China Moves to Protect Coastal Wetlands Used by Migratory Birds
China has armored its coastline over the past several decades, building sea walls and turning more than half of its marine wetlands into solid ground for development.
Environment
10.22.15
China's Boom Has Hurt Wetlands, Threatens Extinction of Rare Birds
from chinadialogueThe destruction of China’s wetlands, which are critical stopping points for birds migrating as far away as the Arctic or the South Pacific, threatens mass extinctions of species across East Asia, new research has found.
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Environment
09.20.12
Desertification in Tibet’s Wetlands Threatens the Yellow River
from chinadialogueThe “kidneys” of the Tibetan plateau are failing.
The Zoige Wetland National Nature Reserve, which sits on the northeastern fringe of western China’s Qinghai-Tibet plateau, contains the largest alpine peat wetlands in the world. It is also...