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World Heritage Committee Fails to Protect Lake Turkana
Lake Turkana fisherman. Photo: International Rivers Over a dozen World Heritage Sites threatened by planned or existing dams were reviewed...
World Heritage Committee Decisions in 2012
Fishing boat by Lake Turkana Below are summaries of all the decisions made on dam-threatened World Heritage Sites that were...
New Wave of Three Gorges-Sized Dams Raise Old Fears
The Jinsha River flows through the Three Parallel Rivers World Heritage Site. Photo: Joani Carpenter As the last of the...
Event and Engagement Intern – Summer 2012
International Rivers protects rivers and defends the rights of communities that depend on them. We work to stop destructive dams...
Thank You for Helping to Protect World Heritage Rivers
Thanks to everyone who voted in our World Heritage photo contest and took action earlier this month. Not only do...
NGO Letter to the World Heritage Centre and Committee Members
Mr. Kishore Rao Director World Heritage Centre 7, Place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris France June 18, 2012 Subject: Dam Construction...
Keeping the Conservation Promise
Dassanach elder in the Omo Valley World Heritage Site. Photo by Jane Baldwin, http://www.janebaldwin.com What started as an international effort...
Civil Society Letter to the Brazilian Designated National Authority
Mr. Sanderson Alberto Medeiros LeitãoGlobal Climate Changes Division Head Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Esplanada dos Ministérios,Bloco E –...
Response from the World Heritage Centre
After receiving over 200 letters from concerned citizens regarding the threat that the global dam building boom poses to World...
Tropical Dams Dispel Clean Energy Myth
Dead trees in the Petit Saut reservoir, French Guiana Tropical reservoirs are a “methane factory, continuously removing carbon from the...