The China Environment Yearbook, Volume 5: State of Change: Environmental Governance and Citizens' Rights

With the annual publication of the China Environment Yearbook by Friends of Nature, China’s environmental situation is revealed through the eyes of civil society. In this fifth volume, key issues affecting China’s environment in the year 2009 are explored through five main themes: Public Policy, Litigation, Pollution and Health, Consumption, and Ecological Protection.

The year 2009 began with the global financial crisis and ended with the frustration of the climate change conference in Cope...