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*etc.=Environmental awareness and environmental legal aid
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Public Participation in Environmental Rights Protection
Project Site Location
Ganyugou Village, Tangshan City, Hebei Province
Background - Problems Addressed and Policy Responses
Ganyugou is a small village of 240 inhabitants in 92 households,
with 500 mu* of arable land supporting perennial agricultural
crops. However, life was decimated upon exposure to flooding
of contaminated water and coal dust pollution discharged by the
neighbouring Douhe Electric Power Plant. The education and
environment protection ministries pledged to investigate and
provide assistance. *mu=Chinese acre land measurements
Women of Ganyugou village attending the
small symposia held for the publicity of the
round-table meeting
Project Outline - Objectives and Activities
The main objective of this project is, via a round-table dialogue*, to solve the long-lasting conflicts
between the power plant and the villagers on the issue of environmental pollution. It is designed to help
the two sides reach a common understanding through the building of a public alliance on environmental
rights protection, and provides training for alliance members in Beijing and Chengdu based on the theme
of public participation in environmental protection.
*Round-Table Dialogue on Flooding and Coal dust Pollution Problem of Ganyugou Village - Public Participation
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Impacts and Achievements
Douhe Electric Power Plant offers reasonable compensation for the problems it creates, and has pledged
to pursue clean production methods via improvements to production facility infrastructure. Successful
implementation of the project has provided an innovative dispute-solving mechanism to local government
and the rest of China by advocating public participation and communication, and as such has the potential
for resolving other environmental pollution-related cases. It is a clear example of improvement in the living
environment via an innovative environmental dispute-solving mechanism.
Future Challenges
Since the resolution of the power plant dilemma involved many setbacks along the way, the provision
of expert support in the formulation of environmental policies, laws and regulations and gathering of
evidence would be highly valued. Further, monitoring via news organisations and the media, as well as
environmental supervision and monitoring should also be utilised, as appropriate.
General Information
Name of the Implementing Organisation: All-China Environment Federation
Type of Organisation: NGO/CBO
Contact: Xiaoyi Gao, the Project Officer of International Cooperation Department, ACEF
6th Floor Huabiao Building, East Qingniangou Road，Hepingli, Chaoyang District,
Beijing 100013, P.R.China
Tel: +86 10- 51230007 Fax: +86 10- 51230006 E-mail: gxy830302@163.com
Website: http://www.acef.com.cn/
Project Reviewer (NetRes / Collaborators) that monitors the project:
Carol Wu, Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences (CSES) E-mail: aiawu80@gmail.com
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