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Friday, June 1, 2007
From World Rivers Review, June 2007
In Thailand they say that once you swim in the Mekong, it remains in your heart forever. It must be true, because my first swim in the...
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Saturday, September 1, 2007
The article "A Region's Thirst", by Ann-Kathrin Schneider, was first published in the magazine Himalmag in Sept 2007. It describes new trends in hydropower development and...
In the Media
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Saturday, July 14, 2007
Brasil seguirá adelante con la construcción de dos represas hidroeléctricas en el río Madeira, en la región amazónica, a pesar de las preocupaciones de Bolivia sobre el impacto ambiental...
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
O governo
boliviano foi pego de surpresa com a decisão do Ibama de conceder a licença
prévia para a construção de duas usinas hidrelétricas no rio Madeira, que nasce
com o nome de Mamoré,...
In the Media
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
O governo boliviano foi pego de surpresa com a decisão do Ibama de conceder a licença prévia para a construção de duas usinas hidrelétricas no rio Madeira, que nasce com o nome de Mamoré,...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007
The Madeira River projects have divided opinion even within government and in recent years have been one of the most environmentally sensitive issues.
The river is said to have one of...
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This article by Ann-Kathrin Schneider first appeared in World Rivers Review in February 2007. It is a plea to the World Bank to take responsibility for the Bank's failed projects and...
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This article by Alex Zahnd was first published in World Rivers Review in February 2005. He writes about a program that utilizes local renewable energy resources in more affordable,...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Please see attachment below to download and look through our presentation made at the international conference: "A Greater Mekong: Poverty, Integration and Development" University...
In the Media
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Opponents of a plan to build five large hydroelectric dams in Region XI are welcoming a new partner in their campaign to protect Chile's majestic, glacier-fed rivers in the southern...
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
From September 2007 World Rivers Review Dam-free Hydro Taps Power of Waves, Tides, Water PipesThe sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength...
In the Media
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Monday, September 24, 2007
CAN THO, Vietnam - Nguyen Huu Chiem was born in Can Tho province, the eldest of ten children and the seventh generation of a Mekong Delta farming family. "I have lived here for so long...
In the Media
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Friday, October 1, 2004
La société va accroître sa capacité de production... Trêve de spéculations. La compagnie camerounaise d'aluminium (Alucam) pourra bientôt accroître sa capacité de production, pour...
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Thursday, August 12, 2004
An Assessment of the Cameroonian Electricity Sector Reform In 2001, AES Corporation was the sole bidder in the sale of the Cameroonian electricity company. In accordance with the World...
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Wednesday, June 1, 2005
New Research Reveals Massive Impacts of Damming on World’s Large Rivers The extent to which dams affect the world’s large river systems is the focus of a major new study by a research...
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Tuesday, February 1, 2005
from World Rivers Review
“The Zambezi River is the source of life for our families… [it] is generous and other users along with us benefit from it. We respect all of them as good...
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Cover for "Unravelling Bhakra" This article by Ann-Kathrin Schneider reviews "Unravelling Bhakra", the book by Shripad Dharmadhikary on the myths of the Bhakra Dam. "The...
In the Media
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Thursday, August 30, 2007
Article was reported in TIME Magazine http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1657580,00.html The nets yield almost no fish today, the same as yesterday and the day before that....
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Monday, December 1, 2003
Low-Cost Drip Systems Bring Income, Food Security to Rural PoorWorld Rivers Review, December 2003 Paul Polak thinks big and designs small. He aims to cut rural poverty worldwide, and he’s...
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Sunday, October 1, 2006
From World Rivers Review, October 2006 Kariba Dam The Zambezi River is one of southern Africa's most important lifelines, and its delta is a Ramsar "Wetland of International Importance...
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Tuesday, August 1, 2006
The China Export-Import Bank agreed in April 2006 to finance the proposed
Mphanda Nkuwa Dam on the Zambezi River in Mozambique. The river basin
and its delta are already suffering major...
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Thursday, June 1, 2006
Dam Safety Concerns Provide Window of Opportunity for RestorationIn the aftermath of catastrophic flooding in New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina and extreme storm events in the Northeastern...
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Monday, February 1, 1999
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Thursday, April 7, 2005
The recently released Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a UN–sponsored analysis of the overall health of the planet, reveals the extent to which humanity’s destruction of the natural world...
In the Media
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Friday, September 27, 2002
(Maputo) Mozambican environmentalists opposition to the construction of a new hydroelectric project on the Zambezi River near the giant Cahora Bassa is increasing. The future dam, named...
In the Media
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Wednesday, August 7, 2002
Winding its way through Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, the Zambezi River is a prized resource. Its waters provide fisheries, tourism, and increasingly, electricity. But as Frederico...
In the Media
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Wednesday, December 5, 2001
WASHINGTON, Dec 5, 2001 (Inter Press Service via COMTEX) –– An expected surge in world demand for energy–intensive aluminum products could fuel construction of environmentally ruinous dams...
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Monday, October 1, 2001
For a couple of weeks in late September, sooty plumes of black smoke billowed from the stacks of the Mozambique Aluminum (Mozal) smelter on the outskirts of the Mozambican capital, Maputo....
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This article on the Upper Kotmale Hydropower project was prepared by Hemantha Withanage for the South Asia regional consultation of the World Commission on Dams in 1998.
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Friday, July 1, 2005
In 1963 India’s then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru gushed at a ceremony for a new dam project: "The Bhakra Project is something tremendous, something stupendous, something which shakes...
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