Analysis based on the public survey report on wetland protection in the Yellow River Basin

By ZHAO Yuping¹, AO Xiang¹, WANG Shuai²

(1. China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation; 2. Yonyou Network Technology Co., Ltd.)

Abstract: This paper is based on the results of a public survey on wetland protection conducted in Qinghai and Shandong provinces from October to November 2023 as part of the first phase of the project “Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Important Wetland Protection in the Yellow River Basin”. It aims to understand the public awareness, public participation and public satisfaction with wetland protection in the Yellow River Basin from the aspects of wetland protection awareness, public participation willingness, recognition of protection effectiveness, and satisfaction with protection effectiveness, and identify existing problems, contradictions and conflicts in wetland protection, in order to provide reference for wetland protection in the Yellow River Basin in terms of the formation and improvement of the public participation mechanism for wetland protection.

Key words: Wetland protection, wetland protection effectiveness, public participation, public satisfaction

ZHAO Yuping, AO Xiang, WANG Shuai. Analysis based on the public survey report on wetland protection in the Yellow River Basin. BioGreen - Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development. Vol. 1, January 2025. Total Issues 72. ISSN2749-9065

Figure 1 Basic information of participants in the questionnaire survey

Figure 2 Relationship between respondents and specific wetlands

Figure 3 Channels through which respondents learned about wetland protection

Figure 4 Respondents’ satisfaction with government departments’ work on wetland protection information disclosure, public participation and supervision

Figure 5 Do respondents care about wetland protection?

Figure 6 Public awareness of the key areas of wetland protection work

Figure 7 Public participation in wetland protection activities