Latest comments posted about Hainan: a province under pressure on ChinaDialogue en-gb http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/1498-Hainan-a-province-under-pressure http://staging.chinadialogue.net/images/cdlogo.gif http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/1498-Hainan-a-province-under-pressure Environment is devastated at a quicker pace than we expected while what we can do is limited. People devastating environment outnumber those protecting it.While everyone is complaining degradation of environment,shall we also do something to protect it? I am wondering whether it helps that we eat more fruit which are in season and local. Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:30:23 -0500 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1498#comment-5029 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1498#comment-5029 Clearing Hainan's remaining tropical forests to make room to plant eucalyptus trees for the paper industry obviously is a destructive practice. Much of South China's native forest has been been destroyed in the past for many other thoughless reasons. The result has been widespread degraded lands across South China. Once the land is degraded, in some cases interplanting rubber with other desireable crops can play a part in the partial restoration of the land's original productivity http://www.fas.org/faspir/2001/v54n2/resource.htm. Intercropping research at China's Xishuangbanna Botanical Garden in Yunnan demonstrates that some degraded lands do have potential for at least partial recovery. Whether wildlife can respond positively to living in such artificial systems needs further research and discussion. W. Parham parham305@aol.com Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:48:33 -0500 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1498#comment-4860 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1498#comment-4860 In my opinion Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan are all in danger, let alone Hainan. Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:36:11 -0500 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1498#comment-4899 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1498#comment-4899