According to reports, on August 28th, two videos of tourists trampling on colorful Danxia rock mass were circulated on the Internet. The video shows that two men and one woman are walking on the colorful surface of Danxia rock mass, and one of the men in black takes off his shoes and holds them in his hand, stepping barefoot on the rock surface. In addition to the video, there is also a string of men kicking sand on the rock surface barefoot, saying from time to time, "I destroyed the original landform of 6 thousand years." At present, two of the four people who participated in the destruction of Danxia landform in Zhangye City have surrendered themselves to the Linze County Public Security Bureau in Zhangye City.
It is really sad that two tourists have destroyed the natural landscape. According to Peng, an expert from the Water Exploration Institute of Gansu Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, the trampled hillside is about 200 meters long and 1 meter wide, and the middle section is severely trampled, destroying the protective layer, so serious that "it takes 60 years for tourists to leave their footprints to recover". Perhaps for some people, destroying the geological environment is just a game.
Judging from the current laws and regulations, the act of destroying scenic spots may not be severely punished, even if it is punished, it may only be "point to stop." According to the Regulations on Scenic Spots, if an individual engages in activities that destroy the landscape, vegetation, topography and geomorphology in a scenic spot, the scenic spot management agency shall "order him to stop the illegal act, restore the original state within a time limit or take other remedial measures" and "impose a fine of more than 1000 yuan and less than 1000 yuan". According to the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment, "intentionally defacing cultural relics and places of interest protected by the state" will only be fined or given a warning below 200 yuan. According to the Regulations on Geological Environment Protection in Gansu Province, individuals are not even punished.
Judging from the precedent of law enforcement, most of the penalties for similar damage to the scenic environment are "a mere formality". 20 17 A man in Guizhou kicked off a 3-foot-long stalactite in Qianlong Cave Scenic Area, and was finally fined 500 yuan and placed in administrative detention 10 day. In Qinghai Nianbao Yuze National Park, camping is prohibited in the whole scenic spot, and only a fine of 1000 yuan is imposed after patrol is caught. It is hard to say that such punishment can be binding on some uncivilized tourists. As a result, the kicked stalactites can no longer grow. The picturesque Nianbao Yuze Park stopped receiving tourists from April this year 10 because of serious environmental damage.
From the perspective of law and economics, low cost is an indulgence of illegal activities. Therefore, increasing the illegal cost can effectively curb the illegal impulse. A typical example is that when "one thing is not punished again" is implemented before environmental administrative punishment, some illegal polluters would rather be fined at one time than stop polluting. However, after the new "Environmental Protection Law" established the "penalty by day" system, after sampling investigation, the correction rate after punishment was over 85%, and in some places it even reached 95%.
Similarly, the uncivilized behavior of destroying scenic spots should also be punished by national and local legislation, from "sky-high fine" to being included in the "blacklist" of tourism. If substantial damage is caused, uncivilized tourists should also be compensated for ecological environment damage, so that they can bear civil liability and be severely punished according to law.
The beautiful natural environment cannot be reduced to a "garbage dump" for entertainment. From legislation to law enforcement, it is not only a punishment for "saboteurs", but also a warning and education for the public to prevent similar incidents from happening.
Source: Beijing News