In the province, there are tens of thousands of college students like Chen Pan who are involved in the Fen River ecological restoration project. In the past month, 10,000 volunteers have distributed 200,000 copies of publicity materials to protect the Fen River, more than a thousand times to carry out publicity and educational activities, called for tens of thousands of people to participate in the Fen River banks of the garbage collection activities, survey questionnaire 100,000 people, and hundreds of investigative reports about the Mother River.
90.6% of residents
don't know the World Water Day
Dongzhai Town, Ningwu County, Xinzhou City, the source of the Fen River.
From July to August, for one whole month, volunteers from the School of Statistics of Shanxi University of Finance and Economics conducted a questionnaire survey on many townships and tens of thousands of villagers at the source of the Fen River, and based on the scientific statistical methods, they came up with a valuable survey report.
"Our survey found that the cultural level of the residents of Dongzhai Township is relatively low, and most of the residents are ordinary farmers who have not received higher education." Volunteers from Shanxi University of Finance and Economics took out their Survey Report and introduced it to the reporter, "Only 3.1% of the residents here have participated in the survey and analysis of the environmental protection situation of the Fen River, which shows that the local government lacks the understanding of the people at the source of the Fen River, and that the government should strengthen the communication with the local people, listen to the opinions of the masses, and better go to the governance of the Fen River."
Volunteers in the survey process found that 90.6% of the residents do not know what day is the World Water Day, 59.1% of the residents have not heard of the state promulgated the "ban on plastic".
"This shows that local residents do not have a broad enough knowledge of environmental protection." Volunteers said, in the residents who have heard of the "plastic ban", 68.2% of the residents believe that the promulgation of this policy has no impact on them, "which also reflects the local residents usually good habits, do not use plastic bags for most residents have no impact. "
74.2% of residents
Don't know about the pollution of Fenhe River
Local residents are more concerned about the environmental problems of Fenhe River, most of them will go to Fenhe River regularly to take a walk or exercise, and most of them will take the initiative to stop others from polluting the Fenhe River, however, 80% of the residents think that Fenhe River is rich in water resources, and they don't realize how a decrease in the flow of the water of Fenhe River will affect their lives. They are not aware of the impact of the decrease in the water flow of the Fen River on their lives.
Volunteers from Shanxi University of Finance and Economics said that 60% of the residents have not found industrial wastewater flowing into the source of Fen River, 34% of the residents think that the pollution of Fen River water mainly comes from industrial wastewater, 44.7% of the residents think that domestic sewage discharges are the main reason affecting the Fen River, and 74.2% of the residents don't know about the current pollution situation of Fen River.
Local residents believe that as long as there is industrial wastewater flowing into the Fen River, it will be the main reason for polluting the Fen River. In addition, among the 60% of the residents who think that industrial wastewater will not flow into the source of Fen River, most of them think that the discharge of domestic wastewater is the main reason for the pollution of Fen River, "According to our field investigation, although the local government has set up a complete domestic wastewater treatment facility, the living habits of the local residents (e.g., washing clothes in the river water) have been y rooted, which also brings some pollution to the Fen River some pollution." Volunteers say the data reflects that there is still a distance between local residents and the government's communication.
60.4% of residents
worry about the health of drinking water
"12.6% of the residents think that the water quality of Fenhe River has become worse than in the past ten years, 22% think that there is more garbage in the Fenhe River than in the past ten years, and 11.9 think that the environment of the Fenhe River has become worse than in the past ten years." Volunteers analyzed, this shows that the vast majority of residents believe that the Fenhe River water quality, Fenhe River garbage, Fenhe River environment than the past ten years have improved, and they believe that the reason for these changes is mainly due to the government department's vigorous management, only 20% of the residents believe that the residents of the environmental protection awareness has played a role.
The volunteer survey found that 60.4% of the residents believe that if the Fen River water is seriously polluted, their drinking water health will be greatly affected, "This shows that the Fen River water is the main drinking water of the local residents, and the pollution of the Fen River water will be a direct disaster to the health of the local residents."
Another 16.4% of residents believe that Fen River water pollution will have a great impact on crops, which side by side reflects that only very few farmers grow watering cash crops. Another 15.7% of the residents recognized the shortage of water resources in the Fen River, and the problem of reduced water flow will cause water conflicts among the residents.
"Through the questionnaire survey, we can see that the governmental departments have made great efforts and sacrifices for the Fen River management, and the people at the source of the Fen River urgently hope that the Fen River environment will be more beautiful." Mr. Bo from the School of Statistics of Shanxi University of Finance and Economics said.
From this 20-page survey report, it can be seen that the education level of local residents is relatively low, the level of knowledge is not broad enough, and the knowledge of environmental protection is extremely limited, "but we can also see that the local residents have a great passion for the protection of the Fenhe River and the potential for environmental protection awareness. We also found that the quality of life of the local residents is not high, the economic crops are less cultivated, and the local tourism development is not perfect enough to make full use of the local tourism resources. We can see that the communication between the local government and the residents needs to be strengthened and the understanding of the residents' living conditions needs to be deepened." Volunteers said.
Promoting Fen River Restoration with Knowledge
"The volunteers almost completed the survey independently from designing the questionnaires to household surveys, and the students showed great enthusiasm as they could give full play to their professional strengths on the one hand, and link with Fen River protection on the other." Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, School of Statistics, led the team thin teacher said.
