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The 13th ASEAN summit held in singapore shows promise of our region integration economically and brings various groups of people closer.ASEAN declarations on the environment is very important so I decide to highlight some of this :

Declaration on Envrionmental sustainabilty:

-No nuke rebuke:Controvesy surrounding the use of nuclear power got the green light alongside with solar, hydo, wind power.Nuclear energy use are subjected to international safety standards.

-Go green:Increasing the forest cover of ASEAN region by 10 million hectares by 2020.

-Drinking water:Halve the number of people without access to clean drinking water by 2010.

-Clear the air:annual haze should be dealt withpublic awareness and law enforcement.

-Hug a tree:Loss of biodiversity in the ASEAN region should be reduced by 2010.

-Helping hand:Get more aid in terms of financing, technology from developed countries in accordance of UN agreements on climate change.

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China rural population has never been exposed to this level of knowledge about overseas development due to the advent of TVs, radio and net.This presents a unique challenge to the leadership as rural masses wants to catch up with their urban counterparts in pursuit of the ‘good life’.

Energy is the cornerstone of all modern developments and it only has so much in our world. Hence environmental concerns are secondary to all this but fortunately china leadership realised this and promoted a “conservation culture” by President Hu to the 17th party congress.

The dragon been consuming energy at an alarming rate and her heavy dependence on coal make her the second largest greenhouse gas emitter.And will probably surpass America by end of the year to become the world worst polluter.

So a national strategy needs to be implemented fast in the midst of all this,11th Five Year Plan(2006-2010), the chinese governement set up ambitous targets cutting energy consumption per umit of GDP by 20% by 2010,reducing pollutant discharges hy 10% decreasing water consumption per unit of industrial output by 30% and raising the forestry coverage rate to 20% of total land area.

This will not be easy to accomplish as the mainland needs to tackle balancing environmental issues with economic development , but in the medium and long term important to the survival of china and our fragile planet, the western world being longer in the industrial settings and manage to achieve certain degree of legalism and institutions monitoring of gashouse emission should not expect China with her huge populace and other host of problems to do the same thing overnight which western world took decades.

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The world’s biggest market currently enjoying the biggest boom in this century, many foreign companies and investors have been rushing in to a slice of this enormous potential in the last decade.
China ranks third in timber consumption cause wood provide 40% of the nation’s rural energy in the form of firewood and hence almost all the raw material for the paper and pulp industry.But a growing gap has been developed between china’s growing demand for wood and it’a declining domestic supply.
This has contributed to a sixfold increase in wood imported from other countries.In the end China and japan thru conserving their forests has led to a exportation of deforestation elsewhere in our planet.
Without sufficent rainforests to absorb the carbon dioxide man produced in their daily lives to convert into oxygen, the world will be a more hazardous place for us and our children.Sustainable timber plantations already  are on the way but  the supply will not meet the demands of big markets like China and India where environmental regulations may not be as well enforced compared to the western world.
With China’s entrance to the WTO.those timber imports are expected to increase more cause tariffs on wood products are reduced from 20% to 3 % .First world growth and free market ended up mass deforestation in other countries who aspire to be like China.

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