Live: 700 Chinese sturgeons are released into the wild 700尾中华鲟放流长江
The 2019 Three Gorges Chinese sturgeon release event kicks off in China's Yichang city, with 700 Chinese sturgeons being put into the Yangtze River. The males will adjust the gender imbalance of the Chinese sturgeon in this habitat. Four methods, including sonar tracking, are being used to locate these sturgeons. This is the 71st time that the Chinese Sturgeon Institute has held this kind of event.
CHINA: FIRST STAGE OF THREE GORGES DAM PROJECT IS COMPLETE
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It's being called China's biggest construction project since the Great Wall.
The first stage is almost complete the giant Three Gorges Dam which will supply huge amounts of energy and displace more than a million.
On Saturday, the mighty Yangtze River will be diverted to allow the controversial construction project to continue.
Known through the ages as one of China's most scenic spots, the Yangtze River's Three Gorges has attracted tourists from all over the world.
But the Three Gorges are now synonymous with the world's largest engineering project.
Strongly supported by Prime Minister Li Peng, the dam will cost an estimated 25 (b) billion U-S dollars and displace over 1.2 (m) million people.
The dam will create a 600 square kilometre reservoir with the world's largest hydroelectric power plant. This plant will provide much-needed electricity to central and southern China.
Eighteen-thousand people are working around the clock on the dam. They have come from all over the country but mainly from Yichang county where the dam is being built.
All are conscious of the vital importance of the project.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
Hydroelectric power has developed rather quickly since the beginning of the reform period. If electrical power continues to develop, other areas of the economy will also be able to develop quickly.
SUPER CAPTION: Yang Haijiang, Construction worker
Another main goal of the dam is to put an end to the devastating flooding frequently caused by the uncontrolled rise of the Yangtze.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
The dam will supply electricity to faraway places and also prevent floods.
SUPER CAPTION: Li Dongying, construction worker
The Yangtze River basin has suffered from chronic flooding throughout Chinese history.
Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province, was flooded in 1996. Three major floods this century have killed over 300-thousand people. The economic consequences have been enormous.
Chinese leaders have long dreamed of taming the Yangtze and saving the Chinese people from its wrath.
But, despite claims by the Chinese government that the project is completely safe and will fulfil all its goals, the dam has raised worldwide criticism from environmentalists, engineers and other professionals.
Environmentalists claim that the Yangtze River is too muddy and that the dam will cause an enormous build-up of silt. This build-up could cause floods that would threaten Chongqing, one of China's larger city.
Archaeologists are already mourning the disappearance of China's richest cultural heritage sites. Some temples, such as the Qu Yuan temple in Zigui, will be moved.
But many relics will disappear under water because of lack of funds to relocate them.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
As an archaeologist, if those relics were relocated or destroyed we will be very sorry for that.
SUPER CAPTION: LU Depei, China Archaeology Institute
The project will threaten rare animals including the Chinese Sturgeon which spawns in the Yangtze River. Efforts have been made to save some of these animals.
At the Chinese Sturgeon Park in Yichang City scientists inject the sturgeons with hormones to help them produce eggs and then release them into the river.
The only species of Chinese alligator which lives on the banks of the Yangtze is also a cause of concern for wildlife experts.
Tens of thousands of acres of farmland will also be inundated.
Farmers are being relocated to towns and many are afraid of unemployment.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
Once construction of the dam is completed, we won't have much land left for planting. Young people will take government assigned jobs and old people will have to rely on government handouts.
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Yangtze River Cruise In Chongqing to Yichang
Yangtze River Cruise In 6 Minutes-Chongqing to Yichang
The English name Yangtze derives from the Chinese name Yángzǐ Jiāng which refers to the lowest 435 km (270 mi) of the river between Nanjing and Shanghai. The whole river is known in China as Cháng Jiāng literally: Long River).
The Yangtze plays a large role in the history, culture and economy of China. The prosperous Yangtze River Delta generates as much as 20% of the PRC's GDP. The Yangtze River flows through a wide array of ecosystems and is habitat to several endemic and endangered species including the Chinese alligator, the narrow-ridged finless porpoise, the Chinese paddlefish, the (possibly extinct) Yangtze River dolphin or baiji, and the Yangtze sturgeon. For thousands of years, the river has been used for water, irrigation, sanitation, transportation, industry, boundary-marking and war. The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is the largest hydro-electric power station in the world.
In recent years, the river has suffered from industrial pollution, plastic pollution,agricultural run-off, siltation, and loss of wetland and lakes, which exacerbates seasonal flooding. Some sections of the river are now protected as nature reserves. A stretch of the upstream Yangtze flowing through deep gorges in western Yunnan is part of the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In mid-2014, the Chinese government announced it was building a multi-tier transport network, comprising railways, roads and airports, to create a new economic belt alongside the river.
