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Chongming Island ecological conservation project
Raanan Katzir
Director, "SACOG,"
Sustainable Agriculture Consulting Group", 4 Efter St. Tel
Aviv, 69362, Israel. E-mail:
rannan@inter.net.il.
Tel: (-972-3) 6991381.Cellular: (-972-528)-727-976. Fax:
(-972-3-) 6990152
Accepted 22 February,
2008 |
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Chongming Island is under the framework of Shanghai
administration. It is an alluvial Island in the mouth of the
Yangtze River. The area is 1041 km2 and the
population is about 700,000 inhabitance. An expected tunnel
will combine the island to the main land in the future. The
local population will increase and the island is becoming
very attractive to tourists. The island could be regarded as
a Peri Urban system of Shanghai neighborhood. All these turn
Chongming Island into an ecological conservation project
directed by Shanghai Academy Agricultural Science (SAAS)
organization. The following are few ideas that can reduce
the hazard of soil, water, air contamination and other
environmental distur-bances. Also activities proposed to
change the island agricultural features, ecological
education campaign and eco-agro tourism projects
Key words:
Agroecology, urban and peri urban agriculture, suburb
ecological conservation project. |
