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Is the Grand Inga Too Big to Build?
On invitation by ESI Africa, International Rivers’ Africa Programme Director, Rudo Sanyanga, examines worldwide large-scale hydro power project and Africa’s...
Nepal Earthquake Tests Dam Safety
After the devastating Gorkha earthquake of April 25, which killed thousands and left many more homeless, details are slowly emerging...
Who Benefits From the Nile?
In a drama that involved threats, name-calling and finger-pointing, a new episode was recently inaugurated when the President of Egypt...
China Blocks Destructive Yangtze Dam
From April 2015 World Rivers Review China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection has blocked construction on a controversial megadam that would...
What Future For the World’s Rivers?
From April 2015 World Rivers Review By the mid-1980s, river activists in the US had achieved considerable success. Congress had...
The Challenges of Climate Change
From April 2015 World Rivers Review Climate change may be the most urgent global environmental issue of our time, bringing...
Questions to Nam Ngiep 1 Power Company
The following letter was sent to Nam Ngiep 1 Power Company raising questions about the delays in confirming compensation rates, identifying and...
Peru's Mega-Dam Projects Threaten Amazon River Source and Ecosystem Collapse
This article was originally posted on Mongabay. Peru is planning a series of huge hydroelectric dams on the 1,700-kilometer (1,056-mile)...
Climate Change Isn't the Only Problem
Last year the Jhelum River Basin received unprecedented rainfall in the Kashmir Valley. It was the wettest September in recorded...
Diminishing Returns from Large Hydropower Projects in India
This is a guest blog by Himanshu Thakker of SANDRP. As per the latest power generation figures released by the Central...