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A Common Story Emerges from China and Ethiopia
Goats at Water on the Omo River. Photo by Jane Baldwin, www.janebaldwin.com The following is a guest blog by Dan...
Dam-Dependent Zambezi Basin Unprepared for Climate Change
New report documents dangers of “business-as-usual” approach An in-depth study warns that new and proposed dams on Southern Africa’s largest...
Building Local Economies with Solar
From September 2012 World Rivers Review Innovative Models Help Poor Communities Light Homes, Grow Businesses Solar is the ultimate community-owned...
Small Hydro a Potential Bridge for Africa’s Energy Divide
From September 2012 World Rivers Review Africa is home to one of the world’s largest off-grid populations: approximately 590 million...
Concerns About Kariba Dam’s Stability
The Kariba Dam holds back Africa’s biggest reservoir. Millions of people live downstream of it in the Zambezi River Basin....
World Heritage Committee Fails to Protect Lake Turkana
Lake Turkana fisherman. Photo: International Rivers Over a dozen World Heritage Sites threatened by planned or existing dams were reviewed...
World Heritage Committee Decisions in 2012
Fishing boat by Lake Turkana Below are summaries of all the decisions made on dam-threatened World Heritage Sites that were...
World Bank Approves Power Line to Gibe III Dam
These women are some of the thousands of Omo Valley people who will be affected by Gibe III Dam. Photo:...
Rivers at Risk: Dam Boom Threatens A World of Rivers
From June 2012 World Rivers Review See the full map 1. Dams support unsustainable industries: Iceland uses more energy per...
Keeping the Conservation Promise
Dassanach elder in the Omo Valley World Heritage Site. Photo by Jane Baldwin, http://www.janebaldwin.com What started as an international effort...