SW China to protect sources of major rivers
Date：08-25-2005 Source：
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Six regions in southwest China have combined
their efforts in protecting the sources of major Asian rivers by improving
local eco-environmental conditions.
Top officials of the six regions, namely
Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces, Guangxi Zhuang
and Tibet autonomous regions and Chongqing Municipality,
met at a recently concluded symposium held in Guiyang, capital of Guizhou
Province, pledging to take further measures to reduce desertification at
fountainheads of major international rivers.
Southwest China is the cradle of many
important Asian rivers, including the Yarlung Zangbo River, which runs
through China, India and Bangladesh, and the Lancang River, known as
Mekong River outside China.
Sichuan Province has effectively controlled
soil erosion in approximately 34,000 square kilometers of land, helping to
hold back about 140 million tons of mud from flowing away annually.
Yunnan Province has been monitoring the water
quality of nine plateau lakes and has built 19 waste water treatment
plants to deal with industrial waste from 119 key enterprises around the
lakes.
The Chongqing Municipality has completed 13
of the 19 planned waste water disposal plants at the Three Gorges dam
area.
The Tibet Autonomous Region has built 38
nature reserves with a total area of 407,700 square kilometers, about one
third of the region's total area. The region is still the least polluted
area in the country. |
Source: xinhua
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