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Top Scientists: Amazon's Tapajós Dam Complex "a Crisis in the Making" | Mongabay

The Tapajós River, Brazil.
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Brazil is forging ahead with plans to build a vast hydropower dam complex in the heart of the Amazon that scientists and NGOs say will threaten Amazonian biodiversity, ecosystems, traditional livelihoods, indigenous cultures, and the climate.

Press Release | Great News for China's Last Free-Flowing River

The Nujiang, China's last free-flowing river
Thursday, December 1, 2016
New plans show that the Chinese government no longer intends to dam the Nujiang, China's last free-flowing river. This marks a great success for the country's environmental movement.

Amazon Oil Spill Impacts Indigenous Villages on Teles Pires River | Mongabay

An indigenous leader at the São Manoel dam site in April 2015.
Monday, November 21, 2016
More than 300 indigenous people in communities on the Teles Pires River, a tributary of the Tapajós River, have been impacted by an oil spill of unknown origin. Investigation is ongoing.

Laos Dam Projects Put Entire Region at Risk | The Bangkok Post

Construction is expected to begin in early 2017 on the Pak Beng Hydropower Project, located in the upper reaches of the Mekong River in Pak Beng district, Oudomxay province.
Friday, November 18, 2016
As Laos presses forward with Pak Beng Dam on the mainstream Mekong River, neighbor countries are raising concerns about the wide-ranging impacts of these dam projects.

Don Sahong Dam - Disaster in the Making That Must Be Halted! | The Ecologist

A fisher going to set his fishing gear at rapids at Don Sahong on the Mekong River.
Thursday, November 17, 2016
The construction of the Don Sahong Dam in Laos PDR must be halted until full information on the project's impacts has been published, writes the Save the Mekong Coalition in this open letter.

Press Release | Flawed Prior Consultation Cannot Legitimize New Mekong Dam

The Mekong River at the proposed site of the Pak Beng Dam
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
We are very concerned by the Government of Laos’ notification of intention to move forward with construction of the Pak Beng Dam and the commencement of Prior Consultation. Experience from the Xayaburi and Don Sahong Dams has demonstrated major flaws in the Prior Consultation procedure.

Laos Moves Ahead With Third Contentious Mekong Dam | ABC News

Vegetable gardens on the riverbank near Pak Beng.
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Laos has notified its Southeast Asian neighbors that it's moving ahead with a third contentious hydroelectric dam on the Mekong River's mainstream. The country will undertake a process of consultation about the Pak Beng Dam.

Can Myanmar’s Hydropower Study Truly Be for the People? | Myanmar Times

The Salween River, near Hat Gyi dam site in Karen State.
Monday, November 7, 2016
A deadly conflict is taking place around the construction site of the Hat Gyi hydropower dam on the Salween River in Myanmar. Now the IFC wants to achieve “broad consensus” on the equitable and sustainable development of hydropower dams across the country. Can it?

A Waterfight Like No Other May Be Brewing Over Asia’s Rivers | Bloomberg

Thai activists and villagers who are affected by the controversial Xayaburi dam protest with banners on the Mekong river in Nong Khai province, Thailand, in November 2012.
Monday, October 31, 2016
Climate change is expected to increase global competition for water, and in Asia, conflicts are already arising between China, India and Southeast Asia.

"Belo Monte: After the Flood" | A New Film About Dams in the Amazon

Monday, October 24, 2016
We're thrilled to announce the fall release of "Belo Monte: After the Flood," a new film about the history and consequences of one of the world's most controversial dam projects.

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