For me , the most profound story of this period was the demise of the baiji a yangtze river dolphin that had been on earth for 20m years but was declared extinct in 2006 as a result of river traffic , pollution , reckless fishing and massive damming .
Officials complain that the drug gangs are also causing substantial environmental damage , cutting down trees , damming creeks and spraying pesticides .
官方抱怨说贩毒团伙同时造成了重大环境破坏他们砍伐树木,拦断小溪喷洒农药。
On june 7th shanghai daily , an english-language paper , called the three gorges " that monstrous damming project " .
在6月7号的上海日报上,一份英文刊上,将三峡叫做“怪兽般的水利工程”。
Wang jingquan , of the water resources committee , was quoted as saying damming up the river at the three gorges dam has aggravated the drought by diverting water flow to the lower reaches .
援引长江水利委员的王景全的说法,三峡大坝拦腰切断长江水流已经加重了下游的干旱。
Starting around 1950 , the " great acceleration " has seen dozens of key indicators , plotted on a graph , take off like a rocket : population , damming of rivers , water and fertilizer use , paper consumption , tourism , and vehicles , to name a few .