Month: July 2021

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Southeast Asia’s forest clearance – unprecedented forest carbon stock loss

July 14, 2021 CEN_com 0

Forest clearance in Southeast Asia is accelerating, leading to unprecedented increases in carbon emissions, according to new research. A joint China-UK research team led by the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in Shenzhen, China, with collaboration from the researchers from The University of Hong Kong, Leeds University UK, Mae Jo University, Thailand and the Wildlife Conservation Society, USA, has shown that forest clearance in Southeast Asia is accelerating […]

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Habitats of endangered wild animals demonstrably improve in China

July 14, 2021 CEN_com 0

As China has made active efforts to protect ecological environment and biodiversity, the country is seeing more and more traces of wild animals, which signals evident improvement and restoration of China’s wildlife habitats. The country has established a relatively complete system of nature reserves that systematically and thoroughly puts large areas of natural ecosystems under protection, and effectively improves the living environment of wildlife, said Cui Shuhong, director-general of the […]

Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: A Guide for Foreigners

July 14, 2021 CEN_com 0

Published 2021/07/14 INTRODUCTION BY CHINA ENVIRONMENT NEWS: The author, Roland Boer, is a Professor of Marxist philosophy in the School of Marxism at Dalian University of Technology in China, and a member of the Communist Party of Australia. He lives in China and is fluent in Mandarin. Earlier, he taught at Renmin University of China and in a number of universities in Australia. He has also been a visiting professor in the […]

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Human impact on Coral Reef Community Structure in the northern South China Sea: Chinese-Australian research

July 13, 2021 CEN_com 0

Global coral reefs have entered a distinctive human-dominated era, the Anthropocene, characterized by more frequent severe global coral bleaching events and regional-scale coral habitat degradation. Coastal areas around the world are usually densely populated regions that are under increasing pressure from urbanization, intensifying land use, and industrial development. Compared with remote, pristine coral reefs, inshore reefs are at higher risk of degradation due to a combination of natural and direct […]

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Carbon Emissions by Country: Top 15

July 12, 2021 CEN_com 0

Total carbon emissions, per capita amounts, main drivers, and outlook. Carbon dioxide emissions are the primary driver of climate change, but they’re not the only one.1 Other greenhouse gases include methane, water vapor, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases (that includes hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride, and nitrogen trifluoride).2 While it’s difficult to quantify all greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide emissions data provide a more straightforward way to understand the severity of their […]

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West’s consumption of imports must be counted in its carbon footprint

July 12, 2021 CEN_com 0

Introductory comments Western media commentators most commonly use annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per country to describe carbon output, but this is a very misleading way to identify the actual dynamics behind carbon emissions. As China is the most populous nation, it is no surprise that this approach lends itself to painting China as the “bad player”. Many experts believe that China, whose emissions are high in part because it […]

China does not dominate global coal financing: US research study

July 11, 2021 CEN_com 0

“In 2020 Japan financed the most overseas coal power plants providing US$7.8bn annually, while Korea provided US$5.3bn and Canada provided US$4.3bn“ Global Trade Review Over the past 3 years, the Western media has waged a politically motivated campaign of misinformation, attempting to portray China as the “world’s worst polluter” and as engaging in a climate wrecking global spree of building coal fired power stations. As China Environment News has pointed […]

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Community seedbanks are protecting China’s crops

July 11, 2021 CEN_com 0

China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs found that of 11,590 grain crop varieties planted in the country in 1956, only 3,271 varieties remained in 2014. In an effort to combat dwindling crop diversity across China, the government has bolstered its system of national genebanks, plus issued recent policy recommendations. These are making positive steps towards large-scale conservation; however, there has been relatively little attention given to the role of […]

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US moves to sabotage global solar power manufacturing

July 11, 2021 CEN_com 0

US trade war and illegal sanctions risk shortages in world’s top silicon-producing region. TOKYO — on 4 July 2021, the Nikkei Asia news outlet reported that US sanctions against the Chinese solar manufacturing industry “are now casting a shadow over the solar industry” and “one of the world’s biggest sources of silicon.” The article reported that “the price of silicon used to make polycrystalline wafers for solar panels now stands at […]

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US sanctions on China sabotage global solar power manufacturing

July 11, 2021 CEN_com 0

US trade war and illegal sanctions risk shortages in world’s top silicon-producing region. TOKYO — on 4 July 2021, the Nikkei Asia news outlet reported that US sanctions against the Chinese solar manufacturing industry “are now casting a shadow over the solar industry” and “one of the world’s biggest sources of silicon.” The article reported that “the price of silicon used to make polycrystalline wafers for solar panels now stands at […]