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Press Release | Riverscope: A New Geospatial Tool To Assess the True Costs and Financial Risks of Hydropower
For immediate release OXFORD, UK and OAKLAND, US, August 25, 2021—A new geospatial assessment tool for hydropower, Riverscope, launched today....
Factsheet | The Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy Dam Disaster: Situation Update Two Years On
Two years after the tragic collapse of the Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy hydropower project in Laos, construction is complete and the...
Online Event | Two Years After Lao Dam Collapse: Call for Justice Persists
ONLINE EVENT | Two Years After the Lao Dam Collapse: The Call for Justice Persists Event: Online webinar and panel discussionDate: Thursday 30 July, 2020Time: 7:00-8:30pm...
Press Release | Two Years After Lao Dam Collapse, Call for Justice Persists
Temporary camp for communities displaced by the dam collapse, Nov 2019Photo credit: Mekong Watch FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bangkok, July 23,...
PRESS RELEASE | South Africa and DRC plan to press ahead with Inga 3 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Democratic Republic of Congo has just concluded a week-long conference on the beleaguered Grand Inga Dam...
A tribute to Ajaan Kraisak Choonhavan, a champion for the Mekong and Salween Rivers
Senator Kraisak playing music (2015)International Rivers Last week we lost a champion for the Mekong and Salween Rivers, Kraisak Choonhavan,...
Large Dams and Big Flu
The White Bellied Heron is a critically endangered IUCN red-listed species with only 200 left in the world. Two dam...
PR | Policy Brief: Eight Organisations alert the OECD on serious weaknesses in Brazil’s Responsible Business Conduct policies
2019 dam disaster at Brumadinho, in Brazil.Photo : Guilherme Venaglia In 2020 the OECD Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct...
PR | Expert report: Proposed gold mine in Brazilian Amazon presents unacceptable risk
Hydrogeologist recommends that Canadian company Belo Sun’s license be revoked. (Altamira, Brazil, June 17, 2020) An expert study released today...
Save the Mekong Statement l The Mekong needs just energy transitions, not more destructive dams
On 11 May, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) announced that the proposed Sanakham hydropower project in Laos will undergo the...