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Dam Standards: A Rights-Based Approach
In many countries, the most applicable means of protection for people affected by dams are national and local laws. But...
Congo River: Death by a Thousand Cuts?
A briefing paper by International Rivers finds that the Environmental Impact Assessment of the World Bank’s proposed Inga 3 Dam ...
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Fact Sheet
Rendering of GERD Ethiopia is building one of the largest dams in the world, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD),...
Corruption and Infrastructure Megaprojects in the DR Congo
Report details corruption in DRC, potential for marring Inga dam developments The Inga II DamPhoto by Rudo Sanyanga The DRC...
Indigenous Communities Take Charge with Dam Blockades in Borneo
From December 2013 World Rivers Review Anti-dam protests in the Malaysian state of Sarawak in Borneo continue to heat up...
An Introduction to Integrated Resources Planning
Integrated Resources Planning (IRP) is a public process in which planners work together with other interested parties to identify and...
Civil Society Guide to Healthy Rivers and Climate Resilience
Healthy, flowing rivers are the lifelines of our planet. They provide people with water, food, medicines, building materials, land-replenishing silts,...
Dam Planning Under the Spotlight in India
In the past decade, the central and state governments of India threw caution to the wind when approving hundreds of...
Independent Expert Review of the Myitsone Dam EIA
A survey of the “Environmental Impact Report of Hydropower Development in the Upper Reaches of the Ayeyawady River” has found...
New Large Dams in Amazon Could Lead to Ecosystem Collapse
From September 2013 World Rivers Review The Amazon Basin is being transformed into a global economic frontier by intense global...