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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...
PR – ‘State of the World’s Rivers’ Project Documents Decline in Rivers From Dams
New ‘State of the World’s Rivers’ Project Documents Decline in Rivers From Dams FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Berkeley, US: Today, International Rivers...
Life-Giving Deltas Starved by Dams
The Indus Delta – here at Keti Bandar – is being eroded by the sea. Emily Woodhouse The deltas of...
China’s Hydropower Rush Could Devastate Rivers
From December 2013 World Rivers Review China’s rush to develop its hydropower is already leaving a trail of devastated fisheries...
Almost 28,000 Rivers Disappear in China
From World Rivers Review June 2013 More than half of the rivers previously thought to exist in China appear to...
Jeff Fallen: Yangtze River Journey (Audio)
A quartet performs Jeff Fallen’s Yangtze Journey at International Rivers’ Day of Action for Rivers event on March 14, 2011....
Chinese Expert Calls for Fishing Moratorium and Halt to Yangtze Dam
Research staff members monitor the health of endangered finless porpoises at the Tian-e-Zhou Oxbow Nature Reserve. Photo: Keen Observer9 via...
Two Dams, Thousands Affected
Cizhong Catholic Church Stories from the Lancang, Part 2 This is a guest blog by Songqiao Yao, International Rivers consultant....