Who gains from saving nature
Ledger 1 : 33 — For each dollar financing nature-based solutions in 2023, about $33 financed activities harmful to nature. (UNEP)
Actors / Government · China

Government of China

Appears in 9 cases in this database. Roles as given in the documented record.

CaseRoleCountryPeriodInstrument
Yangtze ten-year fishing banRegulator; ban and compensationChina2020–2030Fishing ban
Fengyun-1C anti-satellite testState that conducted the testChina2007–2026Space debris and re-entry
Mekong upstream dams and the decline of Tonle Sap flow reversalOperator of the upper Mekong (Lancang) dams; rejected the 2019 low-flow attributionCambodia1962–2026Wind, hydro and other renewables
Fukushima treated water discharge and Chinese seafood banBanned Japanese seafood importsJapan2023–2025Water use
Human Rights Watch reports about 930,000 relocated in Tibet for ecological protectionauthority that carried out the relocations, as reportedChina2024Protected area / relocation
China's natural forest logging ban and the shift of timber importsintroduced the 1998 logging restrictions and the natural-forest logging banChina1998–2014Tree planting
China is building a mega dam in Tibet, upstream of India and BangladeshBuilding the dam, per Radio Free AsiaChina2024Law, regulation and treaties
World Bank-backed dams displaced people, and reviews found incomes often not restoredHost government for the Three Gorges damGlobal1985–2018Protected area / relocation
Non-peer-reviewed study links China's 1958 sparrow campaign to famine deathsran the Four Pests campaignChina1958–1960Lobbying, PR and greenwashing