Tiaozini Wetlands, Dongtai, Jiangsu Province, China

A sea anemone is partially obscured in the mud. On Jan. 1, 2018 14 of China's provinces are required to draw up their "ecological red lines," areas designated for environmental protection. Greenpeace urges that sensitive wetlands habitats be included within these red lines.

In original language:

退潮后在泥里“扎根”的沙葵

2017年8月20日。江苏省东台市条子泥，退潮后在泥里“扎根”的沙葵。在中国，由于它的价值得不到足够的重视，导致其保护一直存在空缺。甚至被列为“未利用土地”，成为耕地占补平衡、城市扩充的牺牲品，在沿海开发的浪潮中离我们越来越远。

Unique identifier: GP0STRCPZ

Type: Image

Shoot date: 30/06/2017

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.
To protect the 800 million mu (1mu=0.0006667km²) wetland in China and preserve the national ecological security, it is necessary to effectively delineate and implement the ecological protection “red line”, a set of ecological guidelines issued on February 2017 by Chinese central authorities that will declare certain regions under mandatory and rigorous protection.

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