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Forests’ Recovery Will Take Decades

Many have seen the once-in-50-years magnitude of this year’s snowstorms that hit central and south China, yet the consequences have yet to be felt in the years, even decades, ahead, according to China...

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China’s Loggers Down Chainsaws in Attempt to Regrow Forests

Jonathan Watts, who is now the Guardian’s Asia environment correspondent, reports for the paper on deforestation in China. He begins the report by describing the massive tree-planting effort known as...

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China Sandstorm Leaves Beijing Shrouded in Orange Dust

BBC reports on the massive sandstorm that blanketed Beijing today: By Saturday, the storm had spread over an area of 810,000 sq km (313,000 sq miles) with a population of 250 million, state news agency...

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China’s Fight Against Disposable Chopsticks

The Los Angeles Times finds the link between disposable chopsticks and China’s deadly landslides: With summer floods devastating southern, western and northeastern China, a massive oil spill smothering...

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More Missing in New China Landslide

Another deadly landslide, this one in Yunnan. From Al Jazeera: At least 67 people have been reported missing after new mudslides hit a town in southwest China, adding to the thousands already killed or...

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Mud Buries a County Devoid of Trees and Plans

An article in Caixin looks at the role deforestation 50 years ago played in the recent devastating mudslide in Zhouqu, Gansu: Many scholars and local officials think deforestation and other manmade...

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The Zhouqu Mudslide: “The National Ecological Disaster in Microcosm.”

At China Dialogue, Jiang Gaoming examines the role of human activity in last year’s deadly Zhouqu mudslide: Zhouqu county, in China’s north-western province of Gansu, was once known for its forests,...

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The Uncertain Return of Beijing Wildlife

The sky above Beijing is best known for characteristics other than its bird life. Nevertheless, the city’s birds appear to have multiplied over the past ten years thanks to new habitats offered by...

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Will Forks Conquer Chopsticks in China?

After a National People’s Congress member and timber executive bemoaned the strain placed on China’s environment by the use of disposable chopsticks, a fresh round of debate has emerged over whether...

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Dams & Deforestation: Yunnan’s Water Woes

At The New York Times, Andrew Jacobs reports environmentalists’ frustration with the decision to resume damming on southwest China’s Nu River. The new dams are expected to displace as many as 60,000...

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Environmental Activist Wu Dengming Dies

Founder of the Chongqing Green Volunteer League, Wu Dengming, who in his retirement organized no car days, tracked down pollution offenders, and risked his safety to film illegal logging in Sichuan...

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Rubber Boom Threatens Yunnan’s Elephant Haven

While Chinese demand for ivory threatens Africa’s elephants, Yunnan’s 300 Asian elephants enjoy the relative shelter of harsh anti-poaching laws and growing public affection. The New York Times’ Andrew...

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Chinese Logging Threatens Myanmar Ceasefire

Hereward Holland of National Geographic investigates illegal logging in Myanmar, largely perpetrated by Chinese companies who exploit tense relations between the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO),...

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NGOs Face “Pounding” as Environment Test Proceeds

The Wall Street Journal’s Te-Ping Chen reports that a case over deforestation in Fujian is testing new rules governing public-interest lawsuits by environmental organizations: The case, brought by...

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Myanmar Jails 155 Chinese Citizens for Illegal Logging

In Myanmar, 155 Chinese citizens have been sentenced—all but two to life—for illegal logging. Reuters reports: A court in Myitkyina, capital of Kachin State in the north of Burma, handed down sentences...

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