Articles in Environment
The China Environment Federation Secretariat announced that it will promote an environmental case in Jiang Yan, Jiangsu Province to the entire nation as a successful mode to address environmental issues.
In recent years, rural areas have …
August 5th witnessed China’s first voluntary carbon credits trading. At the China Beijing Environment Exchange (CBEX), Tianping Auto Insurance Co (TPAIC) using RMB 277,700 (or $39,671), purchased 8,026 tons of carbon reduction credits generated from …
The People’s Court of Wuxi issued a notice July 6, officially established the case of China Federation of Environmental Protection Organizations accusing Jiangsu Yingang Containers Co., Ltd for environment pollution. This symbolizes China’s first case of environmental litigation initiated …
Edited by Jonathan Schwartz, Shawn Shieh
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
List Price: $125.00
ISBN: 978-0-415-45224-3
Binding: Hardback
Published by: Routledge
Publication Date: 05/26/2009
Pages: 224
About the Book
This volume examines the shifting role of the state and social organizations (e.g. …
Based on research by Jialiang Xu and Fang Wan
The history of China’s environmental NPOs is less than 30 years. Till 2005, there are 2768 environmental NPOs of various types in China. Among them, 1382 (49.9%) were …
By Fengshi Wu
What are GONGOs
GONGOs are “government organized non-governmental organizations.”
There are competing arguments on the nature of GONGOs. “The state-led model is rooted in the idea that there is a Chinese political culture that reifies …
According to the China Environmental NGO Blue book released in 2008, 28.9% of all known environmental NGOs in China do not have professional employees, and 46.5% of the group have less than 5 employees. To …
March 12, 2009 is China’s thirty-first Arbor Day, or Trees Planting Day. Designated by the National People’s Congress (NPC, China’s top legislature) in 1979, the day commemorates the passing of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, China’s democratic …
On April 4th 2009, the Third China Green Long March (GLM) kicked off. Claiming to be China’s largest youth conservation movement, GLM engaged over 10,000 student environmentalists, governmental leaders and environmental scholars will participate in …
