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China's renewables sector booming, study says
Posted at 7:59 AM on 01 Aug 2008
China's renewable-energy sector is growing substantially despite the simultaneous growth of its famous dirty-energy sector, according to a study by nonprofit The Climate Group. While China recently took the lead as the world's largest carbon emitter and continues building roughly one coal-fired power plant a week on average, the country's renewables industry is also setting records. In 2007, China's $12 billion investment in renewables was second only to Germany's; by 2009, China's renewables-investment is expected to be the world's largest. According to the report, China already has the world's largest installed capacity for renewables generation, due in large part to the huge (and hugely controversial) Three Gorges Dam. But even discounting hydropower, China's renewables industry looks promising. According to the report, China is the world's fifth-largest wind-power producer, the biggest manufacturer of both solar panels and solar water heaters, and will soon be the world's top exporter of wind turbines. "Everybody sees China as this monster polluter, but it is doing so much more than that," said Changhua Wu of The Climate Group. "China has got the green message."
sources: BBC News, Reuters
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
China's mangrove campaigner wins conservation award in Britain
LONDON (Xinhua) -- China's mangrove campaigner Liu Yi won the Whitley Award on Wednesday night for grassroots nature conservation.
The 26-year-old student, who is in his last year for his master's degree at Xiamen University in south China's Fujian Province, received the award on Wednesday night from HRH The Princess Royal (Princess Anne) at the Royal Geographical Society in London for his efforts in restoring and expanding the mangrove forests that protect coastal communities from sea surges and benefit biodiversity in the eastern coast of China.
Liu became the youngest ever recipient of a Whitley Award presented by the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) -- a charity in Britain which administers the international awards program and celebrates its 15th anniversary this year.
Edward Whitley, founder of the fund, said: "The aim of the Whitley Awards is to find and support the environmental leaders who are helping to build a future where nature and people co-exist in a way that benefits both. The example given by people like Liu Yi is an inspiration for us all."
As part of his prize, he receives a Whitley Award project grant of 30,000 pounds (some 60,000 U.S. dollars) donated by HSBC Private Bank, plus long-term support and the opportunity to seek further WFN funding, currently worth more than 400,000 pounds (about 800,000 dollars) a year.
"I would use all the award money for the work we're doing in China if I could win it," he said earlier in an interview, not sure about the results.
The award to Liu recognized his work in five south eastern provinces of China, where he is spearheading a campaign to protect, restore and expand the region's mangroves -- highly unusual trees which thrive in salty waters, where they stabilize coastlines, provide an important wildlife habitat and protect coastal communities from sea surges.
Through the 7-year campaign, Liu is promoting research, encouraging forest rehabilitation and providing public education, community development and training. The program has so far involved 200,000 people, mostly volunteers, and replanted more than 150,000 mangrove trees.
Liu is now eager to spread his work across to other coastal parts of China, where 70 percent of mangrove forests have been lost.
The judges also picked two winners for the scheme's top prize --the Whitley Gold Award -- which went jointly to Rodrigo Hucke-Gaete from Chile and Cagan Sekercioglu from Turkey with 60,000 pounds (120,000 U.S. dollars project funding each. Other Whitley Award and Associate Award winners came from Bangladesh, Borneo, Brazil, Guatemala, Haiti, India and Peru.
According to Whitley, what's special about the award is that the Whitley Fund for Nature will also strive to support the winners by offering them opportunities to seek further funding in future years and by uniting them with other donors and conservation organizations.
"They also become part of the Whitley Fund for Nature's network of past finalists which, after 15 years, now takes in over 100 dynamic environmentalists in more than 50 countries, making it an invaluable source of experience, ideas and best practice," he added.
A total of 11 campaigners from ten countries were short listed for the awards.
Source: XinhuaNet
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/22/content_8224369.htm
The 26-year-old student, who is in his last year for his master's degree at Xiamen University in south China's Fujian Province, received the award on Wednesday night from HRH The Princess Royal (Princess Anne) at the Royal Geographical Society in London for his efforts in restoring and expanding the mangrove forests that protect coastal communities from sea surges and benefit biodiversity in the eastern coast of China.
Liu became the youngest ever recipient of a Whitley Award presented by the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) -- a charity in Britain which administers the international awards program and celebrates its 15th anniversary this year.
Edward Whitley, founder of the fund, said: "The aim of the Whitley Awards is to find and support the environmental leaders who are helping to build a future where nature and people co-exist in a way that benefits both. The example given by people like Liu Yi is an inspiration for us all."
As part of his prize, he receives a Whitley Award project grant of 30,000 pounds (some 60,000 U.S. dollars) donated by HSBC Private Bank, plus long-term support and the opportunity to seek further WFN funding, currently worth more than 400,000 pounds (about 800,000 dollars) a year.
"I would use all the award money for the work we're doing in China if I could win it," he said earlier in an interview, not sure about the results.
The award to Liu recognized his work in five south eastern provinces of China, where he is spearheading a campaign to protect, restore and expand the region's mangroves -- highly unusual trees which thrive in salty waters, where they stabilize coastlines, provide an important wildlife habitat and protect coastal communities from sea surges.
Through the 7-year campaign, Liu is promoting research, encouraging forest rehabilitation and providing public education, community development and training. The program has so far involved 200,000 people, mostly volunteers, and replanted more than 150,000 mangrove trees.
