At the suggestion of the wise Adam Minter, I’ve decoupled today’s orginal post. While both portions relate to the same locale, they address seperate (but equally important) issues. Here’s one part:
Had I not read this story about Shennongjia’s quest for “ecological compensation” (which is the subject of today’s other feature) I would have missed the [...]
China’s Bigfoot
June 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: miscellany
Songnongjia: A Case for Ecological Compensation?
June 17th, 2009 · 7 Comments
China.org.cn has a good feature story on the dilemma of Shennongjia in Hubei Province. Shennongjia lies between the Yangtze and Han rivers is now primarily a protected Nature Reserve. It consists of
2,618 square kilometers of forest. According to Qian [Yuankun, officer of Shennongjia Forest District], every year trees here release over 3 million tons of [...]
Tags: nature reserves