THE CESDRRC NEWS

May 2007/ seventieth edition
THE CESDRRC NEWS
What is the CESDRRC? ~ News from our Research Centre ~ Service Section ~ Library News ~
Bookshop ~ Training Centre ~ Who Is Who?~ Contact Details
What Is the CESDRRC?
The CESDRRC (China Environment and Sustainable Development Reference and Research Centre)
is the largest public library and information centre in China focusing on issues concerning the current
environmental situation, environmental problems, protection methods, and sustainable development.
The centre is part of the CEEC (Centre for Environmental Education and Communication), which
itself belongs to the SEPA (State Environmental Protection Administration).
The purpose of the CESDRRC is to give the public access to environmental information by sharing
knowledge, providing information, and building networks.
We welcome volunteers of all nationalities to engage in our activities.
So please feel welcome to visit and experience this unique facility in Beijing!
Opening hours: Monday to Thursday, 8:30 - 17:00 hrs, Friday 8:30 - 16:30 hrs.
In this issue:
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Upcoming Events 2
June 5-20: World Environment Day exhibition by the CEEC at Zhongshan Park: ‘Pollution
Abatement and Environmentally Friendly Society’ 2
June 7: lecture series on ‘Shark Fisheries and Trade – Challenges for Marine Conservation’ 2
June 12: ‘Potential Impacts of the CDM on Sust. Dev. in Rural China’ by Dr. Paul Thiers 2
June 14: film screening: “A Tale of Two Cities”/ commented by Dr. Helen Marquard 2
Our Activities in May 2
CESDRRC Publications and News 5
Interview with Eva Sternfeld 5
Conferences and Workshops 5
Publications 8
1 st Printed China Dialogue Magazine Out 8
International Journal of Ecological Economics & Statistics (IJEES) 8
Useful Websites 8
Global Environmental Institute (GEI) 8
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 9
Future Generations / The Green Long March 9
Free your River 9
Yahoo Group ‘Beijing Organic Consumers’ 9
UK-China Sustainable Development Dialogue (SDD) 9
Donations 10
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I. News from Our Research Centre
1. Upcoming Events
June 5-20: to celebrate the 37th World Environment Day the Centre for Environmental
Education and Communication (CEEC) of SEPA will organise an exhibition, focusing on
‘Pollution Abatement and Environmentally Friendly Society’ at Beijing Zhongshan Park
(south-west entrance, near Forbidden City, open: 10:00am-16:00pm, park entrance 10 RMB,
free entrance to the exhibition).
June 7, 14:00 at the CESDRRC: series of three short presentations on ‘Shark Fisheries
and Trade – Challenges for Marine Conservation’
- Chuck Fox, Washington DC - Senior Programme Officer, Marine Issues, Environment Group
of The Pew Charitable Trusts: ‘Marine Conservation and the Importance of Effective Shark
Conservation and Management’
- Uta Bellion, Amsterdam, Project Director, Shark Conservation Project, Environment Group
of The Pew Charitable Trusts: ‘The Shark Alliance – Advocating Science-based Conservation
of Sharks in Europe’
- Shelley Clarke, Hong Kong - Visiting Researcher, Imperial College London: ‘Social,
Economic and Regulatory Drivers of the Shark Fin Trade’
June 12, 14:00 at the CESDRRC: lecture on ‘Potential Impacts of the Clean Development
Mechanism on Sustainable Development in Rural China’ by Dr. Paul Thiers, Associate
Professor of Political Science, Washington State University and Visiting Professor, China
Agricultural University
China is now the leading host country for greenhouse gas reduction projects using the Clean
Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol. Many of these projects will have
environmental and social impacts on rural China. In this talk Paul Thiers examines how the
CDM might promote sustainable rural development in areas such as renewable energy, pollution
control, reforestation and increasing farmer income. Thiers also considers the difficulties in the
CDM approach in rural China and potential conflicts between GHG reduction policy and local
sustainability in such areas as competition for bio-energy.
Paul Thiers is an associate professor of political science at Washington State University in the
USA and a visiting professor at China Agricultural University in Beijing. His research focuses
on the political, economic and environmental consequences of interaction between global forces
and local political economy in China.
June 14, 14:00 at the CESDRRC: film screening of “A Tale of Two Cities”, produced by
the Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) for the BBC (25 min., in English), with
comments by Dr. Helen Marquard (DEFRA) and a Q&A session afterwards.
“A Tale of Two Cities” explores both London and Beijing today - both cities will host the
Olympics partly on green promises of future sustainability, but do they measure up? This Earth
Report sets out to audit the green credentials of both cities, looking at five key criteria: power,
transport, food, waste and water. The film asks if both cities can sustain themselves in the future
without draining the earth’s resources, and whether they will deliver on their Olympic promises.
