The China environment yearbook. : from the Sichuan earthquake to the Olympics / / Volume 4, : Tragedy and hope : / edited by Yang Dongping.

• Superior document: The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences yearbooks. Environment, v. 4
• TeilnehmendeR: Yang, Dongping.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Yearbooks: Environment 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (393 p.)
• Notes: Translated from the Chinese.
• Other title: Tragedy and hope : Preliminary Material --; We Are All Victims of Pollution and Responsible for Our Planet /; 1. Beijing’s Environment during the Olympic Games and the Post-Olympic Outlook /; 2. Large Projects in Quake-Stricken Areas after the Sichuan Earthquake /; 3. Forestry Decentralization May Lead to Crisis /; 4. Plateau Wetlands: Functions, Values, and Environmental Deterioration /; 5. Pastoral Industrial Policies and Grassland Ecology /; 6. Opportunities and Risks of Genetically Modified Crops /; 7. Road Construction: Ecological and Social Problems /; 8. Air Quality and Quality of Life /; 9. Agricultural Pollution Zoning and Comprehensive Control Measures /; 10. Marine Pollution in China: A Gloomy Outlook /; 11. A Turning Point in China’s Energy Conservation and Emissions Reduction? /; 12. Significant Developments in China’s Environmental Legal System in 2008 /; 13. The Ministry of Environmental Protection: From Organizational Upgrade to Functional Enhancement /; 14. Natural Resource and Environmental Issues in the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference /; 15. Plastic Bag Restriction: An Unfinished Mission /; 16. Environmental Public Interest Litigation /; 17. Promoting Open Environmental Information /; 18. New Developments in Environmental Economic Policy /; 19. China’s Comprehensive Engagement with a Low Carbon Economy /; 20. Ecological Compensation and Payment /; 21. Environmental Performance of Enterprises in 2008 /; Annual Indexes: Environmental Trends --; Terminological Glossary --; Index.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 900419035X
• ISSN: 1872-7212
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Yang Dongping.

This volume of the China Environment Yearbook is the fourth in the seminal series by China’s first environmental NGOs, Friends of Nature. The fourth English translation updates readers on environmentally significant issues of 2008, a year of both tragedy and hope. 2008 was an eventful year that included such setbacks as the Sichuan Earthquake, debilitating snow and ice storms, an algae bloom at the site of the Olympic sailing venue prior to the games, and a worsening global economic crisis. But there were also events that filled the country with optimism, including a successful Beijing Olympic Games with good air quality, the upgrading of the State Environmental Protection Agency to ministerial level status, and significant developments in China’s environmental legal system and environmental public information disclosure mechanism. Other topics explored in this volume include marine pollution, wetlands, road ecology, eco-compensation, debates surrounding the newly instituted “plastic bag restriction” policy, public interest litigation, the concept of a low carbon economy, and the environmental performance of enterprises in 2008. Volume four is essential for those looking for a window into issues affecting China’s environment from the viewpoint of civil society.