Forest authorities have punished 10 illegal loggers as part of a crackdown on those threatening the country's environment and ecosystem.
The perpetrators were exposed to media during the second round of crackdowns between May and September this year.
State Forestry Administration (SFA) spokesman Cao Qingyao spoke in Beijing yesterday. He said the latest operation focused on illegal logging and damage to nature reserves, forest parks, and State-owned woodlands.
He said about a million forest law enforcers had taken part in the nationwide inspection. All told they uncovered more than 65,000 cases and recovered about 110,000 cu m of timber.
In Jiangcheng county in Yunnan Province, five violators were jailed and fined for logging 550 cu m of timber last year.
In Guangdong, wildlife smugglers were nabbed for dealing in more than 5,000 lizards, 30 pangolins, 21 bear palms, and 3,000 tortoises. Nine suspects were taken into custody.
Cao said that illegal logging and destruction of forest resources have made a comeback in recent years.
He listed illicit construction projects, profiteering of timber prices, and improper use of forest recovery funds as some of the reasons behind the trend.
In the first six months of the year, there were close to 210,000 cases of illegal forest activities, an increase of 3.4 percent from last year.
Questions:
1.How many forest law enforcers were involved in the nationwide campaign?
2. How many cases were involved in the nationwide campaign?
3.In Guangdong, wildlife smugglers were arrested for dealing in what four species?
4.In the first six months of the year, how many cases of illegal forest activities were reported?
Answers:
1.One million.
2.65,000
3.Lizards, pangolins, bear palms, and tortoises.
4.210,000.
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Jonathan Stewart is a media and journalism expert from the United States with four years of experience as a writer and instructor. He accepted a foreign expert position with chinadaily.com.cn in June 2007 following the completion of his Master of Arts degree in International Relations and Comparative Politics.
