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 Stories About: Asia AND land stewardship AND wetlands AND wildlife
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I've Been Working against the Railroad
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31 Jul 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| I've Been Working against the Railroad Environmentalists in Hong Kong won an unprecedented victory this week when an appeals board rejected a plan by a government-owned railway to build a new line through Hong Kong's largest freshwater wetland. The case was the first heard by the Environmental Impact Assessment Appeal Board since an environmental impact law was enacted in 1998. The board sided with environmental ... |
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| Topics: Asia, land stewardship, wetlands, wildlife (all these topics) |
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