Helen Marquard, Head of European and International Sustainable Development at the UK's
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) will introduce the film and take
questions after the viewing.
2. Our Activities in May
May 10: Tanja Ploetz attended the preparation meeting for the event ‘Greening the Beige’ on
May 26 (see below).
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May 17: in the morning, CIM colleague Michael Hollaender, Ph.D., currently working for an
organization called USC-SATUNAMA in Indonesia, came to visit the CESDRRC for an
exchange with Tanja Ploetz and Eva Sternfeld on work experiences, activities, ongoing projects,
etc. USC-SATUNAMA is an Indonesian foundation that offers seminars on conflict prevention
methods, promoting a readiness for political participation and cooperation among diverse ethnic
and religious groups. More at http://www.satunama.org/
May 17: in the afternoon, the CESDRRC housed a press conference for the EU-China
Biodiversity Programme (ECBP). ECBP is a joint initiative between UNDP, the EU, the
Chinese Ministry of Commerce and SEPA that seeks to improve biodiversity conservation and
management. ECBP addresses policy and institutional barriers to improved biodiversity
conservation through integrating biodiversity in sectoral and economic development plans and
policies. It will raise awareness of biodiversity among key stakeholders, from decision-makers
to the general public. Linking biodiversity to climate change will be a key feature of this
approach. The bulk of the approximately € 50 million programme will be devoted to a series of
field projects in the northern, southern and western part of China, where the effects of both
biodiversity loss and climate change are likely to be most acute. The field projects will develop,
implement and replicate innovative approaches to address biodiversity loss on the ground
through partnerships between national and international organizations. Monitoring systems will
be set up to track progress in field projects and link the results to policy processes at the national
level. More at www.ecbp.cn
May 18: the CESDRRC housed an internal CIM ‘Workshop on Developing Civil Society in
China and Indonesia’, chaired by Michael Hollaender (see above), and attended by CIM experts
in the NGO field, as well as a delegation from CIM headquarters in Frankfurt/ Germany
currently visiting China.
May 21: Tanja Ploetz and Eva Sternfeld attended a CIM-GTZ Workshop at the Landmark Hotel.
May 22: in the morning, Tanja Ploetz and Eva Sternfeld attended an internal CIM meeting at
the Landmark Hotel.
May 22: in the afternoon, the CESDRRC housed the lecture ‘Potential, Rules and Barriers for
CDM in China’ by Prof. Andreas Oberheitmann, Ph.D, International Director, Research Centre
for International Environmental Policy, Department for Environmental Science and Engineering
Qinghua University. CDM under the Kyoto Protocol is playing an increasing role in China's
climate protection policy. Currently, China is hosting 42 registered CDM projects, 228 projects
are at the validation stage or requesting registration at the CDM Executive Board. The
presentation gave an overview of the current situation concerning CDM in China, provided an
estimation of the CDM potential as well as CDM rules and current barriers for CDM in China.
May 23: in the morning, the CESDRRC hosted the presentation “China’s New Role in Africa:
Challenges and Opportunities” by Peter Bosshard, Policy Director of the International Rivers
Network (IRN). Mr. Bosshard together with Daniel Ribeiro (water expert, Justica Ambiental,
Mozambique) had come to China for the occasion of the annual meeting of the African
Development Bank, held on May 17+18 in Shanghai. China has become one of the most
important trade partners of Africa. Moreover, Africa received US $ 5.7 billion in development
aid. In 2006, China Exim Bank, which is expected to become the world’s largest credit agency
soon, approved US $ 6.5 billion and supports altogether some 279 projects, mostly
infrastructure projects in Africa. This implies that the Chinese engagement bears great
opportunities for Africa’s development. With this in mind, NGOs such as IRN advocate
stronger environmental and social standards for Chinese banks and companies present in Africa.
Peter Bosshard has recently published a report on China’s role in financing African
infrastructure projects (the report is available at www.irn.org).
May 23: in the afternoon, Peter Bosshard and Eva Sternfeld attended the Chinese
Environmental Journalists Salon. At first, participants discussed issues related to climate change
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and development. The discussion was followed by a presentation by Mr. Wang Jian, a senior
water expert who has participated in major research projects related to water management in the
Beijing area during the recent 30 years.
May 23: in the evening, Eva Sternfeld was invited by the German Centre to give a presentation
on ‘Beijing’s Water Situation’.
May 24: Eva Sternfeld was invited by the German Embassy to attend a roundtable talk with
environmental experts from the delegation of the visiting German President. The group was
headed by Prof. Ernst von Weizaecker, former Director of the Wuppertal Institute, and Dr.
Angelika Zahrnt, President of Friends of the Earth, Germany (BUND).
