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Pakistan Network for Rivers, Dams and People Visit to Mirpur, AJK

Report of Pakistan Network for Rivers, Dams and People (PNRDP) delegation’s Visit to Mirpur, AJK. A Pakistan Network for Rivers,...
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Uttarakhand Floods a “Man-Made Disaster”

Experts argue rampant development and poor disaster planning has exacerbated flood damage, as a massive rescue operation is under way...
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World Bank Pipeline Projects to Watch

Some proposed World Bank dam projects, and a selection of other proposed energy and water projects, excerpted from the World...
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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 entrepreneur. Photo by Nancy Wimmer In...
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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 River.Photo courtesy of Ritwick Dutta Read part I of my blog. Bhutan is highly dependent on India in many...
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Women Water Warriors

The movement to protect rivers and rights is full of amazing women. In our March 2011 World Rivers Review, we...
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Bhutan's Picture of Gross National Happiness Blurs

Samir in Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan. Photo courtesy of Ritwick Dutta Bhutan fires the imagination of an ideal mountain...
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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...