Environment

Simon SchmidthalerHarald Asböck

The economical growth is seriously damaging the environment

Environmental problems include:• Land erosion• Falling water quality• Severe air pollution• Declining natural forest cover

Causes up to 750,000 deaths each year

300 million people nationwide have no access to clean water

many Chinese drink water below the WHO standards

90 % of underground water in cities are affected by pollution

80% of China’s rivers fail to meet standards for fishing

6,300 km long Third longest river on Earth Soil erosion problems

• 41.1 percent of the river basin are effected• 740,000 km2

• Loses 2.24 billion tons of soil• Damaging 67,000 hectare of fertile land

Approximately 30% of China's surface area is desert

Gobi Desert currently expands by about 2,500 km2 per year

Blue sky required Citizens were busily reporting Environmental offences Water Quality Monitoring

Center Special working groups were set

up

Hydroelectric river dam that spans the Yangtze River

Total electric generating capacity 22,500 MW (Ternberg 40,4 MW)

Relocation of local residents 600 kilometer long reservoir has

flooded about 1,300 archaeological sites