{"id":16301,"date":"2007-12-30T22:58:05","date_gmt":"2007-12-31T05:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/12\/30\/can-eco-tourism-save-the-nu-river-ross-perlin\/"},"modified":"2007-12-30T22:58:05","modified_gmt":"2007-12-31T05:58:05","slug":"can-eco-tourism-save-the-nu-river-ross-perlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/12\/can-eco-tourism-save-the-nu-river-ross-perlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Eco-tourism Save The Nu River? &#8211; Ross Perlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/285355772_14bfdef8f9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"285355772_14bfdef8f9.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/285355772_14bfdef8f9-thumb.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAs China continues to mull damming it&#8217;s last free-flowing river, China Dialogue examines a &#8220;viable&#8221; alternative:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>In many parts of China, the development of eco-tourism is one strategy among many, but in Yunnan&#8217;s Nu River valley, it is a race against time.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, if tourism based on the area&#8217;s outstanding natural beauty fails to increase soon, that natural beauty itself may be exploited to raise people&#8217;s living standards. With the decision whether or not to build 13 dams along the Nu River suspended at a critical stage, some locals say that a surge in tourism would support the conservationist case. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadialogue.net\/article\/show\/single\/en\/1587\">[Full Text]<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For a vivid account of the Nu River&#8217;s plight, see Brent Huffman&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/06\/brent_e_huffman.php\">CDT account in 2005<\/a> of his trip to the river with partner Xiaoli Zhou to film the documentary &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.germancamera.com\/dam.html\">Damming the Angry River<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[Image: A tourist rides a zip-line across the Nu River, from <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/tangtang\/285355772\/\">tangtang<\/a> via Flickr]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As China continues to mull damming it&#8217;s last free-flowing river, China Dialogue examines a &#8220;viable&#8221; alternative: In many parts of China, the development of eco-tourism is one strategy among many, but in Yunnan&#8217;s Nu River valley, it is a race against time. 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