Green Camel Bell () was established on November 4, 2004 as the first civic

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in the

Gansu Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...

region in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. It is devoted to

environmental protection Environmental protection is the practice of protecting the natural environment by individuals, organizations and governments. Its objectives are to conserve natural resources and the existing natural environment and, where possible, to repair dam ...

western China Western China (, or rarely ) is the west of China. In the definition of the Chinese government, Western China covers one municipality (Chongqing), six provinces (Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively r ...

, and it contributes to the improvement of the compromised and declining

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s of

. GCB plays an active role in Gansu’s

environmental education Environmental education (EE) refers to organized efforts to teach how natural environments function, and particularly, how human beings can manage behavior and ecosystems to live sustainably. It is a multi-disciplinary field integrating discip ...

, and the growth of local environmental organizations. In keeping with its

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, purpose, and objectives, GCB has focused on the following work since its establishment: *promoting environmental protection in

*adopting effective measures to resolve environmental problems in

*educating

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and

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students in environmental protection *promoting the development of environmental associations in

’s

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s and universities *organizing training and capacity building projects for environmental volunteers Since its establishment, Green Camel Bell has successfully conducted activities including “Fruit for Greeting Cards”, the “Gansu Flash Design Contest for Environmental Protection”, “A Green China Welcomes the Olympics – Protecting our Mother Rivers”, the “Gansu College Students’ Green Camps of 2005 and 2006", and the "Cropland Conversion to Forest and Grassland, and the College Students Forum”. In addition, GCB has completed the first and second “

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Horn Market Surveys”, and has conducted a series of environmental education projects including “

Environmental education Environmental education (EE) refers to organized efforts to teach how natural environments function, and particularly, how human beings can manage behavior and ecosystems to live sustainably. It is a multi-disciplinary field integrating discip ...

in Minqin County”, the “Antelope Car Environmental education Training Project”, “Building an Environmental Education Base in

Lanzhou Lanzhou (, ; ) is the capital and largest city of Gansu Province in Northwest China. Located on the banks of the Yellow River, it is a key regional transportation hub, connecting areas further west by rail to the eastern half of the country. H ...

”, and “Speaking at the Lanzhou Zoo”. GCB has drawn up the first "

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" of

and has published and distributed materials on environmental protection such as the “Green Camel Bell Newsletter” and the “Collected Works of the Gansu College Students’ Green Camp". GCB’s current projects include the “Gansu Water Protection Project”, the “Local Environmental Teaching Materials on Desertification in Minqin, Gansu Project”, and the “Capacity Building Project for Environmental Organizations in Gansu”.

Environmental protection exchanges

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*Local Environmental Teaching Materials on

Desertification Desertification is a type of land degradation in drylands in which biological productivity is lost due to natural processes or induced by human activities whereby fertile areas become increasingly arid. It is the spread of arid areas caused by ...

in Minqin,

*Speaking at the

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System *Green Camel Bell Electronic

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*Communication with other Groups and Individuals

Projects

*Gansu Water Environment Project *Green

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s’ Salon *Gansu College Students’ Green Camp *

Saiga The saiga antelope (, ''Saiga tatarica''), or saiga, is a critically endangered antelope which during antiquity inhabited a vast area of the Eurasian steppe spanning the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains in the northwest and Caucasus in ...

Antelope Horn Market Survey

Capacity building

*Training and Practice *Promoting the Growth of Environmental Associations in Local Colleges and Universities *Advancing the Development of

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Promoting public participation in policy and the public’s right to know

*The May 29

Petrochemical

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*Preserving the

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es of

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External links

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