Auctioning-off rivers for private gain has severe social and environmental impacts. But there is a better way.
… The privatization of rivers in Chile Andrés Kogan Valderrama | 22nd January 2020 News Rivers Hydro Power Environmental Rights Rights … Editor’s Picks rio_maipo.jpg Auctioning-off rivers for private gain has severe social and …
A new 'State of the World's Rivers' database shows how the world's rivers have been impoverished by dams and their ecosystems devastated - and provides a valuable resource to help save river basins that remain in good health.
… Dams versus rivers - the global battle The Ecologist | 26th August 2014 News Water rivers-atlas.jpg A new 'State of the World's Rivers' database shows how the world's rivers …
Cities all over Britain are threaded by 'lost rivers' that have been hidden away in tunnels and culverts. Jenny Jones argues that it's time to restore them to a more natural state - improving habitats for wildlife and people, and reducing flood risk.
… New life for our lost urban rivers! Jenny Jones | 24th March 2014 Comment … Cities all over Britain are threaded by 'lost rivers' that have been hidden away in tunnels … breached the weaknesses in our coastal and river defences causing widespread disruption …
Large scale salmon deaths are imminent on the Klamath River and its tributaries in northern California due to low flows and high temperatures. Native American tribes are protesting in the state capital as federal agencies illegally prioritize water for large scale agribusiness over fish and indigenous people.
… Fish before agribusiness! California river tribes demand water Oliver Tickell | … salmon deaths are imminent on the Klamath River and its tributaries in northern … and supporters from the Trinity and Klamath Rivers are protesting this week at the Bureau …
The Amazon forest both depends on, and sustains, vast 'flying rivers' that carry humid air and clouds deep into the continental interior, writes Jan Rocha. But scientists fear the flying rivers are failing due to deforestation, fire and climate change.
… Drought bites as the Amazon's 'flying rivers' fail Jan Rocha | 20th September 2014 … Forests Water Farming Science amazon-flying-river-cut.jpg The Amazon forest both depends on, and sustains, vast 'flying rivers' that carry humid air and clouds deep …
Humans are to blame for the drastic declines in river dolphin populations around the world, writes Rachel Nuwer. But what exactly are we doing wrong? Mainly, scientists have found, it's building dams - and so destroying and fragmenting their habitat.
… are to blame for the drastic declines in river dolphin populations around the world, … exist outside of salty waters. They are the river dolphins, comprised of several species … Ganges, Brahmaputra , Mekong and Irrawaddy rivers in Asia, as well as South America's …
In California, water no longer runs to the sea - it runs towards money, writes Will Parrish. Most of the state's water is already controlled by agribusiness elites. Now, backed by politicians, they are planning to grab the little that's left, leaving nature and indigenous communities high and dry.
… Stealing the Sacramento River - California agro-barons' last huge … th century. The Hoover Dam (on the Colorado River), which began operation in 1936, was the … With regard to the world's biggest concrete river plugs, Shasta Dam (upper Sacramento …
Hormone-disrupting pollutants in the urban rivers of South Wales are having adverse effects on the health and development of wild birds such as dippers, writes Steve Ormerod. Could this humble bird be the 'new canary' for environmental toxins?
… - our canary in the coal mine for polluted rivers Steve Ormerod | 21st May 2014 Comment … Hormone-disrupting pollutants in the urban rivers of South Wales are having adverse … the chicks of dippers feeding along urban rivers have depressed thyroid hormone activity …
'By bringing back the beaver, and allowing our rivers to freestyle through the landscape, we could revive these incredible ecosystems.'
… | 20th January 2020 News Beavers Resiling Rivers Water Marine Life Biodiversity Change … bringing back the beaver, and allowing our rivers to freestyle through the landscape, we could revive these incredible ecosystems.' Rivers are interesting things. They flow …
Canada's biggest infrastructure project is planned for Peace Valley, BC - a gigantic $7.9 billion dam that would flood 83 kilometres of the Peace River - all to produce electricity that no one needs. But a coalition of farmers, ranchers and First Nations is determined to block it ...
… that would flood 83 kilometres of the Peace River - all to produce electricity that no one … just west of Fort St. John and a magnificent river valley opens up before me. At the bottom … can see along the banks of the mighty Peace River. This is the same valley explorer …
The Thames in London, UK, has a higher density of microplastics than several other major European rivers.
… than several other major European rivers. An estimated 94,000 microplastics flow down some sections of the River Thames in London every second, according … than several other major European rivers, including the Rhine in Germany and the …
A 'slow genocide' is unfolding in Ethiopia - one driven by greed rather than hatred. With Chinese and World Bank finance, massive dams and plantations are robbing the Omo Valley's 500,000 indigenous people of their land and water. The UK 'sees no evil'.
