China Environment Yearbook, Volume 2

Yang Dongping is co-founder and vice president of Friends of Nature and professor of education at the Beijing Institute of Technology.Friends of Nature was the first environmental non-governmental organization in the People’s Republic of China, established in 1994 by Liang Congjie, Yang Dongping, Liang Xiaoyan and Wang Lixiong. The organization has more than 3000 active members and has been recipient fifteen prestigious national and international awards.

"The extensive data and many case studies inform Western readers of China’s environmental challenges and how they may be addressed. Its broad selection of topics will appeal to all who are interested in China’s environmental affairs. Because it is nontechnical, even readers with limited formal environmental education can easily understand the material...Changes and Struggles is a worthy addition to university and public libraries."Herman F. Huang, China Review International: Volume 16, No. 3, 2009

• IntroductionJudith ShapiroGENERAL REPORTStanding at a New Vantage Point—China’s Environment in 2006, the First Year of the Eleventh Five-Year PlanHu KanpingPART ONE: THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETYChallenges of and Prospects for Green GDP Accounting Zhang YingPan Yue’s Reflections on the Environment Hu KanpingEnvironmental Fiscal Reform (EFR) Is the Key to Realizing Environmental Targets in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan Ma Zhong, Wu JianA Good Beginning: Environmental Legislation in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan – A 2006 Update Ning Chen, Wu ZhijiaoEnvironmental Problems in Developing the New Socialist CountrysideWang PengRural Society Coping with Pollution Tao ChuanjinThe Wushan Model: Building a Sustainable New Socialist Countryside Sun JunGreening China’s Film Industry in 2006Guo XiaojunThe Evolution of International NGOs in China: Broadening Environmental Collaboration and Shifting PrioritiesW. Chad FutrellPART TWO: ECOLOGYThe Environmental Impacts of Large-scale Construction Projects Fan XiaoAre Fences and Grazing Bans the Best Tools for Controlling Desertification?Liu ShurunPART THREE: WATERGaining and Maintaining Access to Safe Drinking Water Zhao WengenControlling Pollution in the Huaihe River Basin: Still a Long Way to Go Huo DaishanWater Rights Trading in China Li Xi, Liu MeiMapping Water Pollution in China: Informational Transparency at WorkMa JunPART FOUR: FORESTSThe Ecological Benefits of Improving the Quality of Forests Shen XiaohuiForest Rights “Reform” and Natural Forest Protection Feng YongfengChinese Wood Products Trades and the Illegal Timber Trade Tamara Stark, Shi Pengxiang, Cheng YunPART FIVE: APPENDIXAnnual Indexes: Environmental Data and Trends