(November 19, 2007) Last year, Chinese officials celebrated the completion of the Three Gorges Dam by releasing a list of 10 world records. As in: The Three Gorges is the world’s biggest dam, biggest power plant and biggest consumer of dirt, stone, concrete and steel. Ever. Even the project’s official tally of 1.13 million displaced people made the list as record No. 10.
New York Times “Choking on Growth” series
(November 18, 2007) Probe Fellow Dai Qing responds to New York Times readers’ online queries about China’s environmental woes and the Three Gorges dam. This is part four of the New York Times “Choking on Growth” series that looks at the causes and effects of China’s environmental crisis.
Mekong River Commission remiss – activists
(November 14, 2007) The campaign to save South-east Asia’s largest waterway from being blocked by a series of massive dams picked up pace this week, with activists accusing a regional river authority of abandoning its mission to protect the Mekong River.
World must help protect vital Mekong river: activists
(November 14, 2007) International intervention is necessary to halt the construction of six dams along the Mekong River that could displace tens of thousands of people and endanger over a thousand aquatic species, say environmental groups.
Mekong River Commission remiss – activists
(November 14, 2007) The campaign to save South-east Asia’s largest waterway from being blocked by a series of massive dams picked up pace this week, with activists accusing a regional river authority of abandoning its mission to protect the Mekong River.
Mekong Commission blasted over river dams
(November 14, 2007) Environmentalists slammed the Mekong River Commission yesterday for failing to protect the waterway. They called for higher moral standards and transparency at the intergovernmental organisation.
Conservationists warn proposed dams could damage Mekong river
(November 13, 2007) Six proposed dams on the Mekong River could displace up to 75,000 villagers and harm hundreds of species like the endangered giant catfish and Irrawaddy dolphin, conservationists warned Tuesday.
Civic groups call Mekong Commission a failure
(November 13, 2007) The Mekong River Commission (MRC) has not stopped six dam projects from moving ahead on the river despite unanswered questions about the environmental and social impact of the schemes, say environmental and civil society groups.
SPECIAL REPORT: Dam building in the upper Yangtze basin
(November 12, 2007) Professor Chen, a senior researcher at the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, describes resettlement and environmental dangers associated with dam building in the ecologically fragile and ethnically diverse upper Yangtze region of southwestern China. He further warns that dam builders and local governments will experience greater difficulty forcing people off their land as people become more aware of their rights and of resettlement failures elsewhere.
Massive resettlement planned for Three Gorges region…again
(November 12, 2007) Three Gorges Probe decodes China’s latest urban and rural development plans for the Three Gorges reservoir region.
Corruption is why we are so poor
(November 12, 2007) Of the billions of dollars Western countries send to Bangladesh for the purpose of economic development, an estimated 75 percent is "one way or another misappropriated by the privileged," writes physician and health economics specialist, Zulfiquer Ahmed Amin.
NGOs against Mekong dams
(November 12, 2007) More than 200 civil and environmental groups from 30 countries, including Probe International, call on the Mekong River Commission to live up to its mandate to protect the Mekong River or risk losing its donor funding.
Yangtze pollution is getting worse, water quality expert tells CCTV
(November 9, 2007) Earlier this year, Central China Television (CCTV) interviewed Weng Lida, Director of the Yangtze Water Resources Protection Bureau, about water pollution in the Yangtze and his department’s newly-published report, Yangtze Protection and Development 2007.
Chongqing mayor denies Three Gorges project has destroyed the environment
(November 9, 2007) Chongqing mayor Wang Hongju told press in Bejing on October 15th that the Three Gorges Project has "not destroyed the local environment."
China refuses to pay more for death tied to dam project
(November 9, 2007) Fam Zhongcheng and his parents were ordered to abandon their hometown of Tonglin Village last year as part of the government relocation of 1.4 million people to make way for the 400-mile-long reservoir created by the dam. While demolishing their own home, Mr. Fan’s elderly parents were crushed when a wall collapsed on them.
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