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Environmental issues in China

Index Environmental issues in China

Environmental issues in China are plentiful, severely affecting the country's biophysical environment and human health. [1]

27 relations: Baiji, Barefoot lawyer, Cantonese cuisine, Changzhou Foreign Languages School controversy, China, Chinese industrialization, Debate over China's economic responsibilities for climate change mitigation, Deforestation by region, Electronic waste in China, Electronic waste in Guiyu, Environmental governance in China, Environmental law, Environmental policy in China, Grain for Green, Greenpeace East Asia, Human population planning, Industry of China, Ma Jun (environmentalist), One-child policy, Outline of China, Pollution in China, Science and technology in China, Shifang protest, Song dynasty, South China tiger, Tianji Coal Chemical Industry Group chemical spill, Voice of Tibet (Norway).

Baiji

The baiji (Lipotes vexillifer, Lipotes meaning "left behind", vexillifer "flag bearer") is a functionally extinct species of freshwater dolphin formerly found only in the Yangtze River in China.

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Barefoot lawyer

A barefoot lawyer (Chinese: 赤脚律师 pinyin: chìjiǎo lǜshī) is a self-taught legal activist in China.

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Cantonese cuisine

Cantonese cuisine (廣東菜), also known as Yue cuisine (粵菜) or Guangdong cuisine, refers to the cuisine of China's Guangdong Province, particularly the provincial capital, Guangzhou (Canton).

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Changzhou Foreign Languages School controversy

The Changzhou Foreign Languages School controversy concerns environmental issues at the relocated campus of Changzhou Foreign Languages High School (CZFLS), a school in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Chinese industrialization

In the 1960s, about 60% of the Chinese Labor Force were employed in agriculture.

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Debate over China's economic responsibilities for climate change mitigation

This article documents the debate over China's economic responsibilities for climate change mitigation and mitigation of climate change in China.

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Deforestation by region

Rates and causes of deforestation vary from region to region around the world.

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Electronic waste in China

Electronic waste is a serious environmental issue in China.

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Electronic waste in Guiyu

Guiyu (Chinese: 贵屿), in Guangdong Province, China, is widely perceived as the largest electronic waste (e-waste) site in the world.

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Environmental governance in China

Detailed accounts of the impact of economic development on China’s environmental landscape through the century have been provided by scholars, many of whom are Chinese.

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Environmental law

Environmental law, also known as environmental and natural resources law, is a collective term describing the network of treaties, statutes, regulations, common and customary laws addressing the effects of human activity on the natural environment.

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Environmental policy in China

Environmental policy in China is set by the National People's Congress and managed by the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China.

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Grain for Green

China initiated its "Grain for Green" program in 1999 as an ambitious conservation program designed to mitigate and prevent flooding and soil erosion.

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Greenpeace East Asia

Greenpeace East Asia is an office serving the East Asia region of the global environmental organization Greenpeace.

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Human population planning

Human population planning is the practice of intentionally managing the rate of growth of a human population.

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Industry of China

Industry was 72.8% of China’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2005.

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Ma Jun (environmentalist)

Ma Jun (born 22 May 1968) is a Chinese environmentalist, non-fiction writer, environmental consultant, and journalist.

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One-child policy

The one-child policy, a part of the family planning policy, was a population planning policy of China.

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Outline of China

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to China: The People's Republic of China is the most extensive country in East Asia and the third or fourth most extensive country in the world.

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Pollution in China

Pollution in China is one aspect of the broader topic of environmental issues in China.

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Science and technology in China

Science and technology have developed rapidly in China during the 1990s to 2010s.

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Shifang protest

The Shifang protest was a large-scale environmental protest in the southwestern Chinese city of Shifang, Sichuan province, against a copper plant that residents feared posed environmental and public health risks.

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Song dynasty

The Song dynasty (960–1279) was an era of Chinese history that began in 960 and continued until 1279.

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South China tiger

The South China tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is a tiger population in the provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi in southern China.

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Tianji Coal Chemical Industry Group chemical spill

The Tianji Coal Chemical Industry Group chemical spill was a severe chemical spill that occurred in Shanxi Province, China during 2012–2013.

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Voice of Tibet (Norway)

Voice of Tibet is a radio station based in Norway transmitting shortwave radio programmes in the as well as.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_China

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