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China taps markets to cover the cost of conservation

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Beijing wants ecological protection to help pay for itself. That's our takeaway from the new Implementation Plan for Promoting Comprehensive Ecological Compensation released by the macro planner (NDRC) and the finance ministry (MoF) on May 22. ICYDK: Beijing has spent the last decade slowly but sure...