China’s Water Watchdogs
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China’s Water Watchdogs
Kristen McDonald China Program Director
Pacific Environment
Protecting the living environment of the Pacific Rim.
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community alliances, oil and coal
forestry, fisheries, field burning
Arctic treaty
water pollution, marine wildlife
liquefied natural gas, sustainable energy, shark fin ban $ sustainable finance
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Pacific Environment’s Work in China Vision: grassroots groups in China are leading, visible, and engaged. Focus: water pollution, marine conservation Tactic: grassroots capacity building and joint advocacy •Subgrants to 8 groups •Mentoring on the ground •Strategic guidance, targeted training •Annual Water Pollution Meeting in China
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How does the grassroots work on water pollution in China?
• Extra-judicial activity • Rights based resistance • Both necessary?
Xinhua
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Challenges to Rights-based Water Resource Advocacy
• Pollution problems intense • Polluters are powerful • Governance structures
complicated, competing • Role of NGOs not well
accepted/ understood
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How does grassroots work on water pollution in China?
The basics: education • Water walks • College student training • Volunteer programs • Educational materials • Elementary schools
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Water Walks in Lanzhou
• diverse participants • Weekly excursions • Education + action
(clean ups, water testing)
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How does the grassroots work on water pollution in China?
Next steps: producing data, gathering support •Inspiring public participation •Corporate and government disclosure of information •On-the ground monitoring •Publication of data
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Jiangsu Polluting Enterprise Database by Green Stone
• Information disclosure requests • University students volunteers • 60 enterprises/ interactive online map • Connected with National Map
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Green Hunan Water Monitoring Network
• Volunteer network with 8 monitoring sites
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Reporting on Mining in Liaoning Province
• Illegal gold mines • College student teams
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How does grassroots work on water pollution in China?
Next step: creating change • Corporate campaigns • Government
campaigns • Policy making • Media campaigns
Investigating Paper Plants in Anhui
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Third-Party Auditing by “Green Choice Alliance”
• Self-referral program by companies on National Water Pollution Map (IPE)
• Grassroots NGOs go as observers
• 100s of polluters clean up
Tsingdao Brewery in Wuhu, Anhui
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Apple Campaign (Green Stone, others)
• Two investigative reports • Nanjing-based Green Stone
conducted investigation of nearby supplier
• Apple met with groups in 2011
• Apple now conducting audits
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Blue Dalian Government Campaign – Spotted Seal
• Breeding habitat threatened by coastal highway in Liaoning Province
• Blue Dalian printed 10,000 postcards
• Meetings with local government • Public media events • Highway re-routed
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Green Anhui Legislative Work
• 关于改善安徽省生活垃圾管理的提案 2011年 (accepted) Proposal on the management on household garbage in Anhui province
• 合肥市“绿色出行”两会提案 2011年 (accepted) Proposal on Green Transportation in Hefei City
• 关于“公众参与节能减排信息”的提案 2011年 (rejected) Proposal on public participation in energy conservation and emission reduction
• 安徽省有关垃圾焚烧炉建设的提案 2011年 (rejected) Suggestions on garbage incinerators in Anhui Province
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Trends: Water Pollution
• Non-point Source Pollution
• Water-energy links • Preventive management • Watershed-level
management? Tao River, Lanzhou
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Trends: NGO Capacity
• Domestic funding increasing
• Registration for NGOs – opening up?
• “Learning networks”
PE’s 2011 Water Pollution Meeting in Changsha
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For more information:
• Institute for Public and Environmental Affairs/ Green Choice Alliance www.ipe.org.cn
• Green Stone www.green-stone.org • Green Hunan www.greenhunan.org.cn • Green Anhui www.green-anhui.org • Blue Dalian www.bluedalian.org • Green Camel Bell www.gcbcn.org
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