A forest in Chongming has turned into a slaughterhouse? The procuratorate issues prosecutorial suggestions to administrative organs | forest land | administrative organs
At the beginning of 2023, some people reported to the People's Procuratorate of Chongming District, Shanghai that there was an environmental pollution problem in a forest land in Chongming, and the garbage in the forest land was everywhere, often emitting thick smoke.
After receiving the clues, the public interest litigation department of Chongming Procuratorate immediately went to the scene and surrounding areas to investigate and verify. It was found that the contracted operator of the forest not only lived and lived in the forest, but also built simple sheds for breeding, slaughtering and other activities, and did not take any pollution prevention and control measures. There are obvious signs of slaughtering and outdoor burning on site, with a large amount of animal fur, feces and other pollutants piled up on the walls and floors of the shed. The forest is filled with randomly discarded agricultural and forestry waste, kitchen waste, plastic bags, and a large amount of household waste floating on the water surface of the river next to the forest.
The forest has turned into a slaughterhouse
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The unauthorized construction of sheds along forests and rivers for breeding, slaughtering, and outdoor burning, as well as the random stacking of solid waste, violates relevant regulations such as the Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China, the Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China, the Shanghai Municipal Regulations on the Management of Urban Environment and Health, the Shanghai Municipal Regulations on the Management of Rivers, and the Shanghai Municipal Regulations on the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution. This not only causes serious environmental pollution, but also damages forest resources and damages public interests.
Based on the investigation, the Chongming Procuratorate has issued public interest litigation prosecution recommendations to relevant administrative agencies, suggesting that they fulfill their environmental supervision responsibilities in accordance with the law. After receiving the prosecution's suggestion, the administrative authorities immediately took measures to comprehensively rectify the problem of dirty, disorderly and poor forest environment in the area. They demolished unlicensed sheds, cleared various types of waste and pollutants around the forest and river channels, and interviewed the contracted operators of the forest. They were required to protect the clean and tidy forest environment during agricultural activities in the forest and not affect the surrounding environment.
Recently, the public interest litigation department of the Chongming Procuratorate conducted a "look back" at the location of the case and found that various types of garbage dumped and piled up on the forest land involved in the case have been cleared, relevant slaughterhouses have also been demolished, and the garbage on the surface of the river has been cleared. The surrounding ecological environment has significantly improved.
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After rectification, the forest land has regained its greenery
To avoid the rebound of the above-mentioned issues, the Chongming Procuratorate has also issued social governance prosecution suggestions to relevant village committees, suggesting that the village committees supervise the use of forest land by contractors in accordance with legal provisions and contract agreements, and assist administrative agencies in protecting forest land resources and ecological environment, and strengthen publicity, education, and guidance.