… to Human Rights Watch and International Rivers, virtually all of the traditional lands … the vast majority of the water in the Omo River basin, potentially devastating the … July 2012 that diverted the waters of the Omo River into the sugar plantations. Water …
With the growing trend for natural swimming in cities new opportunities are opening for architects and designers to create dramatic, inspiring, enjoyable new public spaces in urban waterways, writes Jane Withers. And it's the subject of a new exhibition at London's Roca London Gallery ...
… Roca London Gallery ... Cities grew up around rivers for many good practical reasons - … access to fresh water - and historically rivers have been at the heart of urban leisure … yet the current crop of schemes for natural river and harbour baths are evidence that …
A family of wild of beavers has established on an English river for the first time since Henry VIII. But now the Government has decided to trap them and consign them to captivity in a zoo or wildlife centre. Defenders of wilderness are now demanding: keep our wild beavers free!
… Natural World Flooding UK Beavers Water river-otter-beavers.jpg A family of wild of beavers has established on an English river for the first time since Henry VIII. But … that riparian trees along a stretch of the River Otter had been felled and vegetation had …
Conservationists welcome 'groundbreaking decision' by government to allow the beavers to remain on the River Otter.
… to allow the beavers to remain on the River Otter. England's first wild breeding … the permanent right to stay in their Devon river home. Conservationists have welcomed the … up to 15 family groups, to remain on the River Otter where they have been living wild …
On January 9 thousands of gallons of a toxic chemical used to produce “clean coal”, spilled into Elk River, leaving 300,000 with no water supply. Trish Kahle asks - how could this happen?
… They poisoned the river for a 'clean coal' lie Trish Kahle | … to produce “clean coal”, spilled into Elk River, leaving 300,000 with no water supply. … plants. The chemical spilled into the Elk River from a 48,000-gallon tank owned by …
Two pairs of beavers put into enclosures on Holnicote Estate in Exmoor, Somerset, as part of the "Riverlands" project to restore the river catchment.
… With Nature Rewilding Beavers beavers_on_river_otter_2_dave_land-cut.jpg Two pairs of … Estate in Exmoor, Somerset, as part of the "Riverlands" project to restore the river catchment. Beavers have been settling in …
The migrations of wild salmon over thousands of kilometres are an enduring mystery, writes Chris Todd - as are the reasons for a steep and alarming decline in salmon weight, fat and overall condition.
… perhaps only 20g, can leave a Scottish river in springtime, undertake a sojourn of … between one and four years later to their rivers to spawn. This is for good reason. A … and quality of salmon returning to Scottish rivers over the past 50 years. This variation …
America's expanding oil production threatens the pristine Pacific Northwest region of the country with a rash of new oil terminals along the coast, writes Valerie Brown, and hugely expanded traffic of freight trains loaded with hundreds of cars of crude oil heading for California refineries.
… Washington, just across the Columbia River from Portland. Unique ecosystem at risk … such terminal in the region. The Columbia River is the lifeblood of the Pacific … coal trains must pass through the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area , a protected …
Beavers are essential to thriving wetland ecosystems, writes Jo Cartmell, and will help not hinder flood control in densely populated England. We should all welcome their return.
… 2014 Comment Natural World Flooding UK Rivers beaver-scotland.png Beavers are … nature reserve and set up a territory on the River Thames in Oxfordshire. It remained there … beaver had happily lived on a main, canalised river and had been no problem whatsoever for …
The Aral Sea is a well known environmental disaster zone. But this year, it got a whole worse, writes Anson Mackay, as its biggest basin dried up completely to expose a toxic, salty wasteland. With continuing irrigation and declining river flows due to climate change, the desert is only set to expand.
… With continuing irrigation and declining river flows due to climate change, the desert … more people than ever rely on irrigation from rivers that should instead flow into the sea, … amount of water being replenishing through rivers flowing in. It is terminal because …
A report by Alberta's energy regulator links emissions from tar sands oil production with serious health impacts in the Peace River region that have forced families to flee their homes, reports Carol Linnitt. The findings reveal 'a huge information gap'.
… with serious health impacts in the Peace River region that have forced families to flee … forced to evacuate their homes in Peace River, Alberta due to toxic fumes from bitumen … hot plumes Tar sands deposits in the Peace River region are extracted using a relatively …
São Paulo, South America's biggest city, is suffering its worst drought in over a century, writes Jan Rocha, with rivers and reservoirs running dry. But the state's politicians are seeking re-election. And for them, it's as if nothing is happening - never mind that water and power cuts affecting millions are looking inevitable.
… in over a century, writes Jan Rocha, with rivers and reservoirs running dry. But the … to ration, or even conserve, water. Mighty rivers are running dry Brazil is blessed not … but also with dozens of other lengthy, broad rivers - once the highways for trade and …
Beavers reintroduced to Britain 400 years after being hunted to extinction will help fight climate impacts.
… A trial of beavers living wild on an English river for the first time in centuries shows … As the five-year trial of the beavers on the River Otter in Devon and its catchment draws … had been living wild on the south Devon river for up to a decade when the trial began …