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NGO Letter to the World Heritage Centre and Committee Members
Mr. Kishore Rao Director World Heritage Centre 7, Place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris France June 18, 2012 Subject: Dam Construction...
Letting the Xingu Run Freely
Early this morning, hundreds of people began an occupation of the Belo Monte Dam site near Altamira, Brazil, in the...
Keeping the Conservation Promise
Dassanach elder in the Omo Valley World Heritage Site. Photo by Jane Baldwin, http://www.janebaldwin.com What started as an international effort...
Towards Restoring Flows into the Earth’s Arteries
A Primer on Environmental Flows “We have been taking all the flows from our rivers. Dams have regulated and fragmented...
Response from the World Heritage Centre
After receiving over 200 letters from concerned citizens regarding the threat that the global dam building boom poses to World...
Turkish Dam Boom Threatens Anatolian Rivers
From June 2012 World Rivers Review In recent years, dam building in Turkey has increased by leaps and bounds. River...
Our Rivers Feed Millions
From June 2012 World Rivers Review River systems support the Earth’s highest biological diversity – and the most intense human...
Putting Rivers on the Agenda in Rio
Commentary: June 2012 World Rivers Review In the preparations for the twentieth anniversary conference of the Earth Summit, the word...
How Renewable Energy Solutions Reduce Poverty Around the World
Family-size hydropower project in Southern India. Ashden Awards Renewable energy solutions are not only good for the environment. If done...
Highlighting Rivers at Rio+20
In the preparations for the twentieth anniversary conference of the Earth Summit (aka Rio+20), the word “Rio” flows from everyone’s...