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As the world rushes to implement the Paris climate deal, some governments are turning to large dams to mitigate climate change. But is that a good idea? Eco-Business takes a look into the debate surrounding mega dams.

The dry months before the monsoon rains arrive are often tough for Cambodian fishermen and farmers. But with rivers drying up and drinking water running out, conditions have rarely been as bad as they are now.

As Chinese dams on the Mekong River trap fully half of the river's silt upstream, people who live downstream are finding their fields are less fertile now and the Mekong delta is sinking.

Four men were arrested earlier today, allegedly in connection with the murder of Berta Cáceres.

Governments often promise their people benefits that never materialize. In Sudan, years after the government promised to supply electricity to its Nubian people– after convincing them that hydropower is clean energy – the affected people have found themselves with electricity poles...but still no power. In fact, the Nubian people are doing more for their communities than the government is. Now the government is offering more big promises in the form of the Dal and Kajbar dams. These dams, if constructed, will bring more instability to communities in an area where agricultural land has al

A member of the Munduruku indigenous group stands beside the Tapajós River, Pará state, Brazil. The Munduruku’s Sawré Muybu territory on the Tapajós is threatened by a proposed dam complex including the São Luiz do Tapajós dam. Those territorial claims were recently recognised by the Brazilian government, putting the licensing of the dam in serious doubt. Valdemir Cunha / Greenpeace This article was originally published at Mongabay. The São Luiz do Tapajós mega-dam, whose construction would lead to “social and environmental disaster” according to a Greenpeace report published la

Plans to build a huge hydroelectric dam in the Amazon have been put on hold after Brazil’s environmental agency, Ibama, suspended the licensing process over concerns about its impact on the indigenous community in the region.

The Songkran festival celebrates the country's New Year and the water is said to clean people of their sins and misfortunes. It's described by Lonely Planet as "part a time of respect, and part riot." But this year there's an unhappy undercurrent to the joyous mayhem: The region is suffering its worst drought in decades.

This article originally appeared at The Guardian. Protest against Belo Monte dam International Rivers Indigenous communities and the Amazon rain forest have joined the growing list of potential victims of Brazil’s huge corruption scandal, according to a senior construction executive who testified that the Belo Monte dam was used to generate 150m reais ($41.4m) in donations to the ruling coalition. In a plea bargain that adds to the pressure on Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff, Otávio Marques de Azevedo, the former president of the construction company Andrade Gutierrez, also told inves

With fish stocks declining as water levels fall in drought-hit reservoirs across the country, Zimbabwe's fish sellers and buyers are struggling to cope, raising concerns about the long-term sustainability of fisheries as a source of income and nutrition.