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Reflections on Chinese Companies’ Global Investments in the Hydropower Sector Between 2006-2017

Nam Ou 7 dam in Laos, under construction (November 2017)Stephanie JC   Introduction The Chinese government has prioritized the hydropower...
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Iran Cancels 50 Planned Dams

Drought in KhuzestanRadio Farda Iranian news is reporting that the country’s Ministry of Energy has canceled 50 planned dams, due to...
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Honduras: COPINH Members Face More Intimidation

As Honduras remains in suspended animation in the wake of a contested presidential election, the military is continuing to intimidate...
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"We Will Fight Until We Die, We Will Not Leave" - Dams and Environmental Rights in the Mekong | Human Rights Defender

The rivers of Southeast Asia are increasingly threatened by the construction of cascades of large dams, which will irreversibly alter...
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Working Transboundary: Building Resilience and Democratizing Governance in the Brahmaputra Basin

The Brahmaputra River has repeatedly been the centre ground of diplomatic hostility between China, India and Bangladesh. With no transboundary...
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The Zambezi River, Drained Bone Dry

Where Mongu and the Zambezi floodplain meet – 25 kilometers from the river’s main channel. Photo Peace Corps. “Rather than...
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No Price to the Human Rights Violations

Delegates attenting the 4th ACCA General Assembly held in Pretoria, South Africa recently   While the landscape in the extractive industry...
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2016 Annual Report: Our Impact

In 2016, our campaigners worked tirelessly to protect rivers and river communities, and we met with striking success. In Chile,...
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Save River Dolphins on #GivingTuesday

Our rivers – many now dammed, polluted, and diverted – are in critical need of our protection and support. Today on...
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From Friends to Strangers: The Decline of the Irrawaddy Dolphin | Mongabay

This article originally appeared in Mongabay. The Irrawaddy dolphin.Stefan Brending (2eight) via Wikimedia Commons Now critically endangered, the last of...