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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 [...]

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