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Chinese provincial governments along the Yangtze River unite to stop the “disorderly” development of small hydropower plants
Construction along the Chishui River, a major tributary of the Yangtze (February 2018) Chinese provincial governments are reflecting top leadership...
China Commits to Protecting the Yangtze River
After decades of rapid development, China commits to protecting the Yangtze Notes from a February 2018 field trip Headwaters of...
The Most Endangered Turtle in the World
With only three known individuals still alive, the Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) is the most endangered species of...
5 Great Summer Reads for River Lovers
We all know about beach reading – beachy books are the ones that you speed through, the ones you don’t...
Are Mega Dams a Solution or Burden to Climate Change? | Eco-Business
A view of the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest dam, in the Yangtze River in China. The country is...
No New Projects: China’s Degraded Yangtze River Needs Protection, Not Construction, President Xi Jinping Says | South China Morning Post
This article originally appeared in the South China Morning Post on January 11, 2016. Environmental rehabilitation declared major focus for...
China Blocks Destructive Yangtze Dam
From April 2015 World Rivers Review China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection has blocked construction on a controversial megadam that would...
Xiaonanhai – The Controversial Dam on the Yangtze that Will Not be Built
Yangtze River, International Rivers The Chinese government has valued a river more than a dam. In a recent decision –...
Friends of Nature Response to MEP’s Rejection of the Xiaonanhai Project
On 30 March 2015, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) released the Jinsha River Wudongde Hydropower Plant EIA Report Review...
A Health Check-up for Our Environment - Ignored at Our Own Risk
Chinese river dolphins baijidolphin.weebly.com In the 1950s, thousands of Baiji river dolphins plied the waters of the Yangtze, Asia’s mightiest...