governance issues
administrative organization/
enforcement 72, 109–111, 118,
128, 223
community conflicts 110, 115–117,
118, 129, 209
financial resources 111–1123,
118–19, 129, 131n42, 223
human resources 113–115, 119,
129, 131n56, 175, 179–80, 223
structural framework 69–70, 72, 77,
107–9, 118
Mt. Gaoligong nature reserve 117–21
protected areas, Taiwan
distribution of 78, 79, 121–24
governance issues 124–5, 128–9, 223
proposed black-faced spoonbill PA
206
proposed Magao national park 125–8
provincial governments 85–7, 106
public opinion seeattitudes,
environmental
public participation 69, 71, 75, 116, 129,
184–5
Qigu wetlands 163, 197–9, 206–7
Qin Dynasty 18, 23–4
Qing Dynasty 12, 24
Qinghai Province 52, 178
Qiu Yiren 163, 165
Qu Geping 175
‘race to the bottom’ 149–54, 169, 224
Ramsar convention 58, 59, 73
reclamation projects 58–9
Records of the Historian(Shiji) 22–3
regulations seelegal framework
religion 2–3, 21–2, 202
rent-seeking behavior 138, 141, 162,
222
Republican China 24–5
Research Center for Biodiversity (RCB,
Taiwan) 62
Rio Earth Summit see United Nations
Conference on Environment and
Development
rivers 111, 154
Ross, Lester 73
Saich, Tony 87, 140, 172, 194
San Tong Shi(three simultaneous points)
73
sandification program 57
sandstorms 9, 57, 176
Sanjiangyuan 103, 209
Sayer, Jeffrey and Chengjin Sun 70
Schaller, George 52
Schwartz, Jonathan 172
scientific institutions
influence on policy, 63, 197, 221, 228
organization of, in China 60–61, 228
organization of, in Taiwan 61–2
species identification, in China 41–3
species identification, in Taiwan 43
scientists
advisory role, 41–2, 43, 60, 196–7,
204, 212, 216, 227
expertise 40, 41, 61, 114, 168, 212, 214
policy initiation 101, 117, 126, 227
Scruggs, L. 139
sea turtles 59, 67n75
Self-governance Law for Provinces and
Counties (Taiwan) 92, 146
separatism seeTaiwan independence
severe acute respiratory syndrome
(SARS) 61, 76
Shaanxi Province 50, 51
shahtoosh52, 65n40
Shanghai 29
Shanxi Province 46
Shapiro, Judith 26–8
Shell 146–8, 184
Shell Foundation in China 148
Shenzhen 29
Sichuan Province 23–4, 46, 50
small and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs) 30–31, 137, 141–2,
149–50, 155
Smangus 2–3
Smil, Vaclav 218n41
social organizations 140, 170, 172, 184,
185–6
see alsocorporatism
social unrest 144, 154, 182, 196
socialist market economy 29
Society for Wildlife and Nature (SWAN)
79, 122
soil erosion 9, 33, 57
Soule, Michael and Torbough 100
Soviet Union 28240 Index