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India’s Run-of-River Hydro: Ill-Defined, Under-Studied – and Growing at a Fast Clip

From March 2014 World Rivers Review Run-of-river projects are often portrayed as relatively benign alternatives to large-reservoir dam projects, as...
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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...
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Building Bridges

  Building Bridges:  Community-Based Renewable Energy Dense forest, bauxite red earth, and clear streams.A pre-sunrise orchestra of invisible birds and...
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Boiled Eggs, Tea and a Fait Accompli

We arrived at Chadong village and went straight to the village headman’s home, on higher ground. It was half 10...
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The Happiest Place on Earth? The Story of Culture and Rivers in Bhutan

6:00 – 8:30 pmSpeaking program at 7:00 pmHome of Leslie and Jacques Leslie, Mill Valley, California “Bhutan is the no-hunting,...
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Take Action for Human Rights Defenders in India

On October 2, without any provocation or warning, Indian police commandos showed up at Jiten Yumnam’s doorstep demanding his appearance...
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Latest Report Restores Hope for Indigenous Communities Fighting to Save River Teesta

Earlier this year, in March, the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) asked four members of its Standing Committee comprising wildlife...
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Dam Planning Under the Spotlight in India

In the past decade, the central and state governments of India threw caution to the wind when approving hundreds of...
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The Struggle Over Riverbed Mining in India

This is a guest blog by Kanchi Kohli* Humans have always had a special relationship with rivers. They provide fresh...
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Experts Reject Flooding Forests for Tipaimukh and Dibang Dams

(UPDATE: In April 2014 a second attempt to get forest clearance for the 3000 MW Dibang multipurpose project was rejected...