Dams are a big issue too. More than 50,000 dams have been built in the Yangtze basin since 1950, and more are planned. Dams divert and disrupt the natural flows of the river, which affects wildlife ...
While the Dam has brought benefits such as reliable energy and flood management, it has come at a significant cost. The ...
Overview of the Yarlung Tsangpo Project On December 25, China approved the construction of the world’s largest hydropower ...
the role played by the massive and controversial Three Gorges Dam - designed to help tame the Yangtze river - has come under fresh scrutiny. Amid some of the heaviest rainfall on record ...
Weng Lida, former head of the Yangtze River Water Resources Protection Commission, said that helping to tackle the environmental damage cause by the Three Gorges and other dams had become a ...
The Siang Upper Multipurpose Project will generate electricity and regulate water flow. But locals are angry about government ...
When the government constructed the world's biggest dam in the 90s - the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River - it saw protests and criticism over its handling of relocation and compensation for ...