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Buyers shun Ecuador’s megadam carbon credits

http://www.environmental-finance.com/news/view/1897 Sinohydro is the main contractor for the Coca Codo hydro project; China Exim Bank is providing 85% of the...
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Illegal Construction on the Xayaburi Dam Forges Ahead

For immediate release Lao PDR Unilaterally Moves Forward In Spite of Commitments to Temporarily Suspend the Project Bangkok, Thailand: A...
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Report from the Field: A Visit to the Xayaburi Dam Site

This is a guest blog by a researcher who visited the Xayaburi Dam site and whose name must remain anonymous...
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Experts Say Mekong Hydropower Dams Disastrous

Originally published in The Saigon Times CAN THO – Local experts yesterday raised their concerns about the construction of 12...
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China Approves Sinohydro $2.5 Billion IPO Plan

Originally published by Thomson Reuters SHANGHAI, July 29 (Reuters) – China’s securities regulator on Friday approved a plan by Sinohydro...
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Peruvian Declaration of National and International Organizations Affected by Hydroelectric Projects

The civil society organizations of Cajamarca, Cusco, Junin, Madre de Dios and Puno, as well as representatives from Brazil and...
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UN Body Calls for Suspension of Gibe III Dam to Protect World Heritage

Places like the Grand Canyon, Taj Mahal and Great Wall of China are of such outstanding cultural or natural value...
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Citizens Concern for Dams and Development Comments Regarding Khuitam HEP (India)

Submission of the Citizens Concern for Dams and Development to Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Ltd. in Response to Call for...
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Perseverance to Protect Wild Areas Pays Off at UN Meeting

During this year’s UNESCO World Heritage meeting, the World Heritage Committee issued some of the strongest language yet to countries...
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UNESCO World Heritage Committee: "Expresses Concern" and Calls for a Halt to Huay Samong Dam

In its 2011 annual meeting, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee requested Thailand to halt all construction on the Huay Samong...