WantChina Times 2014-10-27
Unregulated land reclamation has caused serious coastal erosion across the intertidal zones of the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea, threatening flocks of migratory birds and local environmental conditions, not to mention local residents’ daily lives, Shangahi’s China Business News reports.
Thus far, an total area of about 2,000sq km has been reclaimed from the Bohai Sea over the past two decades and the area is still expanding.
Land reclamation projects have caused a 57% decrease in China’s coastal wetland areas.
The China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development predicted that the country’s land reclamation projects could cause 188 billion yuan (US$30.7 billion) in losses per year to the marine and coastal ecological sector, equivalent to 6% of the national gross output value of marine industries.
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