Environment-Water Crisis in China.pptVIP

Water Crisis in China Chen xiaoli Talking Points I’v divided my talk into two parts: What caused the crisis? What should we do? What caused the crisis In the first part of my talk, There are four things to consider First, lower per capita and unbalance water resource’s distribution; It is known to all that China is a serious water shortage country. In spite of the fact that it’s total fresh water resources ranked fourth in the world, only less than Brazil, Russia and Canada. But China has a huge population of more than 1.3 billion, and its fresh water resources per capita are only ? of the worlds average , ranked 110. Chinese water resource’s distribution Chinese water resource’sdistribution Drought in north-china Flood in south-china What caused the crisis Second, burgeoning industry and intensive agriculture Economic development has degraded water quality and the natural environment some photos Third, huge population China has a enormous population of more than 1.3 billion, and its fresh water resources per capita are only ? of the worlds average , ranked 110. That’s all I want to say for now on the crisis due to, let’s move to the second part of my topic. What should we do for the crisis In this parts, there are four things to consider One is issuing groundwater policies Made efforts to issue laws, regulations and policies to manage groundwater resources. For example, according to China’s National Water Law, which was revised in 2002, all property rights to groundwater resources belong to the state. The law also does not allow groundwater extraction if pumping is harmful to the long-term sustainability of groundwater use. Another is setting up the mode of water bank Which can make up planned water-supply management and strengthen water-demand management in water receiving areas, for example South-to-North water diversion project What should we do for the crisis A third measures is changing crops