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1 China Sustainability Links Curtis Elwood

2 Food Supply China’s rising farm trade deficit The Financial Express [Dhaka] 07 Feb 2012 The Financial Express http://search.proquest.com.ezp.slu.edu/abicomplete/docview/919 994493/13631A72EBC3123F8D1/8?accountid=8065 http://search.proquest.com.ezp.slu.edu/abicomplete/docview/919 994493/13631A72EBC3123F8D1/8?accountid=8065 Monsanto And China: A Match Made In Heaven? Seeking Alpha 12 April 2012 http://seekingalpha.com/article/472561-monsanto-and-china- a-match-made-in-heaven http://seekingalpha.com/article/472561-monsanto-and-china- a-match-made-in-heaven China will seek to increase crop yields through increased use of GM seeds in order to feed its increasing population

3 Food Supply, cont. Africa Land Grab http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/are-foreign-investors- colonising-africa-0021551 http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/are-foreign-investors- colonising-africa-0021551 Contains 20 minute video an accompanying article.

4 Energy Portfolio U.S. Energy Information Administration Country Analysis: China http://www.eia.gov/countries/cab.cfm?fips=CH Contains information about China’s energy portfolio by type and by region. China expected to institute cap on coal consumption by 2015 REneweconomy, Giles Parkinson, 12 March 2012 http://reneweconomy.com.au/2012/china-threatens-to-pierce-coal-export-bubble-47613 Bio-fuel production in Africa Bloomberg News, Alex Morales, Aug 29, 2010 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-29/biofuels-firms-buy-up-african-land-cause- deforestation-food-output-loss.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-29/biofuels-firms-buy-up-african-land-cause- deforestation-food-output-loss.html Pathways to a low-carbon future China Dialogue, Wang Tao and Jim Watson, 3 July 2009 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/3139 Contains energy portfolio projections going out to 2050.

5 Energy Portfolio China solar outlook Asia News Monitor [Bangkok] 12 Apr 2012 Asia News Monitor http://search.proquest.com.ezp.slu.edu/abicomplete/docview/993551324/13687C0E3E01DD6 54C2/38?accountid=8065 http://search.proquest.com.ezp.slu.edu/abicomplete/docview/993551324/13687C0E3E01DD6 54C2/38?accountid=8065 Inside a U.S.-China Solar Trade War Beebe, Andrew. Wall Street Journal [New York, N.Y] 29 Mar 2012: A.17 Beebe, AndrewWall Street Journal http://search.proquest.com.ezp.slu.edu/abicomplete/docview/952932351/13687C0E3E01DD6 54C2/66?accountid=8065 http://search.proquest.com.ezp.slu.edu/abicomplete/docview/952932351/13687C0E3E01DD6 54C2/66?accountid=8065 SolarWorld: U.S. Trade Ruling Will Help Restore Fair Competition in Solar Trade Investment Weekly News (Apr 7, 2012): 738 http://search.proquest.com.ezp.slu.edu/abicomplete/docview/961466863/13687C0E3E0 1DD654C2/42?accountid=8065 http://search.proquest.com.ezp.slu.edu/abicomplete/docview/961466863/13687C0E3E0 1DD654C2/42?accountid=8065 U.S. Department of Commerce finding against Chinese subsidies may lead to higher prices on imported solar panels in the U.S World Wind Power Climbs to New Record in 2011 J. Matthew Roney, Earth Policy Institute 14 Mar 2012 http://www.earth-policy.org/indicators/C49/wind_power_2012 Details China’s current and forecasted wind farm projects.

6 Water Resources CHINA: Water rises as sustainability priority Oxford Analytica Daily Brief Service. (Mar 16, 2011) Oxford Analytica Daily Brief Service Ground water depletion International Water Management Institute http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/Water_Policy_Briefs/PDF/WPB19.pdf 8 pages, contains many graphics and statistics African land grab could lead to future water conflicts New Scientist Magazine, Anil Ananthaswamy, 26 May 2011 http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028144.100-african-land-grab-could-lead-to-future- water-conflicts.html http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028144.100-african-land-grab-could-lead-to-future- water-conflicts.html Three quarters of the Nile headwaters are in Sudan and Ethiopia. China’s farming there is a cause for alarm for downstream countries such as Egypt as it diverts these waters for agricultural use. “Virtual” water exportation through farming South – North Water Transfer Project Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%E2%80%93North_Water_Transfer_Project Provides information on plans for major river diversion projects from the mountainous areas in southwest China to the industrial north.

7 General APP-China Expands Sustainability Commitment Investment Weekly News, 31 Dec: 17 http://search.proquest.com.ezp.slu.edu/abicomplete/docview/912148640/136319B1D90214E0 B68/8?accountid=8065 http://search.proquest.com.ezp.slu.edu/abicomplete/docview/912148640/136319B1D90214E0 B68/8?accountid=8065 Article details how Asia Pulp and Paper increased its level of GRI reporting and its progress towards water usage and energy source targets. Africa: Up for grabs - The scale and impact of land grabbing for agro fuels Friends of the Earth Europe http://www.foeeurope.org/agrofuels/FoEE_Africa_up_for_grabs_2010.pdf 36 page report detailing how African land is being acquired by foreign nations, primary European, to meet bio-fuel production goals.


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