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Europe flows into Asia?

Very successful international Conference “Europe-Asia transboundary water cooperation” was held in mid December in rainy Geneva at the Palace of Nations. More than 80 high-level representatives from 25 Asian and European States gathered in Geneva to discuss cooperation on the management and protection of transboundary waters along the borders of …

“Rivers without Boundaries” Registered

Good News!Thanks to restless efforts of Ganbold – RwB Coordinator in Mongolia, Rivers without Boundaries International Coalition became a registered NGO in Mongolia. Such registration (that would be almost impossible in China and painfully difficult in Russia) allows the Coalition greater flexibility and provides additional opportunities in advocacy and fund-raising. …

China, Russia sign power generation deal

China and Russia signed a power generation deal on the sidelines of the ongoing St Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday. The deal was signed between China Yangtze Power and Russia’s EuroSibEnergo company. On Thursday, China Eximbank and Russia’s En+ Group inked an investment cooperation deal, to which EuroSibEnergo is …

Northern China’s largest body of freshwater is shrinking

Dalai Lake is shrinking. For years, the water level of northern China’s largest freshwater lake – lying on the Hulunbuir grasslands of Inner Mongolia, close to the borders with Mongolia and Russia – has been falling. Since 2009, the local government has been trying to halt the decline by siphoning …