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 …
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. …
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 …
Mongolia’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to enforce a ban on mining in river and forest areas following an appeal submitted by activists who said the country’s fragile environment was threatened by reckless mining. The court ruling on Thursday explicitly blamed the government for failing to implement a 2009 …
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 …
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, …
