On August 14, the Jiangsu Province Department of Ecology and Environment held a press conference to release the fourth batch of ten typical cases of ecological and environmental damage compensation in Jiangsu Province, and jointly introduced the relevant situation of Jiangsu's ecological and environmental damage compensation work. Use the case interpretation method to promote the prevention and control of the source of the ecological environment. According to reports, compared with previous years, this year has more case claims, a higher level of processing, and more diverse working methods, reflecting the all-round improvement in the processing level of ecological and environmental damage compensation cases in Jiangsu.
As early as January 1, 2018, the reform of the ecological and environmental damage compensation system has been piloted nationwide. Jiangsu tries first and always insists on using the strictest system and strictest rule of law to protect the ecological environment. Using clue screening and case practice as the starting point, it constantly explores innovative forms of responsibility bearing and methods of restoring damaged environment, and promotes the implementation of compensation for ecological and environmental damage with high standards. Effective. As of the end of July 2024, Jiangsu has initiated a total of 8786 ecological and environmental damage compensation cases, involving a total amount of 1.543 billion yuan. Among them, 1356 new ecological and environmental damage compensation cases were added in 2024, involving an amount of 28.0189 million yuan.
The level of handling ecological environmental damage compensation cases has been improved in an all-round way
This year is the fourth year that typical cases of ecological and environmental damage compensation at the provincial level have been selected. Wang Yanfeng, chief engineer of the Department of Ecology and Environment of Jiangsu Province, said that this year's typical cases show three characteristics: expansion of claim entities, improvement of processing levels, and innovation in working methods, reflecting the all-round improvement in the handling level of ecological and environmental damage compensation cases in the province.
Among the top ten typical cases, the more typical ones are: Nanjing explored the multi-path restoration method of "cleaner production + labor compensation", jointly issued detailed rules for the implementation of cleaner production alternative restoration of ecological and environmental damage, and introduced a system for the deposit of ecological damage compensation to ensure the use of compensation funds. Legal disclosure and efficient; Changzhou handled the case of illegal disposal of chemical waste barrels involving as many as 34 people, wiping out criminal gangs and grasping the subsequent disposal and restoration work to the end; The Suzhou Procuratorate, in conjunction with the ecological environment department, entrusted the national carbon emissions trading market to assist in subscribing certified forestry carbon sink projects to carry out ecological environment restoration; Nantong Maritime Management Agency signed the first Yangtze River Delta ship air pollution and ecological environment damage compensation agreement; The urban management department handled the province's first case of illegal landfill of construction waste, and worked hard to rectify illegal cross-regional transfer and dumping of construction waste; Lianyungang has deepened the "comprehensive identification + collective consultation" case handling procedures, effectively breaking through the bottleneck of case handling such as the identification and evaluation of small cases and the inversion of damage compensation costs, and the long case processing cycle; Taizhou has strengthened the connection between "environmental liability insurance" and damage compensation to effectively reduce emergencies. Environmental incidents cause economic losses to enterprises, organize environmental protection public welfare publicity, and let compensation fees serve and benefit the people.
The ecosystem affects the whole body, and ecological and environmental protection involves many competent departments. Among typical cases this year, the scope of ecological damage claims has become more abundant, with new cases sponsored by natural resources departments, agricultural and rural departments, urban management departments, etc., and the synergy of ecological governance and the rule of law has become stronger. Under the leadership and coordination of Nantong City Ecological Environment Bureau and Nanjing City Procuratorate, Nantong Maritime Safety Administration completed the first Yangtze River Delta ship air pollution ecological environment damage compensation agreement.
Various parts of the province carry out useful explorations in damage compensation work
According to reports, by the end of July this year, a total of 7104 ecological and environmental damage compensation cases had been closed in the province, and a total of 4374 cases had been repaired (including actual restoration and alternative restoration), involving a total amount of 642 million yuan. Various localities have also carried out useful explorations in implementing the liability of the main body of damage, innovating compensation and repair methods, and achieved tangible results.
In addition to conventional surface water, soil, atmosphere, groundwater, and sediments, various localities have handled a number of cases involving ecological damage, such as illegal hunting, illegal release, and ecological dredging affecting fishery resources. Nanjing City innovatively explored types of compensation, handled the province's first case of compensation for excessive noise damage, and effectively improved people's happiness by providing ecological and environmental services to surrounding residential areas; Suqian Procuratorate and agricultural and rural departments jointly handled illegal fishing ecology. The consultation on environmental damage compensation, leveraging the third-party Sihong County Liangshan Group to carry out alternative restoration through proliferation and release, habitat restoration, etc., and at the same time promoting the launch of special actions to rectify high-horsepower speedboats.
In addition, we continue to innovate compensation consultation methods. Collective consultations have taken shape in many places. For cases with similar facts, circumstances and nature of cases, in order to improve consultation efficiency and credibility, the Ecological Environment Bureaus of Wuxi, Lianyungang, Yangzhou and other places have explored and carried out centralized consultations on similar cases to grasp the law enforcement standards of similar cases. Let the negotiators enhance the transparency of case handling through horizontal and vertical comparisons, and enhance the credibility of consultation while simplifying case handling procedures and shortening the case handling process in a way that is visible, tangible, eloquent and audible. Enhance the disciplinary effect of the industry and better promote the rectification of outstanding environmental issues in the industry.
At the same time, alternative restoration methods are diversified, novel and standardized. Changzhou relies on the bird biodiversity observatory to build an ecological and environmental damage compensation demonstration base; innovatively proposes to use ecological and environmental damage compensation funds to build an alternative restoration form of convenient car charging piles. The Taihu Ecological Island Base in Suzhou City has established a "two-way matching" mechanism for the implementation list of the ecological restoration project library, and actively explored new paths to implement the ecological environment damage compensation system. Nanjing uses digital empowerment labor compensation supervision to achieve "standardized, scientific and easy". In the process of handling cases of soot disturbing the people, Wuxi, Xuzhou and other places have adopted public welfare labor and legal publicity methods instead of compensation, and used individual cases as examples to promote the standardization of soot management in the catering industry.