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Yangtze Dolphin on Verge of Extinction

A team of 30 Chinese and foreign scientists have failed in a 26-day search to find the rare white-flag dolphin in the Yangtze River. The white-flag dolphin is more endangered than the giant panda due to the pollution and environmental degradation. Scientists estimate that no more than 50 are left

·	Hope Fades for Yangtze River Dolphins
·	International Expedition to Track Rare Dolphins
·	National Protection Base for Rare Dolphin to Be Built
·	Dolphin Threatened by Proposed Shipping Route

Five-year Plan Targets Air Pollution

Beijing is mapping out strategies to reduce the amount of air pollution in the capital city over the next five years in its 11th five-year (2005-10) environmental protection plan.

·	Beijing to Move Radio, TV Masts from Downtown
·	Beijing Invests in Water Projects Ahead of Olympics
·	Beijing Gets Poor Grades for Water Quality

Hydropower Stations Dot Yangtze River

Addressing a ceremony to mark the start of construction of the 6-million kw Xiangjiaba hydropower facility on Sunday, Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan emphasized the need to consider all aspects of hydropower project, including its impact on sustainable development.

·	China Plans a Dozen Hydro Stations on Jinsha River
·	Hydropower Stations Not Endanger Panda Habitats
·	New Hydropower Project on Upper Yangtze

Heavy Fog Shrouding Northern China

The heavy fog that covered eastern and northeastern China at the weekend resulted in three deaths in several traffic accidents and countless delays.

·	China to Get Colder in Next 10 Days
·	Fog Delays 80 Flights at Beijing Airport
·	Cold Expected to Disperse Fog in China

Shrinkage of Glaciers in West China Continues

Around 82 percent of the glaciers in west China have been shrinking in the past 50 years as the temperature rose by 0.2 degrees Celsius per 10 years, Chinese scientists have found.

·	No Serious Melting of Himalayan Glaciers: Scientist
·	Melting Glaciers Banned to Tourists
·	Expert: Yulong Glacier Will Not Disappear
·	Glacier on Tibet-Qinghai Plateau Melting Fast
·	Scientists Sought for Plateau Research
·	Conference Highlights Shrinking Glaciers
·	WWF: Water Crisis Looms as Glaciers Retreat

Shark Numbers Under Severe Threat

If current trends continue, the world's shark stocks will be depleted in ten years, experts warned Wednesday at the International Shark Conservation Conference in Beijing. About a third of the 450 shark species are threatened with extinction.

·	Official Response to Reports of Animal Cruelty
·	Animal Casualties Added to List of Typhoon Devastation
·	Hotels Lobbied to Shun Shark's Fin

State of Yellow River on the Decline

The Yellow River, China's second longest, continues to suffer the effects of heavy pollution, silting and, most serious, a decreased water flow, Li Guoying, director of the Yellow River Conservancy Committee, told Xinhua on Friday.

·	Yellow River: Large-scale Flooding Ruled Out
·	Project Launched to Protect Wetlands
·	Yellow River Crossing Race Kicks off
·	Yellow River Water Use to Be Regulated
·	A Call for Effective Supervision of Pollution
·	Yellow River Pollution Warning Lifted

WWF Hails Jilin Officials for Hunting Ban

The governor of Jilin Province and one of his departmental directors were honored by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on Tuesday for imposing a ban on hunting and for their other conservation efforts over the past decade.

·	Official: Wildlife Hunting 'Will Help Protection'
·	Tigers Train for the Wild!?
·	China Urged to Continue Ban on Tiger Trade
·	More Tigers, Less Funds: Chinese Park Faces Dilemma
·	Siberian Tiger Exceed 700 at Breeding Base
·	Zoologists Trace Siberian Tigers' Migration Routes
·	Park: Tiger Cub Boom Not Great News

Rare Gibbons Found in SW China

Chinese researchers announced yesterday they'd found 17 wild black crested gibbons in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The highly endangered species was once even declared extinct in the 1950s.

·	15 Endangered Gibbons Found in SW. China
·	Rare Captive Gibbon Dies Due to Tourist's Cruelty

World Heritage Sites Threatened by Over-exploitation

Many world heritage sites in China are facing threats from over-exploitation and economic development. The recent start of the power station construction project in the Maling River Gorge in southwest China's Guizhou Province sparked off a hot debate on the coordinated development between economic construction, social progress and ecological protection.

·	China Enhances Protection of Nature Reserves
·	Nature Reserves Sacrificed for Profit
·	Three Parallel Rivers Region Under Ecological Threat
·	Legislation Called for Wetland Protection
·	China Builds 22 New State-level Nature Reserves
·	Nature Reserves Ordered to Stop Illegal Operations
·	7 Nature Reserves Blacklisted
·	Project to Protect Main River Sources Launched
·	Nature Reserve Protects Sanjiang Region

Endangered Siberian Tiger Cub Sighted in North China

A wild Siberian tiger cub was sighted on Tuesday in the Hunchun nature reserve in northeast China's Jilin Province, delighting conservation workers. This is the only second time in five years a cub has been sighted at the reserve.

·	China Urged to Continue Ban on Tiger Trade
·	More Tigers, Less Funds: Chinese Park Faces Dilemma
·	Siberian Tiger Exceed 700 at Breeding Base
·	Zoologists Trace Siberian Tigers' Migration Routes
·	Revival of Endangered Manchurian Tiger
·	2 Siberian Tigers On Their Way to S. Korea
·	Siberian Tiger Cubs Receive Wilderness Training

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