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30 Things You Didn’t Know About Rivers

The source of the Pascua River in Patagonia/ChileInternational Rivers 1. Rivers are some of the most diverse ecosystems on the...
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Benchmarking the Policies and Practices of International Hydropower Companies

International Rivers’ new benchmarking report released in June 2015 details how the social and environmental policies of recent actors in...
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China’s Global Dam Builders: Talking the Talk, Walking the Walk?

In recent years, the global hydropower market has changed dramatically. Once the province of Western firms, these days large new...
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Wind and Solar Power Are Taking the Lead

Dam builders like to claim that hydropower is the world’s largest source of renewable electricity. After a century-long head start...
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The Power of Rivers – in Whose Hands?

The Iguaçu Falls in BrazilErika Nortemann/TNC At the World Hydropower Congress in Beijing, the Nature Conservancy released a report entitled...
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Powerful Miniseries Depicts Struggles to Protect Sacred Indigenous Sites

Fisherman in the shadow of Basamuk refinery in New GuineaSacred Land Film Project A four-part miniseries called Standing on Sacred Ground makes...
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The Challenges of Climate Change

From April 2015 World Rivers Review Climate change may be the most urgent global environmental issue of our time, bringing...
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My Journey to Understanding River Health

From April 2015 World Rivers Review The Yuba River in California where Jason first began his exploration of what makes a...
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What Future For the World’s Rivers?

From April 2015 World Rivers Review By the mid-1980s, river activists in the US had achieved considerable success. Congress had...
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A Brief History of Rivers and Dams, Through the Lens of World Rivers Review

From April 2015 World Rivers Review Preparing for this final print issue of World Rivers Review has put us in...