The context of globalization China 39;s environment (bis) - China and the world and how one affects文档.doc

The context of globalization China#39;s environment (bis) - China and the world and how one affects The impact of environment on the Chinese public China’s environmental degradation in China is not only harmful to earthworms and fish, but also harmful to the public on their own. Environmental degradation, impact on the public can be divided into the following categories: socio-economic losses, health costs increase, more frequent and more severe natural disasters. Socio-economic loss Here we have listed in the order from small to large social and economic loss. China to spend 72 million U.S. dollars each year to control the spread of alligator weed. This weed was originally imported from Brazil to do pig feed. The spread of serious damage to gardens, as well as the sweet potato in the orange grove; stop production due to water shortages forced the industry, only Xi’an has caused 250 million U.S. dollars annually in economic losses; sandstorms annual loss of 540 million U.S. dollars; acid rain, destruction of crops and forests, reduce the annual production loss of reached 730 million U.S. dollars. In order to prevent dust storms in Beijing attacks, construction of green shelterbelts to spend as much as six billion U.S. dollars, land desertification, causing direct economic losses every year seven billion U.S. dollars, in addition to alligator weed other than some of the major alien invasive species losses caused each year up to seven billion U.S. dollars . Compared with these losses, the 1996 floods caused economic losses of a one-time (270 billion U.S. dollars, is still less than the 1998 flood losses), as well as water and air pollution each year in economic losses (540 million U.S. dollars) even greater. In the past 20 years, due to environmental pollution and ecological damage, economic losses caused each year is equivalent to China’s GDP to 7% ~ 20%. In addition to serious economic losses, pollution and competition for resources in China have