Xiao Yang Kou Industrial Park in Jiangsu Province, China

The Xiao Yang Kou Industrial Park in Rudong County, Nantong, Jiangsu province, was built over a former wetland. Land reclamation is the largest cause of wetlands destruction in Jiangsu. In addition, the industrial park is heavily polluting. Pollution has had a significant impact on marine life in the area.

In original language:

在沿海围垦区建设的产能落后高污染的工业园区

2017年10月24 日。江苏省南通市如东县小洋口工业园区。在沿海围垦区建设产能落后高污染的工业园区，“向海要水、向海排污”在江浙沪是个普遍现象。黄海的湿地和近海污染导致渔获质量下降，也造成了对人和生物的危害。

Unique identifier: GP0STRCPE

Type: Image

Shoot date: 24/10/2017

Locations: China, East Asia, Jiangsu

Credit line: © Shi bai Xiao / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Land Reclamation Projects Threaten the Last Remaining Coastal Wetlands in China

The speed and scale of land reclamation is the primary threat to the environment of China's coastal wetlands. During land reclamation projects, huge changes take place in the local biodiversity and habitat of migratory birds and other species, but also for those fishermen communities who have been closely bound up with the coastal wetlands from generation to generation. The reclamation projects that are occupying the coastal wetlands illegally and the poor supervision of land use after the reclamation have caused great damage and threats to the natural coastal wetlands and local biodiversity.
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