Comments on: The Yangtze River loses a Friend http://eco-chick.com/2006/12/13/the-yangtze-river-loses-a-friend/ Because Mother Earth Is A Woman Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:21:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Peter Barker http://eco-chick.com/2006/12/13/the-yangtze-river-loses-a-friend/#comment-39306 Peter Barker Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:09:54 +0000 http://eco-chick.com/?p=664#comment-39306 This was very sad news indeed. At the China environment website I work for, www.chinadialogue.net, we carried a piece by a leading Chinese environmental campaigner http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/673-Farewell-to-the-baiji Now more bad news comes from the Yangtze. The finless porpoise is under threat. An optimistic estimate puts these Yangtze river dwellers' numbers as low as 14000 - not yet facing imminent extinction but falling at 7.5 per cent a year. Sand dredging and heavy shipping traffic have been blamed. http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/673-Farewell-to-the-baiji It's a sad tale - let's hope it's not a repeat of the baiji story. This was very sad news indeed. At the China environment website I work for, http://www.chinadialogue.net, we carried a piece by a leading Chinese environmental campaigner http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/673-Farewell-to-the-baiji

Now more bad news comes from the Yangtze. The finless porpoise is under threat. An optimistic estimate puts these Yangtze river dwellers’ numbers as low as 14000 - not yet facing imminent extinction but falling at 7.5 per cent a year. Sand dredging and heavy shipping traffic have been blamed. http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/673-Farewell-to-the-baiji

It’s a sad tale - let’s hope it’s not a repeat of the baiji story.

]]> By: The Passing of a Friend » Celsias http://eco-chick.com/2006/12/13/the-yangtze-river-loses-a-friend/#comment-33467 The Passing of a Friend » Celsias Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:12:28 +0000 http://eco-chick.com/?p=664#comment-33467 [...] I spotted this solemn piece of news over at Eco-Chick.com. It would be nice if this was just a mistake - something a recount would rectify - but it’s not looking good. The Baiji Yangtze Dolphin, that lived in the Yangtze River of central China for millenia, “is with all probability extinct.” The Baiji is the first large mammal brought to extinction as a result of human destruction to their natural habitat and resources. - Baiji.org [...] [...] I spotted this solemn piece of news over at Eco-Chick.com. It would be nice if this was just a mistake - something a recount would rectify - but it’s not looking good. The Baiji Yangtze Dolphin, that lived in the Yangtze River of central China for millenia, “is with all probability extinct.” The Baiji is the first large mammal brought to extinction as a result of human destruction to their natural habitat and resources. - Baiji.org [...]

]]> By: Peggy Farabaugh http://eco-chick.com/2006/12/13/the-yangtze-river-loses-a-friend/#comment-33415 Peggy Farabaugh Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:55:47 +0000 http://eco-chick.com/?p=664#comment-33415 Heartbreaking. We've got to do better. Thanks to the Baiji Foundation for all their hard work. Peggy Farabaugh www.VermontWoodsStudios.com Heartbreaking. We’ve got to do better. Thanks to the Baiji Foundation for all their hard work.
Peggy Farabaugh
http://www.VermontWoodsStudios.com

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