May 26: Tanja Ploetz, Eva Sternfeld and Charlotte Kroll joined the event ‘Greening the Beige’,
an art showcase focused on the environment in terms of theme, materials, and technique. The
aim of the event was to bring artists, environmentalists, and concerned community members
together to exchange ideas and solutions towards "greening" the planet. As part of the displays
by various environmental organisations on their activities and projects, the CESDRRC
displayed some posters and the photo exhibition on desertification in China with photos by Lu
Tongjing. Eva Sternfeld opened the active programme with a key note speech on ‘Water
Management in Beijing’. More at www.greeningthebeige.org
May 29: the CESDRRC housed a lecture by Jim Harkness, Institute for Agriculture and Trade
Policy (IATP, www.iatp.org) on agriculture, fair trade, cooperative farmer models, and the
development of a more sustainable food system in China. Experiences have shown that the
industrial model of rural agriculture is not sustainable. In the USA, e.g., it has led to a reduction
of the numbers of farms, communities struggling with economic regression, health issues,
negative environmental implications, and impediments on countries’ ability to feed themselves.
Farmers have less and less power in the market place, at the same time, local farmers are
strongly influenced by global issues and developments. Thus questions such as fair trade, export
dumping, water use, food aid, etc. need to be addressed, in China as worldwide. Harkness gave
some ideas about possible solutions to rural problems, including promoting local food systems,
cooperative models for farmers, organic food, etc.
May 31: Tanja Ploetz attended the ‘New Ventures China Sustainable Business Marketplace’.
New Ventures China (www.new-ventures.org.cn) is a joint programme of the World Resources
Institute (WRI) and the Fuping Development Institute meant to accelerate the growth of
innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that deliver business solutions to
transform social and environmental problems. With support from Citigroup Foundation and
Shell China, New Ventures China identifies outstanding companies, provides these
entrepreneurs with intensive mentoring to hone their business strategy and further develop
management capacity, and showcase them to interested investors. Each year, the programme
selects 10 profitable enterprises, working in high growth sectors such as renewable energy,
organic agriculture, sustainable forestry and clean technology. During the event, this year’s
sustainable business champions were showcased, along with featured speakers from the public
and private sectors. Speakers and panelists discussed how sustainability can become a
competitive advantage in emerging green and socially oriented markets.
May 31-June 2: Eva Sternfeld attended the BioFach China International Organic Trade Fair and
Conference in Shanghai. More than 200 companies and organizations attended this largest
organic trade fair in China. On June 1, Eva Sternfeld chaired the session ‘Organic Farming’ of
the conference.
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3. CESDRRC Publications and News
Interview with Eva Sternfeld
An interview with Eva Sternfeld on Beijing water issues was broadcast on May 25 by Ö1
(Austrian Radio Station).
Environmental English Class at the CESDRRC
This class will help you boost your vocabulary of environmental terms, while at the same time
improving your listening and conversational English skills. The class is held on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays 12.30-13.30 p.m. at the CESDRRC, free of charge! Teachers: Karen
Gunstra (USA) and Charlotte Kroll (Germany).
Contact: karengrunstra@mac.com, charlotte.kroll@hotmail.de
2007 CESDRRC Organic Food Directory for China
Includes 270 addresses of supermarkets, restaurants and farms, plus lists of national and
international certifiers and useful websites. For an electronic version contact cesdrrc@gmx.net
II. Service Section
In this section, we publish information that we received and thought would be interesting to
share with our readers.
1. Conferences and Workshops
Green Olympics and Sustainable Development Lecture Series
Venue: Xicheng District Library, Beijing
Time: Saturday mornings, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Language: Chinese
June 9: ‘Plant Diversity and Protection of the Ecosystem’ by Wei Yu, Vice Director of
Beijing Botanical Garden
July 7: ‘Energy Saving and Integrated Use of Resources’ by Jia Zhanghang, former Editor
of the magazine 节 能 与 环 保 (Energy and Environment).
Contact: Xicheng District Library, Houguangping Hutong No.26, Tel. 66561158/59 -104
Web: www.xcdl.com.cn
5 th NGO Forum: ‘Global Warming, Conservation of Energy and Renewables’
June 2-7, 2007, Wuhan
Venue: College of Environment and Resources, Wuhan University
Organisers: International Fund for China’s Environment (IFCE), Wuhan University, Renmin
University of China (RUC), Wuhan Green Environmental Service Centre, College
Environmental Forum
Objectives:
• Share and exchange experiences on cooperative projects in environmental protection and
conservation – especially in the fields of renewable energy and energy conservation
• Address issues concerning global warming and its effects on China
• Disseminate and discuss innovative methods and technologies
• Discuss corporate social responsibility and promote public-private partnerships
• Introduce current internationally funded initiatives and how they relate to Chinese NGOs
• Conduct training workshops for NGO management and capacity building
• Foster formation of interest groups through networking and communication
• Discuss collaborations regarding global warming
• Enhance NGOs roles in the formation of the civil society in China
• Promote college students’ participation in environmental protection
• Organize a post-conference tour for participants to see innovative responses to global
energy issues
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Contact: USA: for paper submission: Samuel H. Sage, Vice president of IFCE, at
ssage@ifce.org Tel; (315)-475-1170 Fax: (315)-475-6719, for registration: Dongli Zhang,
Forum international coordinator, at dlzhang@ifce.org, Tel: 703-222-1280 Fax: 202-457-0908
China: Ms. Fan Liangzheng, Director of Wuhan Green Env. Service Center,
chinaep@chinaep.org Tel: 27-6104-2666, Fax: 27-8392-1752
Convention on Corporate Response to Climate Change
Eco-Investors Forum
June 8-10, 2007, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India
Organised in cooperation with the World Environment Foundation and World Council for
Corporate Governance.
