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DAM-L Three Gorges Probe: December 8, 2000 (fwd)

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Subject: Three Gorges Probe: December 8, 2000

THREE GORGES PROBE
December 8, 2000

(1) Museum to store cultural relics from Three Gorges area
(2) Three Gorges reservoir will flood ancient hydrology records
(3) Plans for dredging Yangtze River announced
(4) 'Living fossil' plants moved out of Three Gorges region
(5) Citizens call for halt to dam-building in Asia
(6) Ministry of Water Resources approves Yellow River hydro scheme

(1) Museum to store cultural relics from Three Gorges area
Nov. 30, 2000 -  The Guangzhou-based Yangcheng Evening News
reports that thousands of rare cultural relics unearthed by Chinese
archaeologists in the Three Gorges reservoir area will be preserved in
a new museum. Recently approved by China's State Council, the
museum will exhibit the relics, ranging from stone tablets to temple
remnants and fossils, and use them for scientific research and
international cultural exchanges.

(2) Three Gorges reservoir will flood ancient hydrology records
Nov. 30, 2000 - Central China Television network reports that half the
ancient hydrological records carved into stone canyons along the
Yangtze River will be flooded by the Three Gorges reservoir. Widely
regarded as a "miracle" in the world's hydrological history, the White
Crane ridge near Fuling City, with its record of Yangtze water levels
dating back to the Tang Dynasty 1,200 years ago, will be partially
submerged, Chinese archaeologists report.

(3) Plans for dredging Yangtze River announced
Nov. 27, 2000 - The Chinese government has announced a US$25-
million program to dredge the Yangtze River, reports Central China
Television network. According to the Nanjing Channel Bureau, the
Yangtze has suffered a major buildup of silt in the river's lower
reaches (downstream of the Three Gorges dam) due to large floods in
recent years. The largest program of its kind, the plan calls for
dredging 13 shoals that have formed in the river.

(4) 'Living fossil' plants moved out of Three Gorges region
Nov. 28, 2000 - Dozens of rare and endangered plants have been
moved out of the Three Gorges dam reservoir to Hubei province,
according to the Beijing-based Huasheng Daily. Some 49 plant species
officially listed as rare or endangered that would otherwise be flooded
have been replanted in Hubei province's Wuhan Plant Garden,
Jiugongshan Natural Preservation Zone, and Dalaoling National
Forest Park. Called "living fossils," the plants include the dove tree,
a
rare tree with dove-like flowers that can take 15 years to seed, and
dawn redwood, prized as the only deciduous redwood to survive
extinction, which, like other plants in the Three Gorges area, once
flourished millions of years ago.

(5) Citizens call for halt to dam-building in Asia
Nov. 24, 2000 - An Asian network of more than 70 citizens' groups
and academics have called for a halt to dam building in the region
until recommendations by the World Commission on Dams are
implemented. Their call follows last month's release of a major report
by the World Commission on Dams which found that large dams have
disrupted half the world's river ecosystems, displaced more than 40
million people, and left nations burdened with debt. The commission
also reports that large dams often fail to deliver electricity,
irrigation,
and flood control as planned. Among its recommendations, the
commission advises that no new dam projects should proceed without
public acceptance, and that governments "address the unresolved
legacy of past dams."

(6) Ministry of Water Resources approves Yellow River hydro scheme
Nov. 20, 2000 - China's Ministry of Water Resources has approved
plans to build a $300-million dam on the Yellow River, downstream of
the existing Xiaolangdi dam, Yangcheng Evening News reports. The
reservoir created by the 140-MW Qixiayuan dam is expected to assist
Xiaolangdi's performance by regulating its discharge and reducing
scouring of the riverbed caused by Xiaolangdi's rapid releases.

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