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Uganda's Dams Leave Affected People Behind
From September 2013 World Rivers Review The government of Uganda has been on a dam-building binge for years now. While...
Ethiopia’s Biggest Dam Oversized, Experts Say
In May, Ethiopia diverted the Blue Nile to begin building its largest dam project to date, the 6,000 MW Grand...
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...
Energy Poverty: The Hidden Energy Crisis
From September 2013 World Rivers Review More than1.3 billion people – almost a quarter of humanity – have no electricity....
The World Bank's Big Dams: A River of Ruin
From September 2013 World Rivers Review In the past 65 years, the World Bank has funded some 600 dam projects...
Here We Go Again
From September 2013 World Rivers Review A dozen years after the World Bank-backed World Commission on Dams (WCD) issued what...
World Bank Returns to Big Dams
A 1990s Washington D.C. protest against the World Bank’s role funding Big Dams. From September 2013 World Rivers Review The...
Sex Trafficking Ringmaster Busted on Belo Monte
Construction continues at the Belo Monte Dam work sites, outside of the towns of Altamira and Vitória do Xingu. Police...
V Encuentro Latinoamericano De La REDLAR
Red de Afectados por Represas y En Defensa de los Ríos su Comunidades y el Agua Primer Llamada para comunidades...
The Struggle Over Riverbed Mining in India
This is a guest blog by Kanchi Kohli* Humans have always had a special relationship with rivers. They provide fresh...