The objective of the convention is to create global partnerships between governments, NGOs,
corporates and community to turn this global threat of climate change into an opportunity for
making life style changes, adopting proactively, an eleven point plan for regeneration of natural
environment and developing market driven solutions to combat climate change.
Contact: Sushil sushil@globalgovernance.org.uk, web: http://www.wcfcg.net/CCRCC_4.pdf
International Conference on Increasing Growth in Under-developed Regions and
Construction of a Harmonious Society
4 th Annual Conference of the Consortium for Western China Development Studies
July 24-26, 2007, Guiyang, Guizhou
Organizers: Consortium for Western China Development Studies, Guizhou University of
Finance and Economics
Topics:
- Increasing Growth in Under-developed Regions
- Environmental Protection in Under-developed Regions
- Preserving Culture Diversity in Under-developed Regions
- Economic Development for National Minorities in Under-developed Regions
- International Experiences in Eradication of Poverty
- UN’s Role in Eradication of Poverty in the World
- Poverty Alleviation through Micro-credit Loans and Financial Policies in Poor Areas
- Optimization of Regional Industrial Structure
- Raising Technological Level in Poor Areas
- Improving Human Resources and Education in Poor Areas
- Enhancing Public Healthcare in Poor Areas
- Women’s Role in Anti-poverty Programs
- Assessment of Six years of West China Development
- Poverty Alleviation through Migration in Western China
- NGOs' Role in Poverty Alleviation
- Research on the AIDS Epidemic and the use of Drugs in Poor Areas
Deadline for abstract submission: April 30. Please submit your abstract from
http://chinadatacenter.org/westchina2007/
Contact: local: Ms. Hong Zhang, Centre for the Dev. of Under-developed Regions, Guizhou
University of Finance and Economics, Tel.: 13078565819, China Office: Prof. Yiqian Wang,
Institute of West China Dev., Sichuan University, Tel.: +86-28-85401227, U.S. Office: Dr.
Shuming Bao, China Data Centre, Univ. of Michigan, Tel.: 734-647-9610, Fax: 734-763-0335
International Conference on Sustainable Cities and Villages
Aug.27-31, 2007, Dongsheng District, Erdos Municipality, Inner Mongolia
Organisers: Government of Erdos Municipality and Stockholm Environment Institute
Focus: urban and rural ecological sanitation, organic waste management, agricultural reuse
Topics: urban & rural sustainable sanitation, ecological sanitation, grey water mngmt., urine
management, organic waste management, composting, agricultural reuse & urban agriculture.
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The conference will showcase Erdos ecotown (3,000 inhabitants), which uses sustainable onsite
sanitation and solid waste management practises, incorporating an ecostation and greywater
treatment plant and reuse of organic products and water for agriculture.
Contact: China (in Chinese) All-China Environment Federation (conference facilitator),
sunfuli@acef.com.cn, International (in English): Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden,
dongsheng2007@ecosanres.org, web: http://www.ecosanres.org/dongsheng2007.htm
2 nd International Conference on Bio-inspired Computing: Theories and Applications
(BIC-TA 2007)
Sept. 14-17, 2007, Zhengzhou, Henan Province
Venue: Zhengzhou University of Light Industry
Organisers: Peking University, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Huazhong University
of Science & Technology
Sponsors: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Henan Engineering Research Centre
for Biotechnology
BIC-TA2007 aims to provide a high-level international forum for researchers working in the
main areas of natural computing inspired from biology to present their recent results and
exchange ideas.
International Conference on ‘Development Challenges in Rural China’
Oct. 25-26, 2007, Beijing
Venue: University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)
Organisers: French Centre for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC, Hong Kong), UIBE,
University of Lyon 2 (France)
The conference intends to cover the important questions related to developmental issues in rural
China, with particular focus on the following issues:
- transformation of the rural economy and its implications for farming income and food
security
- development of off-farm activities in rural areas
- migration and relations between urban and rural areas
- urban-rural divide
- sustainable management of natural resources (land, forest, water, etc.)
