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Speaker: Min-Hao Yuan ( 袁明豪 ) Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering,

NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY. An Investigation of Chinese Attitudes toward the Environment: Case Study Using the Grain for Green Project. Shixiong Cao, Li Chen and Zhande Liu AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment February 2009, Vol. 38, Issue 1, pp. 55-64. Speaker: Min-Hao Yuan ( 袁明豪 )

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Speaker: Min-Hao Yuan ( 袁明豪 ) Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering,

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  1. NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY An Investigation of Chinese Attitudes toward the Environment: Case Study Using the Grain for Green Project Shixiong Cao, Li Chen and Zhande Liu AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment February 2009, Vol. 38, Issue 1, pp. 55-64 Speaker: Min-Hao Yuan (袁明豪) Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan December 10, 2009 (Thursday) 1

  2. AMBIO was founded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1972.  Ranking of Impact Factor (2008): Engineering, Environmental 8/38 Environmental Sciences 50/161 2

  3. The Milestones of Global Environmental Conservation December1972 UN Environment Programme (UNEP) 1987 “Our Common Future” World Commission on Environment and Development Conference President Ingemund Bengtsson Secretary General of UN Maurices Strong June 1992 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sustainable Development UN Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The Stockholm Conference on 16 June 1972 http://www.mauricestrong.net/ Paperback cover http://www.amazon.com http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~danov20d/images/rio_conference.jpg June 1972 Stockholm, Sweden United Nations (UN) Conference on the Human Environment • United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity • Commission on Sustainable Development • UN Framework Convention on Climate Change • Agenda 21 3

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  5. The Grain for Green Program (GGP) From 1999 to 2010, the government plans to spend USD40 billion to convert 147 million ha of farmland into forest and grassland and 173 million ha of wasteland (including abandoned farmland) into forest in 25 provinces in western China. Given China’s tremendous size and population, the attitudes and behavior of its citizens and how these attitudes affect their responses to the GGP will play a key role in the protection and sustainability of the global environment. 5

  6. Objectives • To identify the factors required to achieve support for the use of strategic environmental management. • To study the attitudes of citizens as revealed by their responses to general questions related to a specific government initiative - China’s GGP. • To clarify the attitudes toward both the environmental policy and how these attitudes affected self-reported willingness to invest in environmental conservation. 6

  7. Questionnaire • Would you donate money for environmental conservation? If so, how much (USD)? • Is the environment or the economy more important? • Does environmental degradation affect your health? • Is it worthwhile to invest more than 300 billion RMB in the Grain For Green Project (GGP)? • Is the Chinese environment badly degraded? 7

  8. NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY Results and Discussion 8

  9. NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 9

  10. NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY Age 10

  11. NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY Net Income 11

  12. NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY Education Level 12

  13. NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY Employment 13

  14. NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY Location 14

  15. NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY Province 15

  16. NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY Gender 16

  17. NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY Conclusions • Education is a significant predictor of a person’s perception of the natural environment and perceived risk factors and that this increased perception can alter their environmental behavior. • To provide better support for this finding, it will be necessary in a future study to test whether improving a person’s education about the issues changes their opinion of those issues and thus motivates changes in their environment-related behavior. 17

  18. NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY Conclusions • Most Chinese citizens supported China’s environmental policy and the goal of environmental restoration (GGP). • Younger citizens with higher levels of education and higher net incomes, male respondents, as well as residents in urban areas and remote western areas with a vulnerable environment and ‘‘knowledge workers’’ or other skilled jobs generally exhibited a greater recognition of the importance of the environment and of restoration programs. 18

  19. Thank you for your attention. Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 19

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