Focus**Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspector|**Ecological and environmental protection inspectors report on ecological damage in 5 provinces.
The third round of the first batch of ecological and environmental protection inspection teams is carrying out inspections in 5 provinces including Fujian. On December 1, the inspection team notified the typical cases of 5 provinces to play a warning role and effectively promote the rectification of problems.
The inspection team found in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, that some coastal shelterbelts were seriously damaged. The Qixinghai Tourist Resort Project in Zhangpu County repaired and expanded its business facilities within the coastal shelter forest without authorization, and illegally occupied 75 protective forest land4 acres, of which 636 acres belong to the backbone forest belt. The Baitang Bay real estate project in Longhai District (formerly Longhai City) was divided into four parcels because some plots did not meet the requirements for forest use, and were approved in disguise in the name of sea fishing center and ocean park3846 acres of forest procedures, including 365 acres of coastal shelter forest. Hotels, commercial buildings and real estate projects have been built in some plots.
On November 24, 2023, the on-site inspectors of the inspection team found that Qixinghai Tourist Resort in Zhangpu County illegally occupied protective forest land. (Photo courtesy of the inspection team).
The inspectors found that the urban-rural integration demonstration zone in Sanmenxia City, Henan Province, in the name of river ecological restoration, illegally occupied cultivated land to dig lakes and landscaping, affecting the safety of river flooding. In March 2020, the local government illegally launched the construction of an ecological restoration project on a first-class tributary of the Yellow River, including the Haoyang River Wetland Park, without going through the formalities of planning permission and approval for construction land. The relevant projects actually occupy 490 cultivated land in violation of regulations77 acres, including 1417 acres of permanent basic farmland.
In Hainan, the inspection team found that the mangrove nature reserve was not properly managed, and the reserve was illegally occupied. In the buffer zone and experimental area of Dongzhaigang Mangrove National Nature Reserve in Haikou City, there are still about 560 acres of breeding ponds and 7 temporary docking points for fishing boats. Fountain squares and parking lots have been built in the Sanya River Mangrove Nature Reserve, encroaching on about 109 acres of the reserve. In some places, there is a lack of supervision and inspection, and mangrove felling and destruction occur from time to time, and even when the inspection team investigates on the spot, it is only then that the mangrove forest has been damaged. Since 2022, Guangcun Town, Danzhou City, has been located within the ecological protection red line21Nine acres of mangrove forests have been cut down one after another.
On November 23, 2023, the on-site inspector of the inspection team used a drone to shoot, and Guangcun Town, Danzhou City, is located within the ecological protection red line21Nine acres of mangrove forests have been cut down one after another. (Photo courtesy of the inspection team).
Zhangye City, Gansu Province, has a shortage of water resources, and the contradiction between human water and ground water is prominent. The inspectors found that more than 30 artificial water surfaces in Ganzhou, Linze and other districts and counties of Zhangye City had violations of laws and regulations, and a large number of artificial water surfaces had been taking water illegally for a long time. Among them, in 2011, the Lushuiwan Scenic Area in Ganzhou District did not approve the construction of 3 artificial water surfaces, and has not applied for a water intake permit, and in 2022 alone, 26 million cubic meters of water will be taken from the Heihe River. Since 2020, thousands of cases of over-withdrawal of water have occurred in groundwater overexploitation areas, and the local water affairs department has basically failed to investigate and deal with them in accordance with the law.
Qaidam Basin is the main salt lake resource rich area in China, and its ecological security is important. In Qinghai, the inspection team found that the potassium chloride production enterprises in the Zarkhan salt lake area have been producing at a long-time scale, and the actual annual output from 2019 to 2022 exceeded the mining license. 1%。Some enterprises illegally take water, such as the Golmud Zangge Potash Fertilizer Company, which took brine from South Hobson Lake, which is restricted from development, without authorization, and illegally took brine from September 2019 to September 202312.6 billion cubic meters. (Reporter Gao Jing).
*: Xinhua Vision.