- challenges of poverty, inequality and welfare improvement problems
- WTO and rural development
- rural governance and taxation
- rural financial systems
- education, health care and social protection in rural areas
Conference language: English
Extended abstracts (3-4 pages, written in English) should be submitted to
promotio@cefc.com.hk before May 31, 2007.
More information at www.gate.cnrs.fr
Environment and Health in the 21st Century: Challenges and Solutions
Oct. 26-29, 2007, Beijing
Venue: Peking University
Organisers: Pacific Basin Consortium for Environment and Health Sciences (PBC), Chinese
Society for Environmental Sciences (CSES), Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of
Geochemistry, East-West Centre, Peking University
The conference will bring together scientists, engineers, policy makers, industry representatives,
government officials and students to present research in areas relevant to human and
environmental health. Topics include hazardous waste remediation, indoor and outdoor air
pollution, genetic risks of environmental pollutants, heavy metals and health, occupational
health, persistent organic pollutants and health; children's environmental health and the health
impacts of climate change.
More information about the PBC and the upcoming conference (incl. downloadable conference
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ochure and online registration): http://pbc.eastwestcenter.org/2007ConferenceHome.html
International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society (WEES)
Dec. 18-21, 2007 Roorkee, India
Organisers: National Institute of Hydrology (India) and Texas A & M University (USA)
Themes:
* Water and environment (incl. water resources development, management and conservation;
water resources management under uncertainty; climate change; integrated watershed
management; pollution of water bodies and sanitation)
* Water hazards (incl. floods, droughts, pollution)
* Water for energy
* Water for other uses (irrigation, industry, rural development, ecosystems and forestry)
* Water for society (incl. water demand management; municipal water supply systems; social
health; environmental health; privatisation, conflict resolution; capacity building; policy
analysis; water politics, law, and public apathy; economics)
Contact: National Institute of Hydrology, India, Fax: +91-1332-277281, email:
wees2007@gmail.com
Web: http://tinyurl.com/ypab4t
2. Publications
1 st Printed China Dialogue Magazine Out
We introduced the website www.chinadialogue.net to our readers in CSEDRRC newsletter no.
61 (July 2006). The website combines daily news from around the world with high quality
articles and a discussion forum, in both English and Chinese! Now the website moreover
contains free weekly lessons of environmental English. The first printed version of China
Dialogue’s well researched articles is out now, and contains contributions by PanYue, Ma Jun,
Ni Weidou, Hu Angang, and many more. The magazine will be published bimonthly.
International Journal of Ecological Economics & Statistics (IJEES)
View Contents and Abstract of the Summer 2007 Issue online at:
http://www.isder.ceser.res.in/ijed.html
IJEES welcomes submissions of papers. Areas of interest include but are not limited to:
Environmental Economics, Environmental Statistics, Atmospheric Modelling, Environmental
Impacts Analysis, Hazardous Material and Waste Management, Mobile Source Emissions,
Ecosystem Modelling, Hydrological Modelling, Aquatic Ecosystems, Marine Ecosystems, Air
Modelling and Simulation, Freshwater Ecosystems, Biological Systems, Bioprospecting and
Biodiversity Conservation, Agricultural Modelling, Terrain Analysis, Meteorological Modelling,
Earth System Modelling, Climatic Modelling, Global Warming & Environmental Impacts
Analysis, Sustainable Development, Water Pollution, Environmental Impacts Analysis of Water,
Natural Resource Management, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Medical Economics
and Environmental Impacts Analysis of Medical Wastes, Space and Satellite Environmental
Impacts Analysis, Energy Development and Resources.
See http://www.ceser.res.in/ijees.html for more information.
3. Useful Websites
Global Environmental Institute (GEI): http://www.geichina.org/
GEI is a Chinese non-profit, non-governmental organization established in Beijing, China in
March 2003. Their mission is to make conservation profitable and economic development
ecologically sound by supporting conservation efforts with market-oriented solutions. They aim
to solve environmental problems holistically, through evaluation of their economic,
environmental, and social elements.
Having realized that the lack of sustainability of traditional environmental and poverty
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alleviation programs is often due to the absence of market incentives and the long-term
profitability of projects, GEI has developed an approach which links primarily non-profit
environmental conservation and community development initiatives with for-profit business
management skills, market access channels, and the establishment of functional, self-sustaining
businesses that last beyond the lifetime of their programmes.
Programmes and focal areas include:
- energy and climate change
- sustainable rural development
- biodiversity conservation
- capacity building
- partnerships
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): http://www.epa.gov/chinese
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a new consolidated Chinese-language
Web site as part of its ongoing effort to provide environmental information in English, Spanish
and Chinese. The new site compiles EPA Chinese-language materials on a wide variety of
issues from lead poisoning prevention, energy efficiency, and clean water to proper
management of pesticides.
