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Rainwater Harvesting Pioneer Wins International Water Prize
Rajendra Singh. Wikimedia commons Today, Sweden’s King Carl Gustav presents the highly reputed Stockholm Water Prize to rainwater harvesting pioneer Rajendra Singh....
Why We Celebrate Rivers
Areng River, Remote River Home to the Siamese Crocodile. Photo courtesy of Luke Duggleby. May not be reproduced withouth permisison....
Twelve Dams That Changed the World
The iconic Hoover Dam. Wikimedia commons Dams illustrate the brilliance and arrogance of human ingenuity. They generate one sixth of...
China’s Global Dam Builder at a Crossroads
Protest against the Stung Cheay Areng Dam in Cambodia, which would flood protected indigenous lands. Kalyanee Mam Since the turn...
US Congress Sets Strict Limits on Global Dam Funding
The World Bank-funded Sardar Sarovar Dam in India. Wikimedia commons Against all evidence of environmental destruction, widespread impoverishment and cost...
The Hidden Hand Behind "Natural" Disasters
Floods and droughts in many parts of the world are getting ever more frequent and intense. Scientists have long warned...
Take Action for Illegally Detained Dam Fighter in Sudan
Kober prison (Radio Dabanga) On September 23, 2014, Sudanese security forces detained Mr. Rashid Sheikh Eldin Abash, a peaceful Nubian...
A Health Check-up for Our Environment - Ignored at Our Own Risk
Chinese river dolphins. baijidolphin.weebly.com In the 1950s, thousands of Baiji river dolphins plied the waters of the Yangtze, Asia’s mightiest...
Government Audit Finds Hydropower Aid Doesn’t Benefit the Poor
Protest against the Allain Duhangan Dam, a project funded with Norwegian aid. SANDRP No other industrialized country relies on hydropower...
Life-Giving Deltas Starved by Dams
The Indus Delta – here at Keti Bandar – is being eroded by the sea. Emily Woodhouse The deltas of...