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China to Flood Nature Reserve with Latest Yangtze Dam
China’s Three Gorges Corp. on Thursday marked the beginning of construction for a dam that will flood the last free-flowing...
A Life in Extremis
From March 2012 World Rivers Review Geologist-Explorer Documents China’s Rivers Yang Yong is a renowned explorer and the director of...
Grand Inga: Will Africa’s Mega Dam Have Mega Impacts?
From March 2012 World Rivers Review Central Africa’s Congo River holds more hydropower potential than any other African river, and...
China's Three Gorges Dam: A Model of the Past
Updated fact sheet The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is the world’s largest and most controversial hydropower project....
Tibetan Village Stops Mining Project Near the Nu River
Mount Kawagebo (or Kawagarbo) rises 6,740 meters above sea level – the tallest peak in Yunnan Province, China. Its eastern...
Waking the Green Tiger: The Rise of the Green Movement in China
International Rivers is proud to be the local partner for the U.S. premiere of Waking the Green Tiger, an award-winning...
Civil Society Statement Regarding Xiaonanhai Dam on the Upper Yangtze River
Open letter by Professor Fan Xiao, a geologist and environmental scientist in China, endorsed by Chinese environmental groups, Friends of...
Burma Government Suspends Megadam
On September 30th, the President of Burma, Thein Sein, suspended what would have been Southeast Asia’s biggest hydropower project, the...
China’s Rich Natural Heritage Under Threat
From December 2011 World Rivers Review Dr. Zhou Dequn is a professor at Kunming University of Science and Technology and...
Letter to the CDM Board Regarding Sujiahekou Hydropower Project (China)
CDM Executive Board UNFCCC Secretariat Martin Luther King Strasse 8 P.O. Box 260124D-53153 Germany Subject: Request for review of the...