On the basis of the discovery of the problem, the volunteers also scientifically put forward suggestions for improvement, the volunteers said, the Fen River headwaters residents of the relatively low level of education will have a direct impact on the establishment of their awareness of environmental protection, it is recommended that the local government departments to organize the education at the same time, to strengthen the publicity of environmental protection knowledge.
At the same time, it is hoped that the local government can make regular surveys on the production and living conditions of the residents of the Fen River headwaters, on the one hand, it can be the first time to understand the production and living conditions of the masses; on the other hand, the government departments, through face-to-face exchanges and dialogues between the people, will help the people's trust in the government to improve the government's sense of implementation of the government's policies will also play a facilitating role.
"We have been working hard on the development of the Fen River headwaters.
"In the action to protect the source of Fen River, the local government has made great efforts and contributions, shut down many industrial factories and mines, as the industry as the pillar industry of Ningwu, so that the people's income and standard of living will certainly be greatly affected." Volunteers said, "But Ningwu has a unique natural ecological landscape and rich natural resources, we suggest that the local government can reasonably fully develop the tourism industry, set up a tourism brand, and increase tourism promotion, the development of the tourism industry is bound to provide a certain amount of jobs and income to the local residents, and through the promotion of tourists, the Fenhe River source of tourism culture carry forward, so that more people pay attention to and understand the source of the Fen River, which will play a positive role in promoting the protection of the source of the Fen River."
In addition, local residents can be advocated to develop "Nongjiale" and other forms of tourism. This will not only increase the income of local residents, but also in the Fen River source without polluting the premise of the Fen River, the Fen Yuan environment to add a unique and beautiful scenery.
"It is suggested that the local government can employ a large number of knowledgeable, educated and capable young talents to teach in the local area. By applying their learning to practical work, they can vigorously develop local productivity. And I hope that the government can widely accept aspiring young people from major universities to contribute to the governance and protection of the Fen River, and to contribute to the local people to become rich and prosperous." Volunteers said.
Taiyuan Wang Wu Village:
Fen River, residents are willing to take part in it
On the morning of July 16 this year, the First Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical University "Protecting the Mother River" Volunteer Service Team distributed 100 questionnaires to Wang Wu Village, Liu Jiabao Township, Xiaodian District, Taiyuan City, to carry out the "Thousands of miles of Fen River, the mother river" project, which is the most important project of the Fen River in China. "The survey was conducted in the village of Wang Wu, Liu Jiabao Township, Xiaodian District, Taiyuan City, and 100 questionnaires were distributed.
Among the residents surveyed this time, 65% of them have been living in the local area for more than 10 years, "which shows that the information from the respondents basically reflects the changes of the Fen River in recent years, and at the same time proves that the survey has a high degree of validity." Fu Zhenzhen, a sophomore at the First Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical University who participated in the event, said.
"We summarized and analyzed the survey questionnaire, and found that the overall condition of the surveyed residents' living water is poor, not only the frequent water shortage phenomenon, but also low satisfaction with the quality of water." Fu Zhenzhen said.
There is also a part of the public on the past Fen River governance situation and the lack of understanding of this large-scale governance project, and has been some understanding of the main way is to participate in related social activities and through the television broadcasting access. Fu Zhenzhen said, "These situations show that the publicity needs to be further strengthened."
During the survey, the students found that the people strongly support the government's initiative to control the Fen River and are willing to participate in it, which has laid a solid foundation for the project and fully demonstrated that the project is the people's will.
At the same time, the surveyed residents put forward a lot of constructive comments and suggestions on the Fen River governance, the main ones are: to fully mobilize the masses, increase the publicity, and form a good atmosphere for all people to participate in; to actively learn from domestic and foreign useful experience in water management; to use the water fund reasonably, and eliminate waste; the governance work must be carried out in the system of responsibility, and the responsibility for the sections, and establish a clear mechanism of rewards and punishments.
Yuncheng Xinjiang County:
Zero-distance observation and testing of river water
While college student volunteers from Shanxi Medical University and other colleges and universities are carrying out investigations and practices along the Fenhe River in Taiyuan and other places, college student volunteers from several other colleges and universities are in the lower reaches of the Fenhe River, in Yuncheng, to carry out a visit and investigation.
On July 17th and 18th, under the unified organization of the county committee of Xinjiang Youth League of Yuncheng City and Xinjiang County Water Conservancy Bureau, the college student volunteers went to the Fen River embankment to visit the construction of the Fen River widening and renovation project, and communicated and interviewed with the workers in the construction site.
At the Fen River bank, the volunteers collected river water for observation and testing at zero distance, and sampled the sedimentary soil on the riverbed, understood the ecological status of the Fen River on the ground, and visited the youth ecological forest.
At the same time, the volunteers went deep into Xiqu vegetable market, the largest vegetable wholesale market in Xinjiang County, and the Xiqu village where they were located, and conducted research, visited villagers, vegetable farmers, vegetable merchants and demolition households, and distributed more than 500 questionnaires to get first-hand information; they went to factories and enterprises along the river. Visited the factories and enterprises along the route, through the introduction of the person in charge of the enterprise, effectively feel the importance of water resources to the enterprise.
Through the research, the volunteers realized more y and practically the dependence of the people's life along the Fen River, the rural development, and the production of enterprises on the water of the Fen River, and practically felt the urgency and importance of the protection of water resources.
At present, the questionnaire report is in the process of formation.
At present, the report of the questionnaire survey is in the process of formation.