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Wrong Climate for Damming Rivers Video
International Rivers and Friends of the Earth International have teamed up to create a state-of-the-art Google Earth 3-D tour and...
Study Adds Urgency to Reform Offsetting Scheme in Durban
A new study released in time for the climate negotiations in Durban confirms that over 20% of all carbon credits...
Lesotho Project Needs Scrutiny
A version of this commentary appeared in Business Day (South Africa). In August, the South African Minister of Water Affairs...
The Nile: A Lifeline in the Desert
When not teaching geosciences at Colorado State University, Ellen Wohl is a river historian. This is an excerpt from her...
Africa's Energy Future Heading Down a Dark Tunnel
(A guest blog by our former Africa program director) The Conference of Energy Ministers in Africa – a two-year old...
Africa For Sale
From September, 2011 World Rivers Review Land and Water Grabs Spell Disaster for Rural People and Rivers The Horn of...
Gibe III Dam Fuels Land Grabs in Ethiopia
As food prices rise, the lands of rural communities are being snatched up for plantations at an alarming rate around...
UN Body Calls for Suspension of Gibe III Dam to Protect World Heritage
Places like the Grand Canyon, Taj Mahal and Great Wall of China are of such outstanding cultural or natural value...
UNESCO World Heritage Committee: "Abandon Plans" for Stiegler's Gorge Dam
In its 2011 annual meeting, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee urged Tanzania to “abandon plans for the different development projects...
UNESCO World Heritage Committee: "Halt All Construction on the GIBE III Dam"
In its 2011 annual meeting, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee urged Ethiopia to “immediately halt all construction on the Gibe...