Future Generations: www.future.org / The Green Long March: www.greenlongmarch.org
Future Generations, founded in 1992, is a non-profit educational institution that teaches and
enables a process of equitable and sustainable community change in four countries: Afghanistan,
China, India and Peru. The process of community change is designed to facilitate three-way
partnerships between communities, government and non-governmental organizations and to
scale-up successful community-based programmes to the regional or national level. Future
Generations formalized its education programmes in 2003 by offering a Master's of Arts Degree
Programme in Applied Community Change and Conservation.
Referencing the original historic Long March, and drawing on its lasting spirit, the Green Long
March will be undertaken this summer as an environmentally driven event, involving 43
universities across China, and covering 10 routes across 22 provinces and 26 nature preserves
throughout China. Green Long March participants on all 10 routes will promote the need for
environmental conservation, the "Green Olympics" campaign and the need for a sustainable
society of interdependence between humans and nature. They will also be conducting surveys
that investigate and research these key themes. These surveys will focus on finding the local
environmental successes that are happening across China and use these successes to as a
teaching tool for sustainable environmental practice.
Free your River: www.freeyourriver.net
‘Free Your River’ is a project supported by the European Commission, aimed at helping
teachers and students in Europe to learn more about rivers and their importance to life, and at
stimulating them to get active (discovering and investigating rivers with the help of checklists,
action kits, web tools for cooperation with other student groups in Europe, etc.) Features include
‘books of the rivers’, ‘background information’, ‘notice board’.
Yahoo Group ‘Beijing Organic Consumers’:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/beijing_organic_consumers
The group consists of Beijing residents who care about organic food and other aspects of
healthy/natural living. The aim is to share resources, ideas & information (from "Where to
find..?" to latest research and other relevant articles and newsletters). The idea is moreover that
by joining together, a forceful consumer group can be formed, which can both support and
expand the current organic services and options in Beijing.
UK-China Sustainable Development Dialogue (SDD): http://sdd.uk.cn
SDD is a high-level structured dialogue on sustainable development between the UK and China,
based on common interests and mutual learning. As multi-level and multi-stakeholder process
involving a range of departments in government, the private sector and civil society, it was
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officially launched in Nov. 2005, following a joint prime-ministerial declaration between
Premier Wen Jiabao and PM Tony Blair, in which "China and the UK pledge to join hands in...
promoting sustainable development." The National Development and Reform Commission
(NDRC) is the lead department on the Chinese side, and the Department for Environment, Food
and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) leads on the UK side.
Initial SDD priorities include sustainable consumption and production, natural resources
management, urban development, and sustainable development capacity building/governance.
SDD works in form of working groups and fora that establish areas of mutual cooperation
between the UK and China in priority areas, ministerial meetings that will take place at least
once a year to review progress and agree future activities, working level meetings, workshops
and technical exchanges taking place when required, making available small amounts of
funding for approved projects (WSSD Implementation Fund), and a joint UK-China SDD work
plan that has been produced, involving nine ministries on the Chinese side, and ten departments
on the UK side. Download the SDD Update Report!
III. Library News
Our library not only provides books about environmental science in Chinese, Japanese and
English, but also materials dealing with related sciences, such as agriculture, industry, biology,
chemistry, and astronomy. There is also a wide range of material dealing with environmental
issues in social, economic and cultural terms.
There are English magazines in our collection, including Tomorrow, Nature, Environmental
Policy and Law, Time, and National Geographic and also 56 Chinese journals dealing with
environmental topics. A number of daily newspapers (mostly in Chinese) are available, and we
receive newsletters and information from several organizations, including the International
Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP), the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global
Environmental Change (IHDP), Environmental Resources Management China (ERM), and the
China Association for Non-Governmental Organization Cooperation (CANGO), China
Development Brief.
For books in Chinese language please check our online catalogue: http://211.157.100.88:8080
1. Donations
Wen Bo, Pacific Environment:
- EIA Environmental Investigation Agency: ‘Chilling Facts about a Burning Issue: CFC
Smuggling in the European Union’
- EIA: ‘Thailand’s Tiger Economy’
- EIA: ‘Skinning the Cat: Crime and Politics of the Big Cat Skin Trade’
- 社 区 参 与 行 动 ( 北 京 灿 雨 石 信 息 咨 询 中 心 )Shining Stone Community Action:‘ 新 居 民
城 市 生 活 能 力 手 册 ’(New Citizen Urban Life Capacity Guide)
Linda Fu, WWF:
- ‘WWF in China 世 界 自 然 基 金 会 在 中 国 ’(English/Chinese)
- YANG Guishan 杨 桂 山 :‘ 长 江 保 护 与 发 展 报 告 ’(Yangtze Conservation and
Development Report), Chinese
- Dennis Pamlin and Long Baijin: ‘Rethink China’s Outward Investment Flows’ April 2007
- ‘WWF’s Corporate Partnerships in China: Working together to Make a Difference’, Nov.
