(June 27, 2008) The Olympics is contributing to Beijing’s worsening water crisis by increasing use of it for sports venues and prestige projects like giant musical fountains, according to a report released by Probe International.
China surveys rare fish resources in Yangtze River
The Ministry of Agriculture launched a survey of fish resources in a nature reserve on the Yangtze River on Thursday.
Chinese river dolphin almost certainly extinct
Beijing: A rare freshwater dolphin unique to China’s Yangtze River is almost certainly extinct, a Swiss conservationist said after failing to spot a single animal on an expedition which ended on Wednesday.
Farewell to the Yangtze dolphin
It lived in the Yangtze river for millions of years and was revered by the Chinese as the "goddess" of the mighty river. But now scientists believe that the baiji, a white, freshwater dolphin, is extinct.
China’s rare river dolphin now extinct, experts announce
The rare Chinese river dolphin has gone extinct, according to scientists who could not find a single one of the animals during a six-week search on China’s Yangtze River.
Fu Xiancai petitions procurator-general over official inaction on assault case
Press Release Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Three Gorges activist Fu Xiancai has sent an open letter to China’s Procurator-general, Jia Chunwang, requesting his intervention into Fu’s assault case.
Gorges opens floodgates to feed thirsty Yangtze
Beijing: China’s Three Gorges Dam, the largest hydropower project in the world, has opened its floodgates to ease water shortages not seen along the Yangtze River since the Qing Dynasty, state media said on Thursday.
Southern track of Three Gorges ship lock reopens to traffic
Three Gorges dam, Yichang: Traffic on the southern track of the dual-track ship lock on the Three Gorges Dam resumed on Saturday after a four-month project to raise the lock bed.
Over 270 mln yuan of Three Gorges Dam resettlement funds misappropriated
Beijing: China’s National Audit Office (CNAO) has found that 272 million yuan (34.8 million U.S. dollars) of the funds allocated to the resettlement of residents displaced by the Three Gorges Dam project in 2004 and 2005 have been misappropriated by local authorities.
Money for Three Gorges migrants misused
by Li Xinran, Shanghai Daily January 27, 2007 China’s auditing watchdog revealed that some local authorities have misappropriated funds raised for relocating and aiding Three Gorges migrants, Xinhua news agency reported. In […]
Officials misuse $37 mln at Three Gorges
Shanghai: China’s National Audit Office revealed this week that as much as RMB 289 million ($37.15 million) of the Three Gorges relocation fund was misused between 2004 and 2005.
Fishing ban to start on China's Yangtze River
Wuhan: A three-month fishing ban on the Yangtze River imposed by the Ministry of Agriculture will take effect this Thursday. Fishing boats will be banned from trawling 1,000 kilometers of the river in central China’s Hubei Province and southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality.
Three Gorges increases water flow to feed thirsty Yangtze River
The Three Gorges Dam began on Thursday to increase water flow by 400 cubic meters per second to feed the thirsty middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Chongqing Municipality was urged Saturday to recover resettlement funds misappropriated during the country’s massive Three Gorges Project as rapidly as possible.
"The increase will make the water that flows into the dam reach 4,800 cubic meters per second and ensures 1.8 billion kilowatt-hours more electricity is generated," said Yuan Jie, a senior engineer with the project.
"The water level in the Three Gorges reservoir will fall by four meters from the current 155 meters," Yuan said.
Local gov't told to cough up misused funds in China's Three Gorges Project
Chongqing Municipality was urged Saturday to recover resettlement funds misappropriated during the country’s massive Three Gorges Project as rapidly as possible.
Landslide hits town near China’s Three Gorges dam
(April 20, 2008) Emergency workers are still trying to rescue almost 200 people from a village that was nearly inundated by a massive landslide near the Three Gorges dam in central China on Saturday, the official Xinhua news agency reports.
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