📋 Tender Overview
Country:China
Area Of Work:Biodiversity
Grant Amount:US$ 49,250.00
Co-Financing Cash:
Co-Financing in-Kind:US$ 4,172.46
Project Number:CPR/SGP/OP7/Y4/STAR/BD/2023/05
Status:Not active yet
1. environmental and socio-economic conditions
Rudong's vast sea area and beaches provide abundant natural resources and ample space for the development of Marine fisheries and mariculture in Rudong. After opening to the outside world in 1988, Rudong County's social and economic development has been sustained, and it has entered the top 100 counties in the country, ranking 31st in the Top 100 Counties in the National Economy list released by the Central County Research Institute in 2022. According to the data of 2020, the per capita net income of farmers in Yangkou Town of Rudong County reached 27,000 yuan/year; According to the data in 2011, the per capita net income of farmers in Changsha Town, Rudong County is 10,000 yuan/year. Through the rapid development in recent years, the net income of farmers has increased. In 2022, represented by Binhai Village, Changsha Town, the per capita net income of village residents will reach 42,000 yuan/year.
The rich fishery resources ofRudong County support the livelihood of thousands of fishermen. At present, the fishery in Rudong County is mainly based on natural sea area fishing and coastal aquaculture. Rudong County has a total of more than 600 fishing boats, of which only Dongling Township has more than 1,000 fishermen, there are about 200 people working on the sea, the rest of the beach fishing and aquaculture activities, mainly the age of 55 years old and less young people. Jiangsu Province is also the province with the largest production of Japanese eel larvae in China, and Rudong County is also on the migration route of eel larvae into freshwater rivers, so eel larvae fishing is also an important local fishery activity. The natural fishing of clams on mudflat in Rudong has a long history, and the export volume has reached about 80,000 tons in recent years. In addition, mud snails, four-horn clams, green clams, razor clam and other economic shellfish are also produced on the beach. The coastal culture is mainly composed of porphyra, white shrimp and Philippine clam.
The vast beach area in Jiangsu Province not only provides rich food sources for coastal communities, but also becomes a stopping place and transit station for many migratory birds because of its high productivity. In recent years, continuous surveys by bird protection agencies in China have shown that Lianyungang, Pinni, Yangkou-Fengli and Dongling are four important transit points for migratory birds in Jiangsu Province from north to south. Large numbers of migratory waterbirds take advantage of the coastal wetlands and surrounding high tides in these areas to feed and rest. Therefore, these four migratory bird transfer stations in Jiangsu Province have high ecological protection value. According to the List of National Key Protected Wil
