worsening global economic crisis. But there were also events that filled the country with optimism, including a successful Beijing Olympic Games with good air quality, the upgrading of the State Environmental Protection Agency to ministerial level status, and significant developments in China's environmental legal system and environmental public information disclosure mechanism. Other topics explored in this volume include marine pollution, wetlands, road ecology, eco-compensation, debates surrounding the newly instituted "plastic bag restriction" policy, public interest litigation, the concept of a low carbon economy, and the environmental performance of enterprises in 2008. Volume four is essential for those looking for a window into issues affecting China's environment from the viewpoint of civil society.

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Preface Yang Dongping GENERAL REPORT We Are All Victims of Pollution and Responsible for Our Planet Li Dun PART I 2008: AN EVENTFUL YEAR 1. Beijing's Environment during the Olympic Games and Post-Olympic Outlook Li Hujun 2. Large Projects in Quake-Stricken Areas after the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake Fan Xiao PART II ECOLOGICAL PROTECTION 3. Forestry Decentralization May Lead to Crisis Feng Yongfeng 4. Plateau Wetlands: Functions, Values, and Environmental Deterioration Tian Kun 5. Pastoral Industrial Policies and Grassland Ecology Gai Zhiyi 6. Opportunities and Risks of Genetically Modified Crops Zi You 7. Road Construction: Ecological and Social Problems Piao Zhengji and Shen Xiaohui PART III POLLUTION 8. Air Quality and Quality of Life Peng Yan 9. Agriculture Pollution Zoning and Comprehensive Control Measures Liang Shumin 10. Marine Pollution: A Gloomy Outlook Yu Chen 11. A Turning Point in China's Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction? Qie Jianrong PART IV POLICIES 12. Significant Developments in China's Environmental Legal System in 2008 Feng Jia 13. The Ministry of Environmental Protection: From Organizational Upgrade to Functional Enhancement Zhang Shiqiu 14. Natural Resource and Environmental Issues in the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Chen Hongwei 15. Plastic Bag Restriction: An Unfinished Mission Mao Da 16. Environmental Public Interest Litigation Lu Zhongmei 17. Promoting Open Environmental Information Wang Jingjing and Ruan Qingyuan PART V GREEN ECONOMY 18. New Developments in Environmental Economic Policy Hu Kanping 19. China's Comprehensive Engagement with a Low Carbon Economy Zhuang Guiyang 20. Ecological Compensation and Payment Zhang Ke 21. Environmental Performance of Enterprises in 2008 Su Jianhua and Guo Peiyuan PART VI APPENDIX Annual Indexes: Environmental Trends Terminological Glossary Index

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