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Shortly after the central government had released an action plan<\/a> for a campaign to protect the Yellow River, in August, it released another<\/a> for the Yangtze River, on 19 September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covering 16 provinces and municipalities in the Yangtze basin, the plan sets targets for 2025 in improving water quality, drinking water security, pollution control and aquatic biodiversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The campaign is a follow-up to the one<\/a> launched in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a Q&A<\/a> from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, one of the main challenges in protecting the Yangtze is non-point source (dispersive) pollution, which has become prominent after point-source pollution (such as from factories) has been brought under control. Another major challenge is the degradation of aquatic ecosystems, including shrinking of wetlands and blue algal blooms in lakes, a result of excessive phosphorus in water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To reduce pollution, the plan lays out action points in managing municipal effluent and solid waste, pesticide and fertiliser from agriculture, and heavy metals from industries. Phosphorus coming from both agriculture and industries, which has surpassed ammonia-nitrogen and oxidisable pollutants to become the chief pollutant<\/a> in the Yangtze basin, will be screened for their sources and subject to strong supervision measures.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To improve the health of aquatic ecosystems, it calls for the establishment of an \u201caquatic ecology evaluation system\u201d for local governments. It also includes measures to repair and restore habitats and swimways for aquatic species, to repair forests, grasslands and wetlands as well as natural shorelines, and control algal blooms in major lakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To ensure water security, it vows to strictly control both the total quantity and intensity of water use. Notably, it says government agencies will make plans for ensuring \u201cenvironmental flow\u201d for rivers and lakes in the basin \u2013 to guarantee water levels necessary for maintaining aquatic ecosystems. That will also involve the demolition of small hydro dams that throttle water flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plan also includes a section on \u201cgreen regulatory system\u201d, which is underpinned by the territorial zoning, ecological redlines, and pollutant discharge permission systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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