The Przewalski’s horse species became extinct in the wild in China in the early 1980s, and the Chinese government started to re-introduce the horse breed in 1984. In 1986, the Xinjiang Wild Horse Breeding and Research Center was set up for breeding and rewilding of Przewalski’s horses and, after years’ efforts, it has made breakthroughs in releasing them into the wild. The population of the Przewalski’s horses in China has […]
DAKAR, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) — China and African nations have issued a declaration on climate change cooperation, recognizing that climate change has become a major challenge to the natural ecological environment and social and economic development of China and Africa. The Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation was held on 29-30 November, 2021, and will play in further substantiating the Sino-African comprehensive strategic partnership and improving the […]
More than 8,000 Yangtze alligators in the Chinese city of Xuancheng will be moved indoors ahead of the winter season. The Anhui Chinese Alligator National Nature Reserve, the world’s largest breeding and research centre for the species, will be sheltering the alligators to help them through the cold winter months. Yangtze alligators, also known as Chinese alligators, are native to the rich wetlands along the mid and downstream of the […]
The Yangtze River Delta Sustainable Development Research Institute has been established to serve the national Yangtze River Delta region integration strategy. It pools the resources of universities and scientific research institutions including Tongji University, the executive committee of the Yangtze River Delta Ecology and Greenery Integration Demonstration Zone, and combines talent training, scientific research and social services. Located in the Daguanyuan area of Jinze Town, the institute is a scientific […]
China and Russia have been stepping up energy cooperation during the first nine months of this year with bilateral energy trade reaching a new high, and the two sides vowed to further enhance energy cooperation in sectors like oil and gas, nuclear, petrochemicals and renewables. Bilateral trade between China and Russia in the energy industry in the January-September period reached $34.9 billion, which accounts for 34.3 percent of the total […]
Western politicians wanted to emerge from the Glasgow COP26 climate summit with their “green credentials” burnished, proving that they have done everything in their power to prevent a future global temperature rise of more than 1.5C. Climate scientists and developing nations are already doubtful whether the pledges being made go far enough. But the visible activity at the summit hid a much starker reality. The very nations proclaiming moral leadership in […]
CHONGQING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) — Chinese officials and researchers have released 450,000 rare fish into the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in the latest effort to restore the river’s ecological environment. The release took place in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality and was launched by multiple departments, including the national nature reserve for the protection of rare and unique fish in the upper reaches of Yangtze River. The released batch […]
CGN Brazil Energy Holding Co., a branch of China General Nuclear Power Group, announced its LDB wind power expansion project was completed and put into operation Thursday. The LDB wind power expansion project is located in Lagoa do Barro in northeast Brazil, with a total installed capacity of 82,800 kW. It is the first Greenland wind power project independently constructed and managed by CGN Brazil Energy, with its annual power […]
Republished by China Environment from China Dialogue under a Creative Commons licence. Having said it will stop building coal power plants overseas, could China instead export its renewable energy model to developing nations? In Yinchuan, Ningxia province, on the eastern side of the Yellow River, over four million solar panels turn to the sun. Below the panels, 10,000 mu (667 hectares) of goji berries wait to be picked. This is a mixed […]
China will endeavor to draft an action plan for methane emission control during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period and intensify efforts to establish monitoring and accounting systems for the greenhouse gas, an official said at a news conference on Thursday. Lu Xinming, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment’s deputy director for climate change, also said that following thorough research into its methane emissions, the country plans to hammer out […]
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