Wetlands

IIRSA projects related to Paraguay-Paraná Hidrovia

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
IIRSA priority projects which are linked with the Hidrovia.

Projetos do eixo Hidrovia Paraguai-Paraná IIRSA

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Projetos da IIRSA relacionados com a Hidrovia Paraguai-Paraná

Proyectos del eje Hidrovía Paraguay-Paraná IIRSA

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Definición de nuevos proyectos de IIRSA relacionados con la hidrovía Paraguay-Paraná

Damming Nigeria's Wetlands People: Communities Work Together to Restore Lives And Livelihoods

Flooding in Nigeria's HJKY basin is a serious problem.
June 2008 World Rivers Review: Legacy Issue In Nigeria, floodplains and wetlands are rich sources of livelihood for millions of people. These wetlands communities have been losing ground for many years, however. Nigeria's most important wetlands, the Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands, have shrunk by as much as two-thirds in the past 30-40 years because of diversions from dams, irrigation developments and drought. Fisheries, farming and wildlife are all impacted by these hydrological changes. The Hadejia-Jama'are-Komadugu-Yobe basin - home to an estimated 25 million people - is a semi-arid to arid sub-cat

Fighting for South Korea's Rivers

Tuesday, March 25, 2008
March 2008 World Rivers Review Korea Federation for Environmental Movements (KFEM) has launched a letter-writing campaign to protest the proposed "Great Korea Canal Project," a huge river engineering scheme that would devastate wetlands in South Korea. According to KFEM, "This set of proposed canals would pave over every wetland, mountain, and riverbed in its path. Korea and the world have already lost too many precious wetlands and rivers." Newly elected President Lee Myung-bak is pushing for construction of the $16.8 billion canal project as a way to boos

Águas sem barragens

Wednesday, January 1, 2003
Campanha interestadual contra a implantação de barragens na bacia Araguaia-Tocantins

Ríos Araguaia y Tocantins

Xavante indigenous meeting on threats to Araguaia River
Los ríos Araguaia y Tocantins, cuyas cuencas hidrográficas totalizan 767.000 km², fluyen desde la meseta central hacia el norte, hasta el canal austral del Amazonas, un poco río arriba de Belém. El Tocantins es un río embancado, con río relativamente transparente, mientras que el Araguaia pasa por una llanura inundable, con un cauce sinuoso y aguas lodosas, por su carga sustancial de sedimentos. Los dos ríos convergen en Marabá, Brasil. Existen dos principales amenazas contra el sistema Araguaia–Tocantins, cuyos impactos acumulados significarían la muerte para los ríos y su vi

La Hidrovía Paraguay – Paraná

Pantanal wetlands site planned for barge port, Mato Grosso
La hidrovía es un plan de los cinco países de la cuenca de la Plata para transformar los ríos Paraguay y Paraná en un canal industrial de navegación. Segundo el plan original desarrollado en 1997 por el Comité Intergubernamental de la Hidrovía (CIH), con el apoyo del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo y el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, se realizaría intervenciones de ingeniaría, inclusive la voladura de rocas, el dragado, y la canalización estructural en centenas de sitios al longo del sistema de 3.400 km, de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brasil hasta Nueva Palmira, U
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