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Climate hotspot: sea level rise threatens millions in Mekong Delta rice belt
Ecologist
20th January, 2012
Some 60 million people depend on the Mekong River for their livelihoods but sea level rise and severe weather puts the area at risk, as Gratianne Quade's unique film shows more...
Belo Monte dam marks a troubling new era in Brazil's attitude to its rainforest
Karen Hoffmann
15th August, 2011
Belo Monte is just one of a dozen giant dam projects Brazil plans to build in the Amazon region in the coming decades and opens up the world's largest tropical rainforest to oil and mining exploration more...
Brazilian judge blocks plans for construction of Belo Monte dam
Amy Fallon, the guardian
28th February, 2011
Project to build world's third-largest hydroelectric plant is suspended after failing to meet environmental requirements more...
Last refuge of rare fish threatened by Yangtze dam plans
Jonathan Watts, guardian asia environment correspondent
18th January, 2011
Developers of hydroelectric plant have redrawn the boundaries of a crucial freshwater reserve for rare and economically important species more...
Rapid growth in Amazon dams brought home by online map
Ecologist
25th August, 2010
New website details more than 140 planned or operating hydropower projects in the Amazon basin more...
Global rise in hydroelectric dams threatens tribal peoples
Ecologist
10th August, 2010
A new wave of hydropower projects is under way in the quest for clean renewable energy but tribal and indigenous peoples continue to be ignored by those pushing through the plans more...
Hydropower TV: learn from the water power pioneers
Kate Herbert
22nd September, 2009
Okay so not much happens most of the time... but for anyone interested in building a hydro-electric turbine these live images of a micro-hydropower project construction in Cumbria make compelling viewing more...
People Power
Jeremy Smith
1st June, 2004
The community of Machynlleth has gone beyond just investing in someone else’s wind turbine. They’ve clubbed together and planned, built and paid for one of their own. more...
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