Liu is now eager to spread his work across to other coastal parts of China, where 70 percent of mangrove forests have been lost.
The judges also picked two winners for the scheme's top prize --the Whitley Gold Award -- which went jointly to Rodrigo Hucke-Gaete from Chile and Cagan Sekercioglu from Turkey with 60,000 pounds (120,000 U.S. dollars project funding each. Other Whitley Award and Associate Award winners came from Bangladesh, Borneo, Brazil, Guatemala, Haiti, India and Peru.
According to Whitley, what's special about the award is that the Whitley Fund for Nature will also strive to support the winners by offering them opportunities to seek further funding in future years and by uniting them with other donors and conservation organizations.
"They also become part of the Whitley Fund for Nature's network of past finalists which, after 15 years, now takes in over 100 dynamic environmentalists in more than 50 countries, making it an invaluable source of experience, ideas and best practice," he added.
A total of 11 campaigners from ten countries were short listed for the awards.
Source: XinhuaNet
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/22/content_8224369.htm
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
China Is The World's Largest Producer And Exporter Of Seafood, According To Report
China Is The World's Largest Producer And Exporter Of Seafood, According To The Latest Glitnir Report
Reykjavik, Iceland, Nov 5, 2007 - (Hugin via ABN Newswire) - Glitnir China Seafood Industry Report 2007
Shanghai/Reykjavik/Oslo - 5 November 2007 - China is now the largest producer of seafood in the world, supplying some 35 percent of total global seafood products*. In addition, China leads the world in terms of the export of seafood produce, with Japan accounting for about half of its total seafood exports in recent years. Glitnir's latest report highlights that demand for high quality seafood in the Chinese market is set to continue to grow, due to increasingly affluent consumers, greater production capacity and the traditional popularity of seafood, particularly shellfish, in Asia.
Production China's total seafood production was 51 million tons, which represented a stable year-on-year growth of 4.08 percent.*
The new Glitnir Seafood Industry Report is the second annual report to be published by Glitnir on the Chinese market. All reports are available HERE.
Reykjavik, Iceland, Nov 5, 2007 - (Hugin via ABN Newswire) - Glitnir China Seafood Industry Report 2007
Shanghai/Reykjavik/Oslo - 5 November 2007 - China is now the largest producer of seafood in the world, supplying some 35 percent of total global seafood products*. In addition, China leads the world in terms of the export of seafood produce, with Japan accounting for about half of its total seafood exports in recent years. Glitnir's latest report highlights that demand for high quality seafood in the Chinese market is set to continue to grow, due to increasingly affluent consumers, greater production capacity and the traditional popularity of seafood, particularly shellfish, in Asia.
Production China's total seafood production was 51 million tons, which represented a stable year-on-year growth of 4.08 percent.*
The new Glitnir Seafood Industry Report is the second annual report to be published by Glitnir on the Chinese market. All reports are available HERE.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
China bans plastic bags
China announces plastic bag ban
The Chinese government says it is banning shops from handing out free plastic bags from June this year, in a bid to curb pollution.
Production of ultra-thin plastic bags will also be banned, the State Council said in a statement.
Instead, people will be encouraged to use baskets or reusable cloth bags for their shopping, the council said.
The move comes amid growing concern about pollution and environmental degradation in China.
China was using huge quantities of plastic bags each year, the State Council, China's cabinet, said in its directive, posted on the main government website.
"Plastic shopping bags, due to reasons such as excessive use and inefficient recycling, have caused serious energy and resources waste and environment pollution," it said.
Easily discarded
Of particular concern were cheap, flimsy bags that many shopkeepers routinely handed out to customers.
"The super-thin bags have especially become a main source of plastic pollution as they are easy to break and thus disposed of carelessly," the statement said.
Shops that violated the new rules could be fined or have their goods confiscated, it said.
The council also called for greater recycling efforts from rubbish collectors, and suggested financial authorities should consider higher taxes on the production and sale of plastic bags.
In recent years, China's rapid development has triggered concerns over pollution and use of resources.
But correspondents say that there is a growing awareness that more needs to be done to protect the environment.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7178287.stm
Published: 2008/01/09 07:38:14 GMT
© BBC MMVIII
The Chinese government says it is banning shops from handing out free plastic bags from June this year, in a bid to curb pollution.
Production of ultra-thin plastic bags will also be banned, the State Council said in a statement.
Instead, people will be encouraged to use baskets or reusable cloth bags for their shopping, the council said.
The move comes amid growing concern about pollution and environmental degradation in China.
China was using huge quantities of plastic bags each year, the State Council, China's cabinet, said in its directive, posted on the main government website.
"Plastic shopping bags, due to reasons such as excessive use and inefficient recycling, have caused serious energy and resources waste and environment pollution," it said.
Easily discarded
Of particular concern were cheap, flimsy bags that many shopkeepers routinely handed out to customers.
"The super-thin bags have especially become a main source of plastic pollution as they are easy to break and thus disposed of carelessly," the statement said.
Shops that violated the new rules could be fined or have their goods confiscated, it said.
The council also called for greater recycling efforts from rubbish collectors, and suggested financial authorities should consider higher taxes on the production and sale of plastic bags.
In recent years, China's rapid development has triggered concerns over pollution and use of resources.
But correspondents say that there is a growing awareness that more needs to be done to protect the environment.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7178287.stm
Published: 2008/01/09 07:38:14 GMT
© BBC MMVIII
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