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Congo’s Energy Divide Factsheet
HYDROPOWER FOR MINES AND EXPORT, NOT THE POOR The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been ‘rebuilding’ its power grid...
The Lower Mekong Dams: A Transboundary Water Crisis
Updated Factsheet The governments of Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam are planning to build eleven large hydropower dams on the...
Factsheet: Pöyry's Role in the Xayaburi Dam Controversy
Finnish engineering company Pöyry has become embroiled in a high profile water dispute between four governments in Southeast Asia. The...
Sarawak Energy Publishes “Facts” About the Murum Dam
In October 2012, Sarawak Energy distributed a factsheet on the Murum Dam in response to public criticism about ongoing human...
The Salween River Basin
Dam Cascades Threaten Biological and Cultural Diversity From its headwaters in the Tibetan Plateau to its estuary in Burma, the...
The Salween River Basin Fact Sheet
Dam Cascades Threaten Biological and Cultural Diversity From its headwaters in the Tibetan Plateau to its estuary in Burma, the...
China's Three Gorges Dam: A Model of the Past
Updated fact sheet The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is the world’s largest and most controversial hydropower project....
Wrong Climate for Big Dams
Destroying Rivers Will Worsen Climate Crisis Read the full fact sheet: (English)(Spanish)(Portuguese)(Chinese)(Hindi)(Bangla)(German)(Urdu)(Russian) Proponents of large dams, hoping to capitalize on...
Patagonia's Rivers at Risk
Patagonia is a region of mystery and striking diversity, one of the precious few places on the planet where the...
Greenwashing Dams
A dam industry effort threatens to greenwash dams and undermine the recommendations of the World Commission on Dams (WCD). The...