Plagiarism Is Not Serious, Forgot to Change the Name of the City! The Environmental Impact Assessment of the Channel Dredging Project in Shenzhen Bay Regarding Public Environmental Benefits as a Child’s Play?
2020/3/31 14:53:00 本站

Recently, a piece of news that "the EIA of the Shenzhen Bay Channel Dredging Project is suspected of plagiarism" has reported.

 

March 3, Shenzhen Government publish a document “Public Participation Announcement on the Environmental Impact Report of the Shenzhen Bay Channel Dredging Project” by the Shenzhen Ministry of Transport.

 

However, Shenzhen is really a very open, highly educated city, and people have a strong sense of social responsibility. So many NGOs and experts have really read this 379-page EIA very carefully.

 

Then something went wrong, The Report has clearly stated that the project crossed two restricted red line areas, but how it was concluded that the project complies with relevant regulatory requirements; more people have found that "whether it is the encroachment of habitat space or the destruction of food, and the impact of oil pollution and light pollution on birds was not mentioned, and there were no bird protection measures, so it is not a complete report at all. "

 

The main conclusions of this EIA report are: “Shenzhen at Sea” channel project has a great significance for the development of Shenzhen tourism, promoting the development of marine development results, shaped the brand of Shenzhen's marine culture, built China's global ocean center city, and promoted Shenzhen's modernized international coast, Serve the great vision of the “Belt and Road”, Project construction is necessary. ... From the perspective of environmental protection, the construction of the Shenzhen Bay Channel Dredging Project is feasible. "

 

According to its plan, this is due to the needs of the "Viewing Shenzhen on the sea" cruise tour project. It is expected to open a 120-meter-wide, sub-3.1-meter channel in the Shenzhen Bay.

 

“Shenzhen at Sea” is a tourism project. Information from Shenzhen in May 2019 shows that the cruise route of “Shenzhen at Sea” has a 100-minute voyage and twice a day. The cruise fare is 200 yuan for one person and the online discounted price is 150 yuan for one person. The fare is all-inclusive, in addition to including the boat ticket, tourists can also enjoy the afternoon tea on the boat, top deck sightseeing, etc.

 

On March 17, the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily published an article entitled "Shenzhen at Sea" or extended to mangroves, which showed that the plan for a cruise tour to Shenzhen at sea extended to the mangrove ecological park. Visitors can take a boat overlooking the Talent Park and most areas of the Shenzhen Bay Coastal Recreation Belt, as well as Hong Kong Mai Po Nature Reserve.

 

However, due to ELA, this paper quickly caused heated discussions, and many citizens and environmentalists raised counter views.

 

There are two main points of controversy: first, crossing the two ecological red lines; and second, will it affect the habitat of migratory birds?

 

As a coastal city in the south, Shenzhen, wetlands, and mangroves are important ecosystems, and they are also home to migrant birds. The entire EIA report did not assess the impact of the project on water birds overwintering in Shenzhen Bay.

 

Next, Let’s look at the dramatic progress over the past two days.

 

On March 26, the Southern Urban Daily published an article mentioned that: The Shenzhen Bay Channel Dredging Project arouse environmental protection disputes, and Shenzhen Transportation Bureau responded that it was not in the ecological red line area.

 

However, just one day later, the latest report on the evening of March 27 showed that the Shenzhen Ministry of Transport released an announcement on the official website about the termination of the Shenzhen Bay Channel Dredging Project environmental impact report for review and public participation in a public announcement.

 

However, this decision is not the response of the solution of the above two focus issues, but more because the entire EIA report is suspected of a moral issue-there may be "plagiarism".

 

Because many citizens found that there were multiple reports appear the problem of confusing one thing with another, getting confused between Shenzhen and Zhanjiang. such as "The Shenzhen Bay Channel Dredging Project is the embodiment of Zhanjiang's" 13th Five-Year Plan "for national economic and social development. And the entire report appeared 35 times “Zhanjiang”.

 

In other words, the termination of the project is not because of the ecological red line or whether it affected the survival of birds, but because of "suspected plagiarism."

 

More ironically, The EIA agency who undertaking this assessment is a long-established and well-known institution, an ocean research institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

 

According to Baidu Encyclopedia, it is the institute established in January 1959 and is one of the largest comprehensive marine research institutions in China.

 

Then here comes the questions, First, are there exist similar problems with such agencies and other EIAs that have been presented?

 

Second: As an accountability unit, what kind of responsibilities will it take?

 

Article 29 of the “Measures for Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment” clearly states: “Construction units violate the provisions of these Measures and make frauds when organizing public participation in the preparation of the environmental impact report. The department in charge of the ecological environment of the environmental impact report will record the credibility of information of the construction unit and its legal representative or main responsible person in the environmental credit record and make it public.”

 

The purpose of ensuring public participation in environmental impact assessment is to "regulate public participation in environmental impact assessment and protect the public's right to know, participation rights, expression rights and right of supervision about environmental protection. "

 

Therefore, the EIA should not copy.

 

EIA is responsible for public environmental interests and accountability to the public.

 

In this case, we would like to thank those more earnest citizens and social organizations who do this for nothing but throw themselves into the breach. Because Mangroves cannot speak, Cang Beach can't speak, benthic creatures can't speak, and migratory birds can't speak. Those people speak for the silent.

 

All these public environmental benefits are inexhaustible but if lost will never come back. Take wetlands and mangroves as an example, the earth has three major ecosystems: wetlands, forests, and oceans. Wetlands are called "the kidneys of the earth" because of their powerful sedimentation and purification functions. Mangroves in the coastal zone are an important type of wetland. Mangroves are one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. They not only provide habitat for hundreds of animals and plants, but also purify water, soil, and release oxygen. blocks wind and waves. In addition, mangroves are resistant to saltwater and grow mainly on shallow tropical shores, helping humans to face extreme weather. Each kilometer of mangrove clusters will reduce the amount of heavy rainfall by 50 cm and weaken the impact of hurricanes and tsunamis.

 

Has this project really seriously evaluated the impact on the marine ecological environment? An anonymous marine expert commented: As for the scientific and authenticity of the report, plagiarism can be verified in many ways. 1. A reasonable analysis of the data, 2. Ask a third party to verify the data in the report on-site, and 3. The text loopholes in the report. But It is clear that the reference of Zhanjiang to this report is not even revised.

 

So, we can imagine how many similar projects are there in order to engage in tourism development but says as "ecological engineering".

 

This case is “unfortunately” dig out by some earnest citizens. Is it an isolated incident? How many institutions are involved? And How many similar things? The relevant institution should check it out.


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