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DESCRIPTION:International Rivers Network and the Sierra Club invites you to come and 
 hear Goldman Environmental Prize winner Yu Xiaogang   Director of Chinese 
 NGO Green Watershed  speaking on  ”The Growing Movement to Protect Rivers 
 in China”  Dammed, diverted and polluted, China's rivers are reaching an 
 ecological tipping point. The crisis facing China's rivers is increasingly 
 recognized by the Chinese government and its citizens, yet the government 
 continues to dam China's rivers at an unprecedented pace. Yu Xiaogang is 
 one of the leaders of a growing citizens' movement to protect China's 
 rivers and people from the impacts of dams and other river development 
 projects.      Time  Tuesday May 2, 2006  6:30PM to 8:00PM   Location  
 Sierra Club National Headquarters  Yosemite Room, 3rd Floor   85 Second 
 Street  San Francisco  (between Market & Mission)   Free of Charge 
 (donations welcome)  
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  Yu Xiaogang is creating groundbreaking watershed management programs in 
 China and is raising awareness about the destructive impacts of large dams. 
 Yus work on documenting the social impacts of dams has led the Chinese 
 government to mandate social impact assessments in the decision-making 
 process for all proposed major development projects.     Yu has been a key 
 player in the movement to protect the Three Parallel Rivers World Heritage 
 Site in Yunnan Province from the impacts of large dams. The World Heritage 
 Site is the epicenter of Chinese biodiversity, containing virgin forests, 
 6,000 species of plants and 79 rare or endangered animal species.     For 
 more information, contact  Vinya Sysamouth  International Rivers Network  
 1847 Berkeley Way   Berkeley, CA 94703   Phone:  510-848-1155   Email: 
 vinya@irn.org  Website: http://www.irn.org  Sponsored By  Sierra Club 
 (http://www.sierraclub.org)   International Rivers Network 
 (http://www.irn.org)  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/04/25/94823.php
SUMMARY:The Growing Movement to Protect Rivers in China
LOCATION:Sierra Club National Headquarters  Yosemite Room, 3rd Floor   85 Second 
 Street  San Francisco  (between Market & Mission)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/04/25/94823.php
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