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Brazil Judge Halts Work on Belo Monte Amazon Dam
Originally published by BBC News A judge in Brazil has ordered a halt to construction of a multi-billion-dollar dam project...
"We Have to Make a Choice"
On August 22, 2011 I had the honor of participating in the International Day of Action to Defend the Brazilian...
Listening to Communities on Dam Building in Peru
From September, 2011 World Rivers Review In the heavy weeping fog Limeños call winter, I took a taxi along the...
Civil Society Pressures UN and EU Over Carbon Credits
From September, 2011 World Rivers Review For as long as the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has been funneling...
Legality of Belo Monte is Built on a House of Cards
In June of this year in Foz do Iguaçú, Brazil, at the International Hydropower Association’s bi-yearly Congress, Eletrobras Director Valter...
Belo Monte Dam Marks a Troubling New Era in Brazil's Attitude to its Rainforest
Originally published in The Ecologist Belo Monte is just one of a dozen giant dam projects Brazil plans to build...
Buyers shun Ecuador’s megadam carbon credits
http://www.environmental-finance.com/news/view/1897 Sinohydro is the main contractor for the Coca Codo hydro project; China Exim Bank is providing 85% of the...
Peruvian Declaration of National and International Organizations Affected by Hydroelectric Projects
The civil society organizations of Cajamarca, Cusco, Junin, Madre de Dios and Puno, as well as representatives from Brazil and...
UNESCO World Heritage Committee: Expresses "Serious Concern" Over Dams on the Changuinola and Bonyic Rivers
In its 2011 annual meeting, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee expressed serious concern over planned and existing dams in Panama...
UNESCO World Heritage Committee: Inscribes Río Plátano onto the List of World Heritage in Danger
In its 2011 annual meeting, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribed Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve onto the List of World...