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Hot Topic: Environment and Resources ★Environmental issues have become a global concern, grabbing the attention of many nations and organizations, due to people’s increasing concern about their lives and environmental conditions. ★Over the past decade, as the Chinese economy continues its high-speed development, environmental issues have received extensive publicity. Natural disasters ★Natural disasters cause heavy economic losses. ★Enormous revenues are lost annually to natural disasters. ★They pose big threat to people’s lives and property. ★The dramatic growth in population, exploitation of natural resources and pollution problems are the major causes of recurring natural disasters. ★Because of excessive logging, many large rivers are suffering from soil erosion. ★People’s awareness of environmental protection should be further increased/enhanced. ★Climatic changes such as global warming are accelerating the rate of ★It is our responsibility to protect our environment for future generations. Protection of animal and plant species ★The environment has been deteriorating as a result of the tropical forest destruction. ★To protect bio-diversity China has established hundreds of nature reserves of various types. ★Endangered species of wild animals and rare species of plants need to be put under special protection. ★Environmental protection and biological balance are closely related to the healthy /sustainable development of the economy. ★Tropical forest coverage continues to shrink at an alarming rate. Measures taken to combat the ever worsening pollution problems ★China’s legislative organs should revise the Environmental Protection Law which began to be implemented decades ago. ★People causing pollution must be responsible for treating pollution. ★Green economy /enterprises: The enterprises should adopt strict environmental management practices, minimizing their adverse impacts on the environment. They should also improve industrial practices and strengthen pol