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The Tibet autonomous region has listed half its land area under the scope of an ecological protection red line, environmental authorities said at a news conference in the regional capital Lhasa on Monday.
The ecological protection red lines cannot be crossed and are located in areas with critically important ecological functions that should be strictly protected.
Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC in 2012, the region has spent over 12.7 billion yuan ($1.82 billion) on various types of ecological protection projects, according to the regional ecological department.
The region’s overall ecosystems remain stable and the environment is being constantly improved. Tibet is one of the regions in the world with the best environmental quality, Shui Yanping, deputy head of the department, said at the news conference on Monday.
Over the past decade, with unprecedented importance attached and investment injected, the region has achieved all-around progress in ecological civilization construction and environmental protection, Shui said.
