China Environment Forum 中国环境论坛

Most wildlife and land conservation efforts in #China are conducted at the provincial and county level, which is severely underfunded. China's new national park system seeks to correct this, says Zhuoshi Liu from @ELIORG.

Public interest litigation can be used as a tool by #China to crack down on illegal activities in protected areas, such as mining, logging, hunting, and excessive development, says Zhuoshi Liu from @ELIORG.

After the #Chinese government noticed the environmental impact of NGOs, they decided that the government should have "more muscle" to file civil environmental cases for #conservation purposes and to collaborate with these local NGOs, says Zhuoshi Liu from @ELIORG.

In 2020, prosecutors representing the Qilianshan National Forest filed a large public interest case against a massive poaching operation within the protected area, says Zhuoshi Liu from @ELIORG.

Prosecutors from Nanping City in Fujian Province have filed litigation against illegal logging in Wuyishan National Park, asking for money to compensate environmental and ecological damage. - Zhuoshi Liu from @ELIORG

Zhuoshi Liu from @ELIORG describes a lawsuit brought by #China environmental NGO @CBCGDF_China against the giant bottled water company Nongfu Spring for illegal land use in Wushiyan National park in 2020.