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Thailand
How to satisfy Thailand’s growing demand for power without ruining the environment, disrupting communities or causing political tensions with neighboring...
Yacyretá Dam
Yacyretá Dam on the Paraná River has been under construction since 1979. A battle has raged to increase the height...
Xingu River
The Xingu River flows from the tropical savanna of central Mato Grosso, Brazil northward to the Amazon for 1,979 km...
Mexico
Twenty large dams have already been built on Mexico’s rivers. Mexico boasts the highest dam in the Americas and the...
Madeira River
The Madeira River is the Amazon’s largest and most important tributary. Spanning about a quarter of the Brazilian Amazon, the...
La Parota Dam
UPDATE – La Parota Dam was officially cancelled on August 16, 2012. In 2003, the Mexican Federal Electricity Commission proposed...
Paraguay-Paraná Hidrovia
The hidrovia is a plan by the five countries of the La Plata Basin to convert the Paraguay and Paraná...
Dam Removal
Featured Project Restoring the Klamath: What we’re learning from the largest dam removal project in history After decades of controversy...
Water and Energy Solutions
There are often better, cheaper, less-destructive alternatives to building a large dam, whether to meet energy or water needs, or...
Carbon Credits
International Rivers began monitoring the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism in 2002. Since then, while carbon offsets have become increasingly...