Research on Innovative Legal Systems for Environmental Resources in Ethnic Minority Regions of Northwest China

Author: Hu Xiaohong/Nationality: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: Under the guidance of the scientific development concept, this book first takes the current environmental resource status of the Northwest ethnic regions as a starting point, providing a detailed introduction to the environmental resource conditions in these areas. It explores the relationship between environmental resource protection and economic development in the Northwest ethnic regions and argues for the significant role of policies such as returning farmland to forest and returning grasslands to pasture in promoting both economic growth and environmental resource conservation.
Secondly, the book focuses on the new design of the legal system for environmental resources in the Northwest ethnic regions. The main content and viewpoints include: when formulating local environmental resource legislation, it is essential to incorporate "ethnic characteristics." Based on the property rights system theory in economics and employing an empirical legal research method, it advocates for the interaction between property law and environmental resource law, proposing the establishment of a property rights system for environmental carrying capacity. Additionally, it proposes establishing an environmental resource compensation mechanism in both property law and environmental resource law. While emphasizing the economic value of "making full use of resources," it places greater importance on the ecological value of resources, aiming to reduce or mitigate the economic losses incurred by property owners due to restrictions on property rights through ecological compensation mechanisms.
Furthermore, addressing the severe water scarcity and wastage in the Northwest ethnic regions, the book advocates for the restructuring of the dual ownership system for water resources, implementing a single-state ownership system to ensure the rational use and unified allocation of water resources.