International Rivers and AmazonWatch The Kayapo Continue Blockades of Amazon Highway for the 28th Straight Day in Protest of the Belo Monte Dam Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples Vow to Block Dam Construction or “Die Fighting for our Rights” Piaraçu, Xingu National Park, Brazil – A group of Kayapo indigenous people led by Chief Megaron Txukarramãe have [...]
Tibet’s Rivers Strangled by Dams
By James Burke for The Epoch Times BANGKOK—Canadian documentary maker Michael Buckley’s undercover bid to investigate the Tibet-China railway line was sidetracked when he discovered Tibet’s river systems were being strangled by large scale dam construction. “I have been back and forth to Tibet a number of times and I never noticed the dams were [...]
Gold Mining Precedes Irrawaddy River Dam Construction In Burma
From Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources It’s a triple whammy that is currently being visited upon communities in the Irrawaddy region of Burma. Not only is a contentious dam to be constructed on the Irrawaddy River, necessitating the forced removal of local villagers. The regime is also handing out permits to Chinese and other companies [...]
Dam projects suspended over eco-concerns
By Li Jing for China Daily The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) Thursday suspended approval for hydropower projects along the middle reaches of Jinsha River, after finding that two dams had been illegally constructed on it. The Ludila hydropower project by Huadian Power, and the Longkaikou project by Huaneng Power, both located in Lijiang, Yunnan [...]
China says planning more dams on troubled Yangtze
From AFP in Beijing. 21 April 2009 China will build at least 20 more reservoirs or hydroelectric projects in the Yangtze river system by 2020 despite growing concerns over dam construction there. A proliferation of dams in the Yangtze drainage basin has drawn heavy criticism from domestic and overseas experts who have warned of a [...]
