Public interest litigation
Two provinces and three places jointly draw the "concentric circle" of the Great Lake
Time: April 7, 2024 Author: News source: [Font size: large | in | Small

"The three procuratorial organs have the obligation to work together to protect the ecology of the lake and watch the clear water of the lake."

Mountains and rivers connect to protect the Great Lake. On April 2, the Procuratorate of Susong County, Anhui Province, the Procuratorate of Huangmei County, Hubei Province, and the Longgan Lake Procuratorate of Huanggang City Procuratorate held a thematic exchange and discussion on the "ecological protection of the Longgan Lake Basin", to jointly discuss the best strategies for ecological inspection and draw a "concentric circle" for the inspection and protection of the Great Lake.

Longgan Lake is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, across Hubei Province and Anhui Province, in the southwest of Susong County in Anhui Province and the southeast of Huangmei County in Hubei Province. With a total area of 98.696 square kilometers, it is a national wetland nature reserve with abundant animal and plant resources in the basin. In September 2023, the procuratorial organs of the three regions jointly signed the Opinions on Establishing a Cross regional Public Interest Litigation Cooperation Mechanism for Ecological Environment Protection in the Yangtze River Basin and the Longgan Lake Basin, deepening the cross regional public interest litigation cooperation, and jointly promoting the comprehensive management of ecological environment and resource protection in the Yangtze River Basin and the Longgan Lake Basin.

Strengthen information exchange,

Solve the problem of controlling clues that are far away from the water.

Information is the basis and premise for the effective development of procuratorial public interest litigation. The procuratorial organs in the three regions have changed the "waiting for cases" mode of passive reception, actively increased daily inspection efforts, and constantly enriched the "database" of clues in combination with administrative departments' transfer and public reports. On this basis, the procuratorial organs of the three regions timely held a joint meeting to report the handling of relevant river basin cases, and promptly transferred and shared information according to law on the clues of cases involving the jurisdiction of other procuratorial organs, so as to further open information channels and break down information barriers. Up to now, 3 relevant case clues have been transferred.

Close cooperation and communication,

Solve the technical problem of "knowing water".

The procuratorial organs of the three regions jointly organized and carried out analysis and discussion on major difficult and complicated cases in the field of river basin environmental and resource protection involving cross administrative divisions, so as to improve the supervision ability of public interest litigation in the exchange; In professional fields such as expert consultation and appraisal, share the directory of environmental and resource judicial appraisal institutions and experts within the jurisdiction, actively cooperate and cooperate, strengthen the quality and efficiency of case handling, and jointly improve the professionalism of ecological procuratorial supervision.

Carry out joint actions,

Solve the problem of wide supervision blind spot of "water area".

In view of the outstanding common problems in the river basin, such as the lake garbage floating objects and the protection of wildlife in the river basin, the procuratorial organs of the three regions, together with the relevant law enforcement departments, carried out a unified special action, deployed and concentrated action as a whole, gathered the greatest joint force in the protection of the Great Lakes, jointly fulfilled the ecological protection responsibility of "one lake flowing into the Yangtze River, one river flowing eastward", and promoted the comprehensive protection of the river basin to achieve actual results.

Finger clenched to form a fist and work together to reach far. The procuratorial organs in the three regions will continue to guard the "ecological green" with the "procuratorial blue", transform the mechanism advantage of cross regional cooperation into the efficiency improvement of watershed ecological governance, strengthen the supervision function of public interest litigation, and draw a new picture of ecological governance of human water affinity, river basin governance, and ecological sharing.