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Life-Giving Deltas Starved by Dams
The Indus Delta – here at Keti Bandar – is being eroded by the sea. Emily Woodhouse The deltas of...
Broken Promises: Ghana's Bui Dam Resettlement
From March 2014 World Rivers Review When the Bui Dam was commissioned in December 2013, it became Ghana’s second largest...
Human Rights Must Come First
Indigenous people protest against the planned Baram Dam in Sarawak. SAVE Rivers / www.savesarawakrivers.com In some countries, dams are being...
PR – World Bank Hands Inga 3 Dam Over to Private Sector
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Berkeley, USA: International Rivers has learned that the World Bank has abruptly decided to develop the Inga...
Ecology, The Science of Last Resort
The upper riparian on a river often wears a hegemonic hard hat and seeks to appropriate every drop of water...
The World Bank’s $52 Billion Test
At a meeting with donor governments in Moscow, the World Bank raised a whopping $52 billion for its fund for...
China’s Hydropower Rush Could Devastate Rivers
From December 2013 World Rivers Review China’s rush to develop its hydropower is already leaving a trail of devastated fisheries...
Uganda's Dams Leave Affected People Behind
From September 2013 World Rivers Review The government of Uganda has been on a dam-building binge for years now. While...
The Bullet That Killed Tomás Garcia
Tomás Garcia. By Colectivo Ocote Drug trafficking, organized crime, corruption and institutional dysfunction are some of the major causes of...
World Heritage Committee Decisions in 2013
Below are summaries of all the decisions made on dam-threatened World Heritage Sites that were discussed at this year’s 37th...