Mr. Xie Zhenhua, Director of the State Environmental Protection Administration, pledged in Beijing to take a series of measures in the next five years to achieve the goal of basically curbing ecological deterioration and improving ecological environment in some areas.

The commitments he made at a national working conference for natural ecological protection on June 28 also include basically stable ecological function in key ecological function conservation areas and nature reserves, containing of ecological degradation in farming-pasture mixed areas, a considerable slowdown of the losses of biodiversity, and effective curbing of species genetic resource drain.

In addition, preliminary progress should be made on improving the environment of the rural areas, where pollution caused by poultry breeding and animal husbandry in major regions and river valleys should be put under effective control and safe drinking water sources are guaranteed.

What's more, a sound supervision and monitoring system for ecological protection is necessary to prevent human-caused destruction on ecological environment.

By People's Daily Online