English News. China draws "red line" for ecological conservation. China has established 2, nature reserves, covering a land area of 1. A diversified nature reserve network with appropriate layout has taken shape. By Bai Yang from People's Daily. Meanwhile, an all-round monitoring platform for ecological protection will start its pilot run this year, as an effort to realize real-time inspection on development and construction activities within the ecological "red line" and natural reserves, the Ministry of Environmental Protection MEP added.
The regions mapped out by the "ecological red line", which are of critical importance for natural functions and the protection of water, soil, forestry and biodiversity, should be strictly protected and free from development or exploitation. So far, China has established 2, nature reserves, covering a land area of 1. But severe challenges faced by China's ecological protection remained. The central authorities on February 7 issued guidelines on an ecological "red line" system, saying that the demarcation of the borders and calibration of the regions should be completed and the system will be basically established by the end of The guideline stipulated that ecological functions of the regions shouldn't be destroyed, areas shouldn't be reduced and natural landscape shouldn't be changed.
According to incomplete statistics, at least 13 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions including Guizhou, Sichuan and Shaanxi, have set the preliminary protected areas and introduced corresponding management measures. Lire la suite.
