国家环保总局今天公布的调查表明，我国西部地区的生态保护和建设虽然取得一定成效，但生态环境面临的严峻形势没有得到根本改变。目前西部每年因生态环境破坏所造成的直接经济损失达１５００亿元，占到当地同期国内生产总值的１３％。因生态破坏造成的间接经济损失和生态恢复 A survey released today by the State Environmental Protection Administration shows that while the ecological protection and construction in the western region of China have achieved some success, the serious situation facing the ecological environment has not been fundamentally changed. At present, the direct economic losses caused by the destruction of the ecological environment in the western region each year amount to 150 billion yuan, accounting for 13% of the local GDP over the same period. Indirect economic loss and ecological restoration due to ecological damage