rivers | China Dialogue https://chinadialogue.net/en/tag/rivers/ China and the Environment Tue, 25 Oct 2022 10:07:40 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://cdn.chinadialogue.net/content/uploads/2020/06/19102132/Colour.svg rivers | China Dialogue https://chinadialogue.net/en/tag/rivers/ 32 32 Geographer Mark Wang: ‘Don’t overestimate water diversion under extreme weather’ https://chinadialogue.net/en/climate/mark-wang-dont-overestimate-water-diversion-extreme-weather/ Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:35:23 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=89354 A professor at Melbourne University talks about the limitations of water diversion during a time of extreme weather events

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]]> Cambodians displaced by dam struggle to retain their identity https://chinadialogue.net/en/energy/lower-sesan-dam-displaces-cambodians-identity/ Thu, 27 May 2021 13:27:55 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=71815 Villagers who had to leave homes flooded in 2017 by the Lower Sesan 2 dam have seen their culture and livelihoods eroded

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]]> Poyang lake: Caught between a dam and a sluice wall https://chinadialogue.net/en/nature/poyang-lake-caught-between-a-dam-and-a-sluice-wall/ Tue, 11 May 2021 11:00:12 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=71559 With the Three Gorges dam lowering the Poyang lake in the dry season, is another engineering solution the best way to preserve this unique wildlife haven?

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]]> Volatile Mekong threatens birds’ nests https://chinadialogue.net/en/nature/volatile-mekong-threatens-birds-nests/ Tue, 04 May 2021 10:24:53 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=71393 Unseasonal releases of water from upstream dams endanger nesting birds in Thailand during the winter dry season

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]]> Is China edging away from a massive dam on the River Niger? https://chinadialogue.net/en/nature/is-china-edging-away-from-a-massive-dam-on-the-river-niger/ Wed, 07 Apr 2021 16:44:23 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=71001 Campaigners have warned the Fomi dam would risk a food crisis in the Inner Niger delta

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]]> As the Mekong delta washes away, homes and highways are being lost https://chinadialogue.net/en/energy/as-the-mekong-delta-washes-away-homes-and-highways-are-being-lost/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:38:59 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=70599 Upstream dams are blocking the sediment that nourishes the Mekong delta, while erosion and sand miners take what remains

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]]> Slipshod checks raise flood risk for China-Philippines dam https://chinadialogue.net/en/energy/slipshod-checks-raise-flood-risk-for-china-philippines-dam/ Fri, 20 Nov 2020 17:23:34 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=68672 Mindanao dam project is too big, too risky and there are better renewable options, activists say

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]]> Ten-year Yangtze fishing ban not enough to save migratory species https://chinadialogue.net/en/nature/ten-year-yangtze-fishing-ban-not-enough-to-save-migratory-species/ Wed, 04 Nov 2020 18:13:24 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=68384 To survive the barrage of dams and habitat degradation, migratory fish species unique to the Yangtze will need better, basin-wide interventions and governance

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]]> Bangladesh turns from India to China to transform major river https://chinadialogue.net/en/energy/bangladesh-turns-from-india-to-china-to-transform-major-river/ Wed, 21 Oct 2020 16:29:37 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=67915 After failing to sign a water-sharing agreement with India, Bangladesh has received support from China for a US$1 billion engineering scheme on the Teesta

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]]> Glacial lakes become more deadly as Himalayan ice melts https://chinadialogue.net/en/climate/glacial-lakes-deadly-himalayan-ice-melts/ Tue, 13 Oct 2020 15:08:19 +0000 https://chinadialogue.net/?p=67717 Researchers map the most dangerous lakes and call on China and Nepal to work together to reduce the threat of catastrophic flooding

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