Yangtze (China)
Indus (India, Pakistan, China)
Yellow (China)
Hai (China)
Nile (Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Eritrea)
Meghna (Bangladesh and I think India?)
Pearl (China, Vietnam)
Amur (Russia, China)
Niger (Guinea, Mali, Niger, Benin, Nigeria)
Mekong (China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam)
So the article states that 8 are in Asia and 2 are in Africa, which isn't really wrong, but of those 8 in Asia, 7 are in China including the top 4 (mind the Indus only starts in Tibet, most of its course is in the Indian subcontinent).
You want to talk about next steps, action plans and remediation? Talk to China, first, India second, Egypt (and maybe Kenya and/or Tanzania for good measure) third and Nigeria fourth.
That leaves the Meghna which is mostly within Bangladesh and the Mekong which while having its headwaters in China, mostly drains the portion of southeast Asia between Vietnam and Thailand and the various countries on that peninsula have established the Mekong River Commission to maintain it.
Nice. Just whitewash that it's everyone right? It can be like communism for waste. I barely produce any garbage at all, I'm obviously to blame for the polluted oceans just as much as Asians and Africans that don't give a fuck.
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 18.1 ms ] threadWhat're the next steps, action plan to remediate?
Is there really much required in "working out how best to prevent it? "
So the article states that 8 are in Asia and 2 are in Africa, which isn't really wrong, but of those 8 in Asia, 7 are in China including the top 4 (mind the Indus only starts in Tibet, most of its course is in the Indian subcontinent).
You want to talk about next steps, action plans and remediation? Talk to China, first, India second, Egypt (and maybe Kenya and/or Tanzania for good measure) third and Nigeria fourth.
That leaves the Meghna which is mostly within Bangladesh and the Mekong which while having its headwaters in China, mostly drains the portion of southeast Asia between Vietnam and Thailand and the various countries on that peninsula have established the Mekong River Commission to maintain it.
Good luck.
If you add up the populations that live within 100KM of those rivers you'd probably be approaching 50% of the human population.
Perhaps a recycling program or water filtration system can be introduced ? Am I over simplifying ?
Wow, title phrasing.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericagies/2011/10/31/why-im-not...