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Tipping the Scales on Hydropower and Climate Change
In weighing the costs and benefits of large-dam hydropower within the context of climate change, how do the scales add...
New Online Map Plots 140 Large Dams Planned for the Amazon
“Dam rush” would Devastate Amazon Ecosystems and People An interactive online database and map launched today graphically illustrates the impacts...
Conservation Strategy Fund Report: Risk Scenarios and Environmental Issues around the Belo Monte Dam
ABSTRACT: The Amazon region is the final frontier and central focus of Brazilian hydro development, which raises a range of...
Historic Indigenous Summit Calls for Halting Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam
Hundreds Converge on the Xingu River in Altamira to Highlight Threats from Mega-infrastructure Projects in the Amazon Altamira, Brazil –...
Mekong and Salween Communities Rally: "Save Our Rivers"
Community Forum in Chiang Khong, Thailand Over 200 Thai and Burmese community and civil society representatives rallied together at a...
Environmental Impact Studies on Dams Count for Little in Amazon
ALTAMIRA, Brazil, Aug 10 (IPS) – "It's a fait accompli," acknowledges André Villas-Boas, head of the independent SocioEnvironmental Institute (ISA),...
Western States Lead the Way (Without Compromising the Planet)
I recently returned from a long-awaited trip to Zion and Bryce canyons in Utah, two geologically fabulous places carved largely...
La Batalla por las Represas en la Patagonia
Hidroeléctricas frente a ambientalistas POR CLAUDIO PIZARRO Publicado en The Clinic, 5 Agosto, 2010 Las aguas en la Patagonia están...
Proteccion de Rios y Derechos: Recomendaciones de la Comision Mundia de Represas - Diez Anhos Despues
Diez anhos despues de la publicacion del Informe de la Comision Mundial de Represas. Esta guía informativa se centra en...
Information prepared by SPDA on dams in the Peruvian Amazon
Why does Peru want to give away its hidroenergy potential in the Amazon to Brazil? Information on dams proposed in...