www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
China
Home / China / Society

Former journalist draws pollution map of China

Xinhua | Updated: 2013-06-06 13:45

BEIJING - Ma Jun and his group for environmental protection have compiled an open-source online database of water, air and hazardous waste pollution records dating back seven years in order to encourage more public participation, and with it, change.

The database includes information from 31 provincial-level regions, with over 90,000 records from enterprises that have violated environmental protection laws.

Former journalist draws pollution map of China

Ma Jun talks to media in this March 27, 2012 file photo. [Photo by Wang Jing/Asianewsphoto]

"Public participation is of great importance in protecting our environment," said Ma, a former journalist, author and founder of the non-profit Institute for Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE).

Ma founded IPE in 2006, the same year that he started working on the database.

China's environmental problems have largely been blamed on local governments, which often pursue economic development at the cost of environmental damage. Poor enforcement of environmental protection laws has also been an obstacle.

Ma said extensive public participation will help turn the tide, especially when it comes to helping international companies police their suppliers.

Ma kicked off a related campaign in 2007, calling on major international companies to work with their suppliers to improve their practices.

Fifty major enterprises that rely on Chinese manufacturers joined the campaign, identifying suppliers that were violating environmental regulations and working with them to make positive changes, Ma said.

"But it has proven to be a difficult task to push particularly large corporations to confront the problems created by their Chinese suppliers," Ma said, citing Apple as an example of such a company.

Ma said Apple at first refused to even confirm that it had any relationship with factories that had been blamed for polluting the environment. But one-and-a-half years later, the company changed its mind and started auditing its suppliers.

Ma's efforts, as well as those of his group, earned him a nomination as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World" in 2006 by Time magazine. In 2012, he received the Goldman Environmental Prize, one of the world's biggest awards for local environmental activists.

"We can only have an impact on a fraction of firms in the database," Ma said, adding that the overall situation is still severe and some areas are experiencing degrading environmental conditions.

Ma said the improvement of the public's awareness of environmental protection and the expansion of government transparency will help create a cleaner China.

"An early step is always helpful," Ma said.

 

Editor's picks
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
 
主站蜘蛛池模板: 欧美视频在线一区 | 亚洲图片 自拍偷拍 | 成年人免费在线视频观看 | 久久 精品 一区二区 | 精品欧美激情在线看 | 国产伦码精品一区二区三区 | 黄网站免费在线 | 亚洲精品自产拍在线观看 | 污美女网站www在线观看 | 午夜性福利 | 国产欧美亚洲精品 | 日韩免费精品一级毛片 | 久久影院在线观看 | 9久9久热精品视频在线观看 | 日本一区毛片免费观看 | 中国女人毛茸茸免费视频 | 亚洲成年人专区 | 一级a做爰片欧欧美毛片4 | 欧美另类videosbestsex高清 | 国产成人爱片免费观看视频 | 在线观看一级片 | 国产精品影视 | 中国一级做a爱片免费 | 美国第一毛片 | 亚洲成人91 | 精品久久在线观看 | 91精品一区国产高清在线 | japanese色系国产在线高清 | 亚洲欧美一区二区三区综合 | 日韩欧美一级 | 美国三级大片 | 国产成人精品午夜二三区 | 亚洲国产精品免费 | 武松金莲肉体交战在线观看 | 日本全黄 | 国产成人综合自拍 | 久久免费小视频 | 日韩欧美一区二区三区不卡视频 | 玖玖国产在线观看 | 日韩免费观看一级毛片看看 | 亚洲第一视频在线观看 |