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Chinese dams blamed for exacerbating Southeast Asian drought | AP

Fishing on the Mekong
Friday, April 1, 2016
Much of Southeast Asia is suffering its worst drought in 20 or more years. Tens of millions of people in the region are affected by the low level of the Mekong, a rice-bowl-sustaining river system that flows into Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.

Dam Funders Halt Support After Murders In Honduras | Living on Earth

Berta Cáceres memorial vigil
Monday, April 4, 2016
In March we reported on the death of Honduran environmental activist Berta Cáceres. Well, just a week after her murder, Nelson García, another activist from her group, the Council of Indigenous and Popular Organizations of Honduras or COPINH, was also killed.

It Takes Two Dead Activists for Banks to Suspend Funding for Honduran Project | Foreign Policy

Hondurans mourning the death of Berta Cáceres.
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
If the murder of Honduran activist Berta Cáceres was not enough to convince European banks to pull funding from Agua Zarca Dam, the killing of one of her colleagues seems to have done the trick.

Peruvian Tribe Takes Government Officials Hostage Over Oil Spill | The Guardian

Peru’s environmental regulator said Petroperu’s two most recent spills had polluted at least two rivers, including a tributary of the Amazon river
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
An indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon has taken at least eight public officials hostage to demand help from the central government after an oil spill polluted its lands, according to authorities.

Uganda Weighs Energy Needs Against Tourism Industry | Marketplace

River guides help tourists rafting the intense rapids on the White Nile. Many are worried they will lose their jobs if a planned hydroelectric dam floods the rapids near Uganda's Kalagala Falls.
Friday, March 4, 2016
After a dam flooded the magnificent Bujugali Falls, the Ugandan government signed an agreement promising it would not do the same to Kalagala Falls. Now it's going back on its word.

Right Way Forward for the Mekong River | The Bangkok Post

A boat makes its way down the Mekong River near the proposed Pak Beng Dam site, downstream of Chiang Khong district, Chiang Rai. Dam building on the lower Mekong is accelerating, and it threatens to leave a path of destruction in its wake.
Saturday, March 5, 2016
As the hydropower industry gathers in Laos this week, the pace of dam construction on the Mekong is gathering speed. Pianporn Deetes discusses how this development is threatening to eviscerate the region's vital lifeline.

Murder of Activist Berta Cáceres Sparks Violent Clashes in Honduras | The Guardian

Students clash with riot police Thursday during a protest in Tegucigalpa against the murder of indigenous activist Berta Cáceres.
Friday, March 4, 2016
Students clashed with riot police on Thursday amid anger over failure to protect a high-profile campaigner who had repeatedly received threats on her life.

Why Was This Prominent Honduran Activist Murdered in Her Own Home? | Foreign Policy

Demonstrators wear Berta Caceres masks.
Thursday, March 3, 2016
In Honduras, which has one of the highest murder rates in the world, 111 environmental activists were murdered between 2002 and 2014.

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