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G-20 Infrastructure Strategy Includes World’s Largest Dam
Report Says “Green Growth” Projects May Not Benefit Poor Los Cabos, Mexico: G-20 leaders today released their Plan on Infrastructure, which...
Thank You for Helping to Protect World Heritage Rivers
Thanks to everyone who voted in our World Heritage photo contest and took action earlier this month. Not only do...
NGO Letter to the World Heritage Centre and Committee Members
Mr. Kishore Rao Director World Heritage Centre 7, Place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris France June 18, 2012 Subject: Dam Construction...
B20 Presents "Green Growth" Recommendations to G20 Leaders
The business sectors of the G20 countries – known as the B20 – presented their policy recommendations today for “green...
A Recap of the G20's 2011 Commitments to Infrastructure
While we’re waiting for the G20 Summit to begin here in Los Cabos on Monday, let’s recall some of the...
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...
Response from the World Heritage Centre
After receiving over 200 letters from concerned citizens regarding the threat that the global dam building boom poses to World...
G20 Pushes Controversial Dams in "Green Growth" Strategy
The Group of 20 major economies (G20) holds its 2012 annual summit in Los Cabos, Mexico on June 18-19. The...
Putting Rivers on the Agenda in Rio
Commentary: June 2012 World Rivers Review In the preparations for the twentieth anniversary conference of the Earth Summit, the word...
A Climate-Safe “Green Economy” Protects Rivers, Rejects Destructive Dams
From June 2012 World Rivers Review The twentieth anniversary of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, comes at...