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Not-So-Muddy Waters Put Millions at Risk
More evidence that dams really are a dirty business The world could see an epidemic of “Hurricane Katrina” destruction from...
Mekong Mainstream Dam Threatens Food Security of Millions
From September 2009 World Rivers Review A growing body of evidence reveals that the first dam planned for the lower...
Key Issues to be Addressed Before Nam Theun 2 Commercial Operation
On September 8, 2009, International Rivers sent a letter to the World Bank (WB) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Executive...
Laos' Don Sahong Dam Could Affect Millions: Report
Open letter reveals widespread concern amongst scientific community An independent scientific report made public last week has revealed that the...
Mekong Mainstream Dams: Threatening Southeast Asia's Food Security
The Mekong is under threat. The governments of Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand are considering plans to build eleven big hydropower...
Proposed Lower Sesan 2 Dam, Cambodia Fails to Uphold Best Practice
Phnom Penh – Plans to construct a large hydropower dam near the confluence of the Sesan and Srepok rivers in...
Laos Dams: Powering the Future - Al Jazeera 101 East (part 2)
Poverty is high in the small south-east Asian country of Laos, with 40 per cent of children stunted from malnutrition....
Laos Dams: Powering the Future - Al Jazeera 101 East (part 1)
Poverty is high in the small south-east Asian country of Laos, with 40 per cent of children stunted from malnutrition....
Comments to BV Cert Regarding Xeset 2 Hydropower Project (Laos)
Current Status: At Validation (as of Jan 2010) International Rivers Comments on Xeset 2 Hydropower Project, Lao PDR Submitted to...
Human Costs of Planned Salween Mega-Dam in War-Torn Shan State
A new report released today provides a rare glimpse of communities struggling to survive amidst civil war and abuses in...