East Asia
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Who Is Waterkeeper: Bunleap Leang, Lower Sesan River Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Bunleap Leang is the Lower Sesan River Waterkeeper in Cambodia. The Lower Sesan River runs for roughly 225 kilometers, or about 140 miles, and is a sanctuary...
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WATCH: Gan Riverkeeper in China Pilots Innovative Water Monitoring Solution
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Gan Riverkeeper in China, along with their parent organization, has pioneered an innovate method for monitoring water quality in their local waterways. ...
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Waterkeepers Meet in Bangkok for Regional Summit
- By: Min Zheng
- News
The long awaited Asia Summit finally took place from January 20 to 25, 2023 in the heart of bustling Bangkok, Thailand. As the first summit of the new...
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Who Is Waterkeeper: Daru Setyorini, Brantas River Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Daru Setyorini is the Brantas River Waterkeeper in Indonesia. She grew up near the river and has many happy childhood memories of swimming and playing...
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Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to Japanese Government’s Plan to Release Fukushima Contaminated Water Into Pacific Ocean
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Climate And Safe Energy | Press Releases
Marc Yaggi, executive director of Waterkeeper Alliance, a global movement uniting more than 350 Waterkeeper groups around the world focusing citizen action...
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In 2020, River Protection Along China’s Beiyun Continued
- By: ajcarapella
- Clean Water Defense | News
Photos and text by Ms. Wong, Green Earth Volunteers Green Earth Volunteers, home to Beiyun Waterkeeper, has been dedicated to observing and protecting...
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Life on a Boat on Dongting Lake
- By: Waterkeepers China
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Katherine Olson, Communications Associate with Waterkeepers China Many environmental organizations know the importance of getting youth engaged with...
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Searching for the world’s only freshwater porpoise
- By: ajcarapella
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Katherine Olson, Communications Associate with Waterkeepers China As the motorboat skims across the surface, Dongting Lake lake stretches infinitely...
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River Patrol at Your Fingertips: Exploration that Transcends Time and Space
- By: Gan River Waterkeeper
- Clean Water Defense | News
Written and photographed by Gan River Waterkeeper Translated by Katherine Olson, Waterkeepers China Communications Associate Originally published by the...
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Forest protectors of Tongbai Mountain, the birthplace of the Huai River
- By: ajcarapella
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Waterkeepers China Communications Associate Katherine Olson When Yalun, the program director for Upper Huai River Waterkeeper in China, told me we’d...
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Eagle-Eye View: Innovative applications for river protection
- By: Gan River Waterkeeper
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Dan Liu, Gan River Waterkeeper Gan River Waterkeeper is in constant pursuit of innovation. Traveling 550 miles, the Gan River is the longest river in...
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Angels in the Courtroom
- By: Min Zheng
- Clean Water Defense | News
To celebrate the first anniversary of its historic legal victory against a tannery operation that had been illegally dumping its sludge in nearby farmlands,...
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For Time Indoors | More Waterkeeper Content!
- By: Julia Widmann
- News
Wondering how you can stay in the fight for clean water from indoors? If you can, consider donating to your local Waterkeeper. Nonprofits depend on events...
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Our Work Continues
- By: Ellen Simon
- News
In the face of the global coronavirus pandemic, Waterkeeper Alliance is making plans to continue our important mission-driven work, strengthening and supporting...
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A Courtroom Win for Qiantang River Waterkeeper
- By: Min Zheng
- News
When China’s environmental laws changed in 2015, allowing nongovernmental organizations to sue polluters on behalf of citizens, Qiantang River Waterkeeper...
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River Protectors Swim Across the Qiantang
- By: ajcarapella
- News
Colorful Body-Painted River Protectors Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China By Green Zhejiang, reposted with...
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Cleanups: Opportunities for Policy Solutions
- By: Ellen Simon
- News
Waterkeepers have made cleanups into an opportunity for face-to-face advocacy on issues such as plastic bag bans and alternative bag fees. The message:...
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Local Efforts to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle in Vietnam
- By: ajcarapella
- News
By the Centre for Social Research and Development, parent organization to Huong River Waterkeeper Plastic pollution in our oceans is a major global problem...
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Joint Action in China During Spring Fishing Ban
- By: Dongting Lake Waterkeeper
- News
By Dongting Lake Waterkeeper staff, translated by Waterkeepers China Communication Associate Katherine Olson China’s second-largest freshwater lake...
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How the Clean Water War is Won: Waterkeeper Alliance and Culture Trip Introduce “Waterkeeper Warriors”
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- News
The Waterkeeper Warriors campaign features photography of waterways around the world and the Waterkeepers who defend them, with stories voiced by Alec...
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3 Projects Making Strides in Human Health and Education
- By: ajcarapella
- News
By Georgia Lambrakis, Waterkeeper Alliance intern As we reflect on 20 years of our fight for drinkable, fishable, swimmable water, we celebrate the strides...
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13 Restoration Successes
- By: ajcarapella
- News
By Georgia Lambrakis, Waterkeeper Alliance intern As Waterkeeper Alliance celebrates 20 years of fighting for drinkable, fishable, swimmable water, we’re...
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15 Pollution-Prevention Victories
- By: Ellen Simon
- News
Waterkeepers defend their waterways against every source of pollution, whether it’s toxic arsenic from a mine, oil that’s mixed into stormwater, or...
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Earth Day: Our Growing Water Crisis and the Water Warriors Fighting it
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
When millions of people flooded the streets 49 years ago for the first Earth Day, they were making a path, a path that thousands of local activists have...
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Community Nature Preserve Furthers Protection of Nujiang Golden Monkeys in Gaoligong Mountains
- By: ajcarapella
- News
Written by Dianwu Fang, Xingyun Lake Waterkeeper; translated by Waterkeepers China Communication Associate Katherine Olson In June of 2018, after an intensely...
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20 Years of Clean Water Wins
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
Today, on World Water Day, I can’t help but reflect on the billions of people around the world without access to clean and safe water. But there’s...
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China NGO Develops First Grassroots-Level Environmental Standards for Chemical Industrial Parks
- By: Waterkeepers China
- News
By Katherine Olson, Waterkeepers China Communication Associate In alliance with various partners such as the Alibaba Foundation, SEE, and the Ford Eco...
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Qiantang River Waterkeeper Leads Students on SDG Discovery Tour in Cheongju, South Korea
- By: ajcarapella
- News
Reported by Katherine Olson, Waterkeepers China Communication Associate February 8 to 15, Qiantang River Waterkeeper led a group of students on an in-depth...
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The Green New Deal: What Does it Mean for Water?
- By: Marc Yaggi
- News
By Marc Yaggi and Gabrielle Segal With 2018 being the fourth-hottest year on record, and 18 of the 19 warmest years on record having occurred since 2001,...