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April 6, 2009, Monday
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TIBET'S environment has been well preserved during the region's economic development and modernization, said a report published last Monday by the Beijing-based China Tibetology Research Center.
"In China, the Tibet Autonomous Region is the place nearest to the sky and furthest away from pollution," read the Report on the Economic and Social Development of Tibet.
According to the report, China has attached increasing importance to ecological building, environmental protection and sustainable development in Tibet in recent years, as it plans to make Tibet a "protective screen for regional ecological security" by 2030.
The central government is investing nearly 20 billion yuan (US$2.9 billion) to build a protective screen program during the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2006-10), the report said.
Environment-friendly regulations have been issued to curb the damage of construction projects to the environment, charge fees for discharging industrial wastes, accelerate afforestation and protect biodiversity in the region.
As a result, the air quality of Lhasa, the region's capital, is noticeably better than that of the other big cities in China, according to the report.
In 2007, more than 98 percent of the days in Lhasa registered as having "excellent" or "good" air quality, with only seven days registered as "slightly polluted."
The human-afforested area in the region jumped from 868 hectares in 1990 to 19,069 in 2007, including 13,132 hectares of shelter forests that play an important role in ecological protection, the report said.
In addition, the biodiversity in Tibet is well protected, it said. "Since the peaceful liberation of Tibet in 1951, not one species in Tibet has been found to have suffered extinction." Tibet also has 20 nature reserves, including nine at the national level and 11 at the regional level, with a combined area of 41 million hectares.
The report said Tibet has relied on environment-friendly industries, including tourism and Tibetan medicine and pharmacology, to ensure economic growth and sustainable development.
"In China, the Tibet Autonomous Region is the place nearest to the sky and furthest away from pollution," read the Report on the Economic and Social Development of Tibet.
According to the report, China has attached increasing importance to ecological building, environmental protection and sustainable development in Tibet in recent years, as it plans to make Tibet a "protective screen for regional ecological security" by 2030.
The central government is investing nearly 20 billion yuan (US$2.9 billion) to build a protective screen program during the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2006-10), the report said.
Environment-friendly regulations have been issued to curb the damage of construction projects to the environment, charge fees for discharging industrial wastes, accelerate afforestation and protect biodiversity in the region.
As a result, the air quality of Lhasa, the region's capital, is noticeably better than that of the other big cities in China, according to the report.
In 2007, more than 98 percent of the days in Lhasa registered as having "excellent" or "good" air quality, with only seven days registered as "slightly polluted."
The human-afforested area in the region jumped from 868 hectares in 1990 to 19,069 in 2007, including 13,132 hectares of shelter forests that play an important role in ecological protection, the report said.
In addition, the biodiversity in Tibet is well protected, it said. "Since the peaceful liberation of Tibet in 1951, not one species in Tibet has been found to have suffered extinction." Tibet also has 20 nature reserves, including nine at the national level and 11 at the regional level, with a combined area of 41 million hectares.
The report said Tibet has relied on environment-friendly industries, including tourism and Tibetan medicine and pharmacology, to ensure economic growth and sustainable development.
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