Oceanic report: Rampant exploitation ruining China's islands

BEIJING, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Unchecked exploitation and illegal trade are damaging the ecosystems of China's islands and have even caused some to disappear, the country's oceanic administrator has revealed.

"Rampant stone quarrying and rubbish dumping have accelerated the deterioration of island ecosystems and construction-oriented land reclamation has caused some precious islands disappear," said a circular issued by the State Oceanic Administration (SOA).

"One construction project often eliminates several islands at a time, or even dozens."

The circular attributed rampant exploitation of island resources to China's "surging economy and tight land supply".

"Some quarry from the islands construction materials such as stone and sand, and others use explosives to flatten large areas of ground for storage," an SOA official who asked not to be identified told Xinhua on Thursday.

Such activities had a detrimental impact on the vegetation and ecology of animals on some islands and "introduced exotic species into the ecosystem", the official said.

China has no existing regulations or laws to rein in exploitation of uninhabited islands.

"Things are worst in islands off eastern Zhejiang, Shandong and Hebei provinces," the official said, refusing to provide further details.

Without official surveys, the exact number of Chinese islands suffering from such ecological disasters was still unknown.

China boasts tens of thousands of islands along its 18,000-kilometer coastline, including more than 6,500 islands with an area greater than 500square meters, according to the SOA.

Noting the deteriorating ecosystem of the islands, China's State Council, the central government, has stepped up legislation, and planning, construction and protection measures for islands.

"Priority will be given to protection, and exploration will be strictly controlled." said the official.

The SOA, Ministry of Land and Resources and the State Development and Reform Commission will establish a leadership team to supervise the work.

Regulations on island protection and development prepared by the SOA will take shape in the next one or two years, according to the State Council.





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