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APEX Express with Medha Patkar
Medha Patkar speaks on KPFA. Recorded at the house of Patrick McCully, Executive Director of International Rivers. From the description,...
Damming Shangrila: Dam Building and Security in the Himalayas
Join well-known journalist Isabel Hilton at the University of San Francisco for discussion and analysis of dam building in the...
Indian Environment Minister Confronts Activists Over Dams in the Northeast
Guest blog by Samir Mehta, South Asia Program Director Recently I had an exciting opportunity to be part of a...
Indian NGOs Urge China and India to Protect Himalayan Rivers
A group of 51 NGOs from northeast India are calling for a halt to build numerous dams on the Yarlung...
Interview: Climate Change, Rivers and Dams – We're in Hot Water
From September 2010 World Rivers Review Rivers are the planet’s lifelines, but the double threat of human interventions combined with...
A Flood of Dam Safety Problems
From September 2010 World Rivers Review The catastrophic flooding in Pakistan provides a terrifying warning of how global warming is...
Victory! India Scraps Large Hydropower Project on the Ganges
For the third year in a row, one of India's most eminent scientists, Professor AD Agarwal, has carried out a...
Global Lessons from the Pakistan Flood Catastrophe
There are three vital global lessons to learn from the ongoing flood catastrophe in Pakistan. First, the rise in the...
Indus River Flood: The Fate of Squatter Settlements & Adjacent Villages
Only a few days ago, in the wake of the severe deluge upstream of Kotri Barrage, children swimming and women...
Understanding the Flood Disaster at Taunsa Barrage
Rivers [said 6th century BC Taoist engineer Chia Jang] were like the mouths of infants – if one tried to...