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Grameen Shakti: A Vanguard Model for Rural Clean Energy

From March 2013 World Rivers Review Grameen Shakti has helped Kohinur become an energy entrepreneurPhoto by Nancy Wimmer In one...
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China’s Domestic Dam Plans Draw Ire At Home and Abroad

From March 2013 World Rivers Review China’s State Council – the country’s ultimate decision-making body – announced its new Energy...
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The Baral River

The Baral River originates from the big river Padma (the local name of the Ganges that entered into Bangladesh from...
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Bhutan's Picture of Gross National Happiness Blurs (part 2)

Punatsangchhu RiverPhoto courtesy of Ritwick Dutta Read part I of my blog. Bhutan is highly dependent on India in many...
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Bhutan's Picture of Gross National Happiness Blurs

Samir in Thimphu, the capital of BhutanPhoto courtesy of Ritwick Dutta Bhutan fires the imagination of an ideal mountain country...
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Toriqul Isalm: Jalangi and Chandana Rivers

Today I will tell a story of how a bread earner (trans-boundary) river has started to die because of the...
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Google Earth Layer Shows History of Water and Dams in the Indus Basin

Welcome to the Google Earth KML “Water, Dams, and the Indus River.” This is an interactive map that contains stories...
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Dipti Bhatnagar and Daniel Ribeiro: A River Love Story (Video)

Activists Daniel Ribeiro and Dipti Bhatnagar tell us their river love story. Learn more about our work and the Narmada...
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Planning for Dam Decommissioning as an Environmental Priority

Dams are not forever! Dams are not benign nor do they last forever! Dams have proven to be unsafe and...
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Dipti Bhatnagar: The Narmada River (Video)

Dipti Bhatnagar tells us her story about falling in love with the Narmada River, and about the movement to protect...