Yangtze river sturgeon nearing extinction due to dam
Ancient migratory sturgeon in the Yangtze River are nearing extinction. Scientists have blamed the Gezhouba Dam, located in central China' s Hubei Province, for blocking the fish' s migration route and preventing them from reproducing.
The Yangtze River 2009 Pt4
The Yangtze is the world's 3rd longest river. Our cruise on the Yangtze One took us from Yichang to Chongqing. The 4th and final part of this travelogue takes us through the Wu and Qutang Gorges with a stop halfway at the Fengdu Ghost City.
Fisherman, Yangtze River, Wuhan, Hubei, China. 渔民, 长江, 武汉, 湖北, 中国.
A rainy day walking next to the the Yangtze River, I found this fisherman.
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Environmental Survey: Yangtze River Ecosystem Collapsing
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A press release of a 2013 survey on upstream ecosystems
in the Yangtze River was recently held in Shanghai.
The researchers sent a most serious warning.
The report shows intensive hydropower
projects in the Yangtze River delta have
made local biological species go extinct.
This has led to the collapse of the
Yangtze River's ecological environment.
Experts say that vigorous promotion of hydroelectric
construction by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),
has caused serious pollution, endangered people.
Analysts warn that the CCP has sacrificed the environment
for excessive economic pursuits, and will pay a heavy price.
A launch event of the 2013 joint scientific research report
on the upstream Yangtze River was held on August 15.
Zhao Yimin, an official from the Agriculture Ministry,
said the Yangtze River's ecosystem is now in collapse.
This is the result of local intensive construction, including
hydropower projects, mining, and waterway excavations.
Hydrological expert Zhang Junfeng, comments.
Large rivers such as Yangtze River and the Yellow
River play crucial roles within the entire ecosystem.
They can transfer and balance energy
coming in and out for the global climate.
Also, river flow supports the ecosystems
within the scope of the river basins.
Zhang Junfeng: Damming up a river, building
hydroelectric stations, or similar initiatives
can upset the balance of the rivers energy.
This will trigger further destruction of the
overall climate and ecological system.
Its destructive influence depends
on human exploitation of the rivers.
Zhao Yimin adds that fish species in the Jinsha River,
a tributary of the Yangtze River, are now near extinction.
The river now only has 17 fish species,
compared with the original 143 species.
The official research institutions reports show a sharp
drop of four major fish species in the Yangtze River.
The amount of fish is down to less than
100 Million, from over 30 Billion in the 1950s.
Zhang Junfeng: Construction of reservoirs and dams
have greatly changed the original water situation.
Damming up the water has changed the type
and quantity of organic or inorganic matter
carried in the water, which includes sands.
This has led to a huge ecological change, directly
affecting species that originally lived in these waters.
The CCP authorities' vigorous push in hydroelectric
construction has fatally affected local aquatic organisms.
It has also given rise to serious pollution of local waters.
Residents living along the Yangtze River have been
affected, and have been complaining for many years.
Wu Lihong, environmental activist, Yixing, Jiangsu Province:
Lake Tai now looks like porridge.
It emits a terrible odor, like feces.
Ms. Wu lives near the Lake Tai,
downstream of the Yangtze River.
She tells NTD that the CCP authorities have always
disregarded the pollution, no matter how serious it is.
The CCP-led Ministry of Environmental Protection
has never performed its duties, she says.
Wu Lihong: It's useless, even after our 20 year
efforts, to let them know about the problem. Why?
China's current Environmental Protection Law has
severe penalties, from jail terms to the death penalty.
But local officials have made the law a mere figurehead.
It is common for officials to collude with businessmen,
with some superior authorities standing by without acting.
The Environmental Protection Ministry
cannot escape these responsibilities.
Experts believe that large reservoirs and
hydropower construction have contributed
to currently frequent disasters in China.
Wu Lihong: These constructions
have deteriorated the overall climate.
This is what we've seen, incessant
occurrence of extreme weather events.
Also, floods and droughts become inevitable
results, and we can expect more in the future.
In 2009, Fan Xiao, the Chief Engineer at the Geology and
Mineral Administration in Sichuan Province, sent a warning.
He warned the CCP to not pursue the economic
benefits of hydroelectric power at the expense of
the ecological environment, and cultural heritage.
He said that hydroelectric power development
is like draining the pond to catch all the fish.
It is non-sustainable.
It will cause tremendous damage and hidden
dangers to China's ecological and social environment.
Currently, more facts indicate that the CCP
authorities still continue on track with their plans.
This road has created irreparable damage for China.
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