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Brazil’s PAC 2 Spells Environmental Disaster

The Brazilian government is planning the second phase of its PAC or Growth Acceleration Program. While Belo Monte Dam is...
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Wild River Dance Contest Extended

We have received emails from a few people who are planning epic Wild River Dances, and we really want them...
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Mphanda Nkuwa Dam to Apply for CDM Credits?

By Payal Parekh Southern African energy ministers are meeting later this week to discuss their regional renewable energy strategy, which...
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Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-Making

Download the WCD Final Report The World Commission on Dams issued this report, which contains a comprehensive review of dam...
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Ethiopia's Fear Factor: Silencing Dam and Political Critics

The Gibe 3 Dam and Ethiopia's coming elections have something powerful in common: the silencing of dissent at any cost....
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Along With Power, Questions Flow at Laos's New Dam

 By Richard Stone The start-up of one of Southeast Asia’s biggest hydropower dams haslaunched a new round of debate over...
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Indigenous Declaration After the Belo Monte Dam Auction

We, the indigenous people of the Xingú, do not want Belo Monte We, the indigenous people of the Xingú, are...
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Gallery MP Exhibit and Avatar Movie Poster Sale to Defend the Xingu

Our friends at Gallery MP in Toronto, Canada are selling movie posters (including a poster autographed by James Cameron, Sigourney...
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Amazon hydro plants among most polluting in the world

Letter to the Editor, Printed in The Financial Times Sir, You report that the alternative to building the massive Belo...
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Report on the Threat to Biodiversity and Ecosystems in La Amistad World Heritage Site by Dams

In this report the Biomonitoring Program of Anaii warns that dams might cause the extinction of multiple species and grave...