Claude Arpi In October 2003, I wrote an article Diverting the Brahmaputra: a Declaration of War for Rediff.com. At the time, I was told that it was a cheap journalistic gimmick; there was no ‘scientific’ proof! My question then was: “What is the rationale for the project?” I had explained: “Two of the most acute [...]
Dams on the Brahmaputra
By admin in May 2nd 2010 No Comment »
Filed Under conflict, dams, fresh water, glacier, hydropower, irrigation, resettlement, rivers, social structures, water security, watershed, world water Tags: dams, headwaters, hydropower dams, rivers, The Arun River, The Brahmaputra River, The Indus River, The Irrawaddy River, The Karnali River, The Mekong River, The Salween River, The Sutlej River, The third pole, The Yangtze River, The Yellow River, tibetan plateau, water
Filed Under conflict, dams, fresh water, glacier, hydropower, irrigation, resettlement, rivers, social structures, water security, watershed, world water Tags: dams, headwaters, hydropower dams, rivers, The Arun River, The Brahmaputra River, The Indus River, The Irrawaddy River, The Karnali River, The Mekong River, The Salween River, The Sutlej River, The third pole, The Yangtze River, The Yellow River, tibetan plateau, water
Dams, rivers and stolen millions
By admin in March 6th 2010 No Comment »
Filed Under dams, fresh water, hydropower, irrigation, resettlement, rivers, social structures, water security Tags: 1970s, 1980s, congo river, debt crisis, Democratic Republic of Congo, hydropower dams, industrialisation, overruns
Filed Under dams, fresh water, hydropower, irrigation, resettlement, rivers, social structures, water security Tags: 1970s, 1980s, congo river, debt crisis, Democratic Republic of Congo, hydropower dams, industrialisation, overruns
By Peter Bosshard. Policy director of International Rivers. In a classic case of the resource curse, these projects are not promoting the country’s long-term development, but attracting short-term profiteers, conflict, and corruption. In the latest example for this trend, the World Bank has just reported huge delays and cost overruns for the rehabilitation of the [...]
Thousands Call for Regional Governments to Save the Mekong
By paulstewart in June 18th 2009 No Comment »
Filed Under Burma | Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, The Mekong River, collaboration, communications, conservation, fish, fresh water, health, hydropower, rivers, social structures, water security, world water Tags: dam building, environment and tourism, hydropower dams, international rivers, mekong region, mekong river, online petition, personal messages, public concern
Filed Under Burma | Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, The Mekong River, collaboration, communications, conservation, fish, fresh water, health, hydropower, rivers, social structures, water security, world water Tags: dam building, environment and tourism, hydropower dams, international rivers, mekong region, mekong river, online petition, personal messages, public concern
Press Release from Save the Mekong coalition. June 18, 2009 In a bold outpouring of public concern for Southeast Asia’s Mekong River, more than 16,000 people from within the six-country Mekong region and around the world have signed a “Save the Mekong” petition urging governments to abandon plans for hydropower development along the river’s mainstream. [...]
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