The BBC introduces a program airing this weekend called Wild China, which introduces the country’s diverse natural landscape and the threats it faces: The Chinese are proud of their natural riches, and many notable plants...
Yongfeng Feng, a Beijing-based environmental journalist, reports from the village of Cuochi on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. From Chinadialogue: …The first-time visitor to Cuochi will be struck by its peaceful air and the sense that the village is removed from the stresses of everyday life. The scenery is picturesque, its people are kind and welcoming. However, […]
Jingsong Jiang, the doctor of Philosophy of Tsinghua University Institute of Science, Technology and Society, calls on vegetarianism and states that “meat production is not only cruel, but it also brings with it a host of threats to China’s – and the world’s – fragile ecology. If you want to go green, go veggie.” From […]
In the north, China is losing land to desertification. In the south, Hainan is losing forests. Translated from the Beijing News (photo: trees peeled by locals in Hainan via Xinhua) via sina.com: In the island of Hainan, where people pride themselves on their pristine ecology, things are not in great shape. In seven years, the […]
Gaoming Jiang is a chief researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Botany and a doctoral candidate tutor, vice secretary-general of UNESCO’s China-MAB Committee and director of the China Environmental Culture Promotion Association. He is recognized for his introduction of the concepts of “urban vegetation” and “using natural forces to restore China’s ecosystems.” […]
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