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New rush to dam Mekong alarms environmentalists
AFP [27.3.08] The Mekong River in southern Vietnam, the world’s 12th largest waterway crossing six countries, may soon be tamed...
Chinese dams threaten Cambodia's forests, farmers
CHAY ARENG RIVER, Cambodia (Reuters) – Along the Chay Areng valley in Cambodia’s remote Cardamom mountains, children still scamper barefoot...
Fish Ladders in the Tropics: A Trip to Nowhere
March 2008 World Rivers Review New studies confirm that fish ladders at dams in the tropics fail to meet their...
Hydropower On the Nu: One River, Many Perspectives
A cascade of proposed hydroelectric projects on one of Asia's longest undammed rivers has caused great controversy in southwest China....
Farewell, Seven Falls
25 years ago, in October 1982, the planet´s greatest waterfall was drowned, a victim of the filling of Itaipu Reservoir...
Patagonia in Peril
Patagonia is the southernmost triangle of South America, straddling Argentina and Chile, one of the last wildernesses to be conquered...
Patagonia Under Threat
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/mar/14/patagonia.dam?page=all
Exploring the Pascua - Part I
Before it reaches a fjord that links it with the Pacific Ocean, the Pascua River, in Chilean Patagonia, races for...
Help Save Patagonia’s Rivers! International Day of Action for Rivers, March 13
Two of Chile’s most spectacular rivers – the Baker and Pascua – are threatened by plans to build five large...
Exploring the Pascua - Part II
Part I The next day we all crossed the Quiroz. Halfway through our crossing, a yellow helicopter slowly approached and...