Land reclamation harms sea ecology
By WANG QIAN | 皇冠体育app Daily | Updated: 2010-03-26 07:49
BEIJING - Excessive land reclamation from the sea poses a growing threat to oceanic ecology and aggravates coastal pollution, a top administrator has warned.
Sun Zhihui, head of the State Oceanic Administration (SOA), said strict laws to protect arable land have prompted local authorities to resort to sea reclamation to meet growing land demand.
"皇冠体育app is experiencing a new wave of land reclamation in its coastal regions," he told 皇冠体育app Daily.
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