地球日×法律日:“蓝色星球”的法治之光
每年的4月22日,是世界地球日和世界法律日。这一天,人们聚焦于环境保护和自然资源可持续利用的同时,也更加审视法律在环境保护中的作用。
Earth Day and World Law Day are celebrated every year on April 22. On this day, while focusing on environmental protection and sustainable use of natural resources, people also examine the role of law in environmental protection.
今年,中国的世界地球日活动主题是“珍爱地球,人与自然和谐共生”,自然资源部在其主场活动上宣介了重点区域自然资源确权登记工作及“山水工程”“厦门实践”“美丽中国 规划先行”等工作情况。
This year, China marks Earth Day by holding a seriesof activities to highlight cherishing the Earthand promoting the harmonious coexistence between man and nature. At the major event, the Ministry of Natural Resources introduced natural resources title confirmation and registration in key areas and promoted Shan-Shui initiative, Xiamen's environmental protection practices and advancing space planning work to build a Beautiful China.
在中国生态文明建设和自然资源保护的进程中,法律一直是重要依据。
In the process of China's ecological development and natural resource protection, law has always been an important basis.
厦门市的筼筜湖曾是天然避风港,与海相通,但是生活污水和工业废水长年累月直排入湖,让筼筜湖生态堪忧。1988年,厦门市启动筼筜湖综合治理,创造性地提出“依法治湖、截污处理、清淤筑岸、搞活水体、美化环境”20字治理方针。其中,依法治湖作为首要原则被贯穿始终——1989年11月,《筼筜湖管理办法》;1992年9月,《厦门市筼筜湖管理办法》;2020年2月,《厦门经济特区筼筜湖区保护办法》。
Yundang Lake in Xiamen City in southeast China's Fujian Province used to be a natural haven connected with the sea. However, sewage and industrial wastewater had been discharged into the lake for years, causing serious ecological problems. In 1988, Xiamen launched a set of comprehensivemeasures to clean up Yundang Lake, putting forward an innovative guideline featuring protecting the lake according to law, intercepting sewage, dredging and building banks, invigorating water bodies, and greening the environment. Among them, governing the lake according to law is the primary and underlying principle—— Yundang Lake management measures, November 1989; Xiamen Yundang Lake management measures, September 1992; measures for the protection of Yundang Lake District, Xiamen Special Economic Zone, February 2020.
如今的筼筜湖,与海重新联通,由内湖向外湖流动,形成北进南出的大循环。种植的9个品种、约2.6万平方米红树植被,也吸引了鸟类和海洋生物前来栖息繁衍,让筼筜湖成为了厦门的“城市会客厅”。
Today's Yundang Lake, re-connected with the sea, flows from the inner lake to the outer lake, forming a large circulation from the north to the south. The 26,000 square meters of nine speciesof mangrove vegetation planted here have also attracted birds and marine life to live and reproduce, making Yundang Lake aplace to showcase the city's charm in Xiamen.
今天,中国自然资源保护法规体系建设日趋完善。如环境保护法、土地管理法、森林法、海洋环境保护法、野生动物保护法等法规,共同构成了中国自然资源保护的法律框架,为自然资源的合理利用和有效保护提供了法律依据和制度保障。
Today, China's legal system for the protection of natural resources keeps improving. Such laws and regulations as the country's environmental protection law, land management law, forest law, marine environmental protection law and wildlife protection law constitute the legal framework for the protection of China's natural resources, providing a legal basis and institutional guarantee for their rational use and effective protection.
法治之光犹如第一缕阳光,照耀着生态文明建设征程,引领人与自然和谐共生。
The radiation of the rule of law, like the first ray of sunshine, lightens up the journey of China's ecological progress and leads the harmonious coexistence between man and nature.