2006
Dr. Michael Hollaender, CIM Integrated Expert at USC-Satunama, Indonesia:
- Materials, annual report 2006 and CD Rom on USC-Satunama
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John Coulter:
- Chinese Journal of Population, Resources and Environment, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2007
Dr. K.L. Yip, Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, HK:
- Hong Kong Herbarium, Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Dep. and South China
Botanical Garden, CAS: ‘Flora of Hong Kong’
Chee Yoke Ling, Third World Network Beijing:
- 生 物 多 样 性 与 传 统 知 识 (Bulletin of Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge), No.2, Jan.
2007 and No. 3, March 2007 (Chinese)
- ISIS: ‘Which Energy? 2006 Energy Report from the Institute of Science in Society’, 2006
- Tebtebba Foundation: ‘Indigenous Perspectives’, Vol.VII, No. 1: ‘Making the MDGs
Relevant for Indigenous People’, April 2005
China Dailogue:
- ‘chinadialogue 中 外 对 话 ’, no.1, 2007.4 (English/Chinese)
Wen Bo:
- Wen Bo once again sent us a whole collection of materials, such as ‘Guanxi, the China Letter’,
‘MPA News’, ‘Mott Mosaic’, ‘Ford Reports’, ‘Agriculture and Food – Who Benefits from
GM Crops? An Analysis of the Global Performance of GM Crops (1996-2006)’, ‘China
Green Student Forum’
Anita Pleumavom, TIM Team Bangkok:
- O’BON International: “Protect Wildlife’ (Material collection folder with information on
sustainable consumption, globalisation, international organisations, and natural wisdom
Eva Sternfeld:
- Wang Yongchen: ‘Green Action in China: China in Peaceful Development’, English
We would like to thank all generous donors!
IV. Bookstore
The CESDRRC also runs a bookstore with a collection of more than 800 Chinese publications
on environmental issues. You will find the bookstore in the basement of the Sino-Japan
Friendship Centre for Environmental Protection near the dining hall (address see section VI
‘Contact Details’). Business hours: Mo-Thu 8:30-16:30 hrs., Fri 8:30-16:00 hrs.
Ask for our latest catalogue! Mail order is also available. Tel.: +86-10-8463 7722 x 5501 or Tel.:
+ Fax: +86-10-84630901 (Chinese, for English assistance contact Eva Sternfeld or Tanja Ploetz,
contact details see section VI)
Online catalogue: www.chinaeol.net/ts/book_sale
V. Who Is Who?
Ms. LU Yuzhen and Ms. HOU Yaoxia are the librarians.
Dr. Eva Sternfeld is a German CIM (Centre for International Migration & Development,
see section ‘Our Supporters’ below) integrated expert working as the director of reference,
research & institutional exchange in the CESDRRC. Her main fields of expertise are
environmental education and water management.
Ms. Tanja Plötz, M.A., graduate from Free University Berlin, Germany in the two majors of
Sinology and Business Economics joined the CESDRRC in March 2002. As CIM integrated
expert she is responsible for information management and digital research.
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Ms. LIU Qin and Ms. Gao Xiuqing run the bookshop.
Ms. Zhang Ying from Beijing Union University has joined the CESDRRC team to help
organise the books in the library.
Ms. Charlotte Kroll from Goettingen University is helping with the English books in the
library, and together with Karen Grunstra teaching the environmental English class.
charlotte.kroll@hotmail.de
Ms. Karen Grunstra from New York State, USA is currently studying Chinese at the
University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), and at the same time volunteering
to teach the environmental English class at the CESDRRC (see section ‘CESDRRC
Publications and News’). karengrunstra@mac.com
Ms. LI Yuan from Beijing graduated from Capital Normal University, first worked at the
Audio-Video Department of the CEEC, and then joined the CESDRRC to help translate
materials. liyuan84@yahoo.com, Tel.: 84665692
Our Supporters: A Brief Introduction
EETPC (Environmental Education Television Project for China) helped to set up the centre and
supported CESDRRC in the initial phase in 1998/99 with furniture and a considerable stock of
books. They also established the contact with CIM (Centrum fuer international Migration und
Entwicklung – Centre for International Migration and Development), and helped CEEC to
apply for two CIM positions. CIM is a German developmental cooperation institution, largely
financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ-
Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung), that places so-called
‘Integrated Experts’ within an institution or enterprise in a partner country upon request. CIM
experts are "integrated" in that they are legally and professionally answerable to a local partner
employer, with whom they enter into a contract of employment in line with local terms and
conditions. Tanja Ploetz and Eva Sternfeld are both working as Integrated Experts in the
CESDRRC. A large part of the CESDRRC’s up-to-date electrical equipment was financed by
CIM/the BMZ.
