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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...
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...
World Bank’s Broken Promises to Displaced Communities Exposed
As ministers, business leaders, NGOs and policymakers descended on Washington last week for the World Bank’s semi-annual high-level meetings, the...
The World Bank and Dams Part 1: Lessons Not Learned
As it rejoins a worldwide dam boom, the World Bank claims that the major impacts that characterized its dam legacy are...
Status of hydropower dams in Bhutan
Note: This page was last updated in April 2015. Projects Commissioned Chukha HEP: The Chukha HydroElectric Project (HEP) is...
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...
Xiaonanhai – The Controversial Dam on the Yangtze that Will Not be Built
Yangtze River, International Rivers The Chinese government has valued a river more than a dam. In a recent decision –...
Friends of Nature Response to MEP’s Rejection of the Xiaonanhai Project
On 30 March 2015, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) released the Jinsha River Wudongde Hydropower Plant EIA Report Review...