{"id":987,"date":"2017-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/master.k8s.p4.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/aboutus\/987\/jiangsus-vanishing-wetlands-report\/"},"modified":"2019-11-20T01:23:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T09:23:28","slug":"jiangsus-vanishing-wetlands-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/publication\/987\/jiangsus-vanishing-wetlands-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Jiangsu&#8217;s Vanishing Wetlands: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"leader\" style=\"font-weight: bold;margin-bottom: 12px\">\n\tBased on fieldwork and satellite analysis conducted between March and November 2017, Greenpeace East Asia has identified immediate threats to Jiangsu\u2019s wetlands, including to the habitat of the spoon-billed sandpiper.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Based on fieldwork and satellite analysis conducted between March and November 2017, Greenpeace East Asia has identified immediate threats to Jiangsu\u2019s wetlands, including to the habitat of the spoon-billed sandpiper.<\/p>\n<p>Land fill presents a major threat to Jiangsu\u2019s wetlands. Other threats include industrial wastewater discharge and legal loopholes that allow construction within nature reserves. Numerous critical wetland areas have not been included within Jiangsu\u2019s draft ecological red lines and remain entirely unprotected.<br \/>\nBased on the findings of this report, Greenpeace calls for an immediate halt to the Tiaozini land fill project and for the area to be included within Jiangsu\u2019s ecological red lines. No construction or land fill should be permitted within red line areas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Media briefing available&nbsp;<a title=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eastasia-stateless\/2019\/11\/d853c9c0-d853c9c0-wetlands-media-briefing.pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eastasia-stateless\/2019\/11\/d853c9c0-d853c9c0-wetlands-media-briefing.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>&nbsp;[in EN]. Full report available&nbsp;<a title=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eastasia-stateless\/2019\/11\/26b9c649-26b9c649-wetlands-report.pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eastasia-stateless\/2019\/11\/26b9c649-26b9c649-wetlands-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>&nbsp;[in CH].<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n\tBased on fieldwork and satellite analysis conducted between March and November 2017, Greenpeace East Asia has identified immediate threats to Jiangsu\u2019s wetlands, including to the habitat of the spoon-billed sandpiper.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":2075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"[caption id=\"attachment_2075\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1200\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eastasia-stateless\/2019\/11\/4eaf8250-gp0strcpn.jpg\" alt=\"Light-painting Display on Reclaimed Urban Land in China. \u00a9 Shi bai Xiao \/ Greenpeace\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/> Greenpeace volunteers create a light painting display on a reclaimed urban land in Tiaozini wetland, Dongtai City, Jiangsu Province, calling for the protection of China's last remaining coastal wetlands.<br \/>The light painting spells the words \u201cProtect the 800 million mu (1mu=0.0006667km\u00b2) wetland in China\u201d.<br \/>A major land reclamation project at Tiaozini threatens the survival of the IUCN critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper and other species. 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