The Japan Foundation Office, Beijing donated books and a copy machine. Furniture and other
equipment were given by Nissho IWAI China. The Asian Development Bank supported us
with the donation of English books and technical equipment. Mitsubishi Corporation, Beijing
financially supported the CESDRRC in book purchases. The additional purchase of technical
equipment was made possible by the financial support of NEC.
The German Heinrich-Böll-Foundation has been supporting the CESDRRC financially in a
number of projects, like the environmental education and ‘Profitable Environmental
Management (PREMA) for Schools’ workshops, publications like ‘Desert Witness’ or the
‘Water Guide for Beijing’, etc.
In November 2003, the Ford Motor Company awarded the CESDRRC the third prize of their
2003 Ford Motor Conservation and Environmental Grants, China, ‘Environmental Education’
category. With Nuernberg Global Fairs Biofach China, the CESDRRC/ CEEC cooperates in
an information campaign on organic farming and food.
We would like to thank the generous sponsors for their support!
This project was set up by and continues to exist through donations and the work of many
volunteers from countries all over the world.
The CESDRRC continues to need your support! We welcome any new sponsorship for books,
newspapers or magazines and greatly appreciate any donations!
Support the CESDRRC by renting our facilities for environmental meetings, lectures or the like!
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VI. Contact Details
Address:
Library front desk (Chinese):
Rm. 701, Sino-Japan Friendship Tel.: +86.(0)10.8466 5691
Centre for Environmental Protection Tel.: +86.(0)10.8463 7722 x 2702
No. 1, Yu Hui Nan Lu Tel.: +86.(0)10.8465 0856
Chaoyang District, 100029 Beijing
Email: yuzhen_lu@sina.com.cn
100029 北 京 市 朝 阳 区 育 慧 南 路 1 号 Eva Sternfeld (Chinese and English):
中 日 友 好 环 境 保 护 中 心 701 室 Tel. + Fax: +86.(0)10.8463 6353
Email: aiwastar@163bj.com
Online catalogue of Chinese books
Tanja Ploetz (Chinese and English):
in the library: Tel.: +86.(0)10.8463 3416
http://211.157.100.88:8080
Email: tangjia@gmx.net
Bookstore (Chinese):
Website: http://chinaeol.net/cesdrrc Tel.: +86.(0)10.8463 7722 x 5501
Tel. + Fax: +86.(0)10.8463 0901
亚 运 村 方 向
to Asian Games Village
北
North
机 场 方 向
Airport
惠 新 东 街 出 口 Exit Hui Xin Dong Jie
小 营 桥
Xiao Ying Bridge
北 四 环 路 Bei Si Huan Lu (Northern 4 th Ring Road)
芍 药 居 出 口 Exit Shao Yao Ju
西
West
惠 新 东 街 Hui Xin Dong Jie
中 日 友 好 环 保 中 心
Sino-Japan Friendship
Centre for Environmental
Protection
现 代 文 学 馆 Museum
of Modern Literature
文 学 馆 路 Wenxueguan Lu
对 外 经 贸 大 学 University of International
Business & Economics (UIBE)
育 慧 南 路 Yu Hui Nan Lu
芍 药 居 小 区
Shao Yao Ju
Residential
Area
芍 药 居 Shaoyaoju
东
East
太 阳 宫 路 Taiyanggong Lu
中 日 友 好 医 院
China-Japan Friendship Hospital
芍 药 居 轻 轨 站
Shaoyaoju Metro Station
和 平 街 北 口
Heping Jie Bei Kou
北 三 环 路 Bei San Huan Lu
(Northern 3 rd Ring Road)
南
South
三 元 桥 方 向
to San Yuan Bridge
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Busses: Coming from….
• Haidian take bus no. 422, get off at Yu Hui Nan Lu, Haidian Huangzhuang take bus no. 386,
get off at Xiao Ying
• Qinghua University take bus no. 951, get off at Shao Yao Ju
• Fuchengmen take bus no. 409, get off at Yu Hui Nan Lu
• Andingmen metro station take bus no. 119, get off at Yu Hui Nan Lu
• Yonghegong (Lama Temple) metro station take bus no. 62, get off at Xiao Ying
• Dongdan (Longtan Lake) take bus no. 807, get off at Xiao Ying
• Gong Zhu Fen take bus no. 201, get off at Xiao Ying
• Guozhan Zhongxin (International Exhibition Centre) take bus no. 847, get off at Xiao Ying
there is moreover bus no. 408 that has a stop at Shao Yao Ju
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