Rivers without Boundaries

Dauria Going Dry

Adaptation to climate change in transboundary headwaters of the Amur River Basin Dauria project is one of  8 members of UNECE Water Convention pilot projects on adaptation to climate change in transboundary basins.(See UN review of all projects) Background: of the project. Dauria wetlands support globally significant populations of at …

From now on China considers basin-wide impacts of hydropower

A new policy on basin-wide strategic assessment of relations between hydropower and environment called “Provisional Measures for the Evaluation of River Hydropower Plans (RHPs) and Environmental Impact Statements (EISs)” (“????????????????????????”) was issued by National Reform and Development Commission (NRDC). Methodology is intended for use in “Important River” Hydropower Plans, which …

Digest: Sino-Russian Hydropower in 2011

Here we present list of hydropower-related materials published on RwB web-sites in 2011   PAPERS: Basin-wide impact assessment of hydropower development – Methodology suggested to the 6th World Water Forum as RwB’s contribution to Target 2.3.4 ‘Evaluation framework for energy impacts on water’.   Appeal to HKEx on EuroSibEnergo plans …

China says no Brahmaputra diversion – is there hope for Argun and Amur?

Argun, Shilka and Amur river ecosystems are all threatened by water infrastructure planned or already built by China. China still refuses to discuss with Russia agreement on environmental flow on Argun River, that may soften impacts of Hailaer-Dalai massive water diversion. State-owned Yangtze Power Co. together with En+Company propose to …

China to build wetland reserves in northeastern region

China is planning to build cross-border wetlands and nature reserves in its northeastern provinces to protect precious bird and fish species, the Minister of Environment Protection Zhou Shengxian said Thursday. The wetlands and nature reserves will be built at the lower reaches of such transnational rivers as the Heilongjiang River, …