最新中国环境资讯

A Chinese environmental update

美联社报道，斯德哥尔摩国际和平研究所的研究结果表明，中国正着手准备迎接由全球升温而导致北极冰盖融化所带来的商业和战略机遇。同时研究还称，虽然中国不在北极地区，但中国非常希望获得北极地区资源开发的权利，并加强相关区域研究活动。

路透社的消息，中国为了表明其严格遏制碳排量的立场，将在下一个五年计划中阐明温室气体减排量的目标与相关地区行业的检测制度。另据中国网报道，温家宝总理在全国人大工作报告会议上做出指示，中国将致力发展低碳技术，加强研发新能源和可再生资源以积极应对气候变化。

《中国日报》报道，中国首座以甘蔗叶和其他农业废料为原料的发电厂已经在广西投入运作。同时搜狐网称，中国颁布空调能源效率新标准，提高市场准入的门槛。

台湾发生6.4级地震，造成停电、高速铁路中断及至少60人受伤。《基督教科学箴言报》表示，虽然这次地震紧接海地和智利的大地震，但由于震源在台北南部，所以从地质学角度来说，此次地震与近期地震活动无关。

中国新闻网报道，黄河水利委员会今年被授予了李耀光水资源奖。 该奖项对黄河水利委员会积极治理河道、制定相关政策、确保了中国第二大河在过去10年不断流的努力表示肯定。

《人民日报》称，自湖北省和安徽省检测出海南种植的豇豆含有毒物质后，更多的省份加入禁止销售海南产豇豆的行列，同时全国范围内均开始对豇豆进行抽查检验。

虎年伊始，黑龙江省传来好消息。在当地俄罗斯边境附近，人们发现了一只罕见的西伯利亚虎。然而没过几天，这只瘦弱的幼崽却死于营养不良。美联社消息称，目前野生西伯利亚虎只有300只左右。

据《中国日报》报道，平时只吃竹子的大熊猫，却在四川省一家猪圈中觅食。这只饥饿的大熊猫被发现在啃食原本给猪吃的骨头，但却将骨头上的肉剥离下来。

来自中外对话及环球中国环境专家协会

China is starting to prepare for the commercial and strategic opportunities arising as global warming melts polar ice cover in the Arctic, the Associated Press reported, citing a study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). While it is not an Arctic state, China is keen to have the right to access natural resources, the study said, and is increasing its regional research activity.

In its next five-year plan, China will spell out its greenhouse-gas emissions goals and monitoring rules for regions and sectors, Reuters said, with monitoring to show the country is serious about curbing emissions. In a report to China’s parliament, according to china.org, premier Wen Jiabao said the country would work to develop low-carbon technologies as well as new and renewable energy resources to actively respond to climate change.

China’s first power plant using sugar-cane leaves and other agricultural waste to generate electricity has begun operation in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China Daily reported. And the country is raising energy-efficiency standards for air conditioners, sohu.com said, ending sales of the poorest performers.

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan, injuring more than 60 people, triggering power outages and halting high-speed rail service. Despite occurring soon after massive tremors in Haiti and Chile, the quake -- centred south of Taipei -- was not geologically connected to other recent seismic activity, The Christian Science Monitor reported.

The Yellow River Conservancy Commission (YRCC) has been awarded this year’s Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize, chinanews.com reported. Named for Singapore’s first prime minister, the award recognised the YRCC for river-management initiatives and policies that have enabled China’s second-longest river to flow unabatedly over the last 10 years.

More Chinese provinces have banned the sale of cowpeas grown in Hainan province as concern about use of a toxic pesticide spreads, according to People’s Daily. Nationwide, cowpeas were tested after contamination was detected in Hainan-grown legumes on sale in Hubei and Anhui provinces.

A rare Siberian tiger discovered near the Russian border in Heilongjiang province seemed an auspicious beginning to the Year of the Tiger, but within days the emaciated cub had died of malnutrition, the Associated Press said. Just 300 Siberian tigers are believed to remain in the wild.

And a hungry giant panda was filmed chewing on bones and spitting out meat left for pigs in a farmer’s pen in Sichuan province, according to China Daily. The animal’s diet normally would consist mainly of bamboo.

Prepared in cooperation with PACE