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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Biological Treasure Trove is World’s Most Productive RiverGiant catfish Zeb Hogan From December 2011 World Rivers ReviewThe Mekong River is still a relatively healthy, natural, free-...
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
From December 2011 World Rivers Review Several years ago I picked up the morning newspaper and came across one of those stories that forces you to sit down, breathe deep, and read on. No,...
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
From December 2011 World Rivers ReviewFlying across any continent today confirms that the world’s rivers are dominant features in the landscape, and are places where humans and animals...
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On September 30th, the President of Burma, Thein Sein, suspended what would have been Southeast Asia’s biggest hydropower project, the US$3.6 billion Myitsone Dam. The president attributed...
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Originally published in The Bangkok Post This week a decision will be made in Siem Reap, Cambodia, that could shape the future of the mighty Mekong River and fundamentally alter the lives...
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Monday, November 28, 2011
Originally printed in the Financial Times. Peru’s Asháninka people have torn down the signs erected by Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company, but the spectre of the Pakitzapango dam...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
This article was originally published in The News, Pakistan. Pakistan is passing through its worst energy crisis, and it needs more power plants to overcome it. Whenever there is need for...
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Monday, May 9, 2011
Originally published on The Huffington PostSANTIAGO, Chile -- A $7 billion project to dam two of the world's wildest rivers for electricity has won environmental approval Monday from a...
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Originally published in Volume 10 Number 4 of the The CIP ReportCenter for Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security (CIP/HS)George Mason University, School of Law With over 54,000...
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Originally published in South China Morning Post (sub req'd) Republished at Hydroworld.com Halt to construction of a barrage in Myanmar should be an eye-opener for
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Originally published in the South China Morning Post Sinohydro Group, which lists in Shanghai today, faces growing political and financial risks with its rapidly increasing international...
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Friday, September 30, 2011
Originally published in The Wall Street Journal Myanmar's president called Friday to suspend construction of a controversial China-backed hydroelectric dam that would have flooded an...
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Friday, September 30, 2011
Originally published in BBC News In a rare concession, the Burmese government has suspended a long planned and highly controversial hydroelectric dam project in the face of growing public...
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Originally published on Huffington Post This month, I would like to share a piece on the movement to prevent the construction of what would be the world's third-largest hydroelectric...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Originally published by BBC News A judge in Brazil has ordered a halt to construction of a multi-billion-dollar dam project in the Amazon region. Judge Carlos Castro Martins barred any...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Originally published in Nature WikiLeaks reveals that most Indian claims are ineligible. As the world gears up for the next round of United Nations climate-change negotiations in Durban,...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Originally published in the CDM Watch Newsletter Many large hydro projects in the CDM are contentious because most are non-additional and cause environmental and social harm. International...
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Friday, September 16, 2011
Originally published in 2009 by CDMWatch NICK MEYNEN, a Belgian journalist, discovers the fraud of Indian CDM projects. Excerpts from his research here. The North-South part of the $100...
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Originally published in Asia Sentinel Mytsone Dam in Burma is just one of hundreds in a dam-building spreeConfirmation that construction will continue on the Mytsone dam on the Irrawaddy...
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Thursday, September 1, 2011
Originally published in China US Focus The pace at which China is developing its economy is nothing short of breathtaking. Yet the country pays a high price for this development. The train...
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From September, 2011 World Rivers ReviewAshaninka people discuss proposals for dams on the Tambo River. Jose Serra In the heavy weeping fog Limeños call winter, I took a taxi along the...
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From September, 2011 World Rivers ReviewThe Seti River has been targeted for a major dam project for 16 years WAFED The Nepal government revoked the license of the West Seti hydropower...
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From September, 2011 World Rivers Review Land and Water Grabs Spell Disaster for Rural People and RiversMillions in Ethiopia have been affected by an ongoing drought, yet the government is...
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The newly completed levee near Sangju Dam, part of the Four Rivers project, collapsed on June 25, 2011. Water flows throughout the river have changed due to flaws in dam design....
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From September, 2011 World Rivers Review Every river has its people, and a river’s people all have stories to tell. World Rivers Review has collected 25 years worth of such stories. As the...
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From September, 2011 World Rivers Review For as long as the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has been funneling money to projects that supposedly cut carbon emissions,...
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From September, 2011 World Rivers ReviewAmerica's biggest dam in half a century has been proposed for the wild Susitna River, which drains the Mt. McKinley-topped Alaska Range. If built to...
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Originally published in The Ecologist Belo Monte is just one of a dozen giant dam projects Brazil plans to build in the Amazon region in the coming decades and opens up the world's...
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Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has issued a personal appeal to all concerned parties to review the ongoing dam projects in Kachin State, the main one being the 6,000-megawatt...
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
http://www.environmental-finance.com/news/view/1897 Sinohydro is the main contractor for the Coca Codo hydro project; China Exim Bank is providing 85% of the finance for the project. The...
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