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Watered Down: How do big hydropower companies adhere to social and environmental policies and best practices?
Healthy rivers are critical in sustaining communities and ecosystems. Yet our rivers around the world are under threat. As many...
Chinese media is misleading the public on the impacts of hydro in Laos
Last month, the New York Times ran a piece of propaganda and misinformation masquerading as news. The piece was entitled...
Chinese provincial governments along the Yangtze River unite to stop the “disorderly” development of small hydropower plants
Construction along the Chishui River, a major tributary of the Yangtze (February 2018) Chinese provincial governments are reflecting top leadership...
China Commits to Protecting the Yangtze River
After decades of rapid development, China commits to protecting the Yangtze Notes from a February 2018 field trip Headwaters of...
Reflections on Chinese Companies’ Global Investments in the Hydropower Sector Between 2006-2017
Nam Ou 7 dam in Laos, under construction (November 2017). Stephanie JC. Introduction The Chinese government has prioritized the...
Health and Happiness for China’s Rivers in 2017
Stephanie Jensen-Cormier on an abandoned barge that had been used to explore the best spots to build large dams on...
"Our Father River": Update from China's Nu River
Little girl from Nu minority at a Tibetan river ritual. Stephanie Jensen-Cormier Though the Nu River, the last free-flowing river...
The Nu River: China’s Biodiversity Epicenter
The Nu River, October 2015. Li Xiao Long What comes to mind when you think of the words “China” and...
Working Together for a Benchmark Report | International Water Power & Dam Construction
This article originally appeared in International Water Power & Dam Construction in November 2015. Click here to see the print...