The dilemmas and countermeasures of environmental supervision in the Three Gorges Reservoir

Abstract

The Three Gorges Project is the biggest water project, and it has important strategic value as well as deep environmental effects. So, it’s necessary to implement environmental supervision in this area. However, there is environmental supervision dilemma which is discussed in this article: the legislative conflict, disordered environmental monitoring system and fragmentation of geographical position. In this study, in order to improve the environmental supervision implementation in the reservoir area, the cause and status quo in terms of those problems mentioned above are analyzed. Countermeasures such as resolving the legislative conflicts, building a unified and coordinated environmental monitoring system, and handling the cross-regional water environment supervision are provided.