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It can be done! – Building better dams in the Andean Amazon

Anjali Kumar, Liz Kimbrough 18 Jun 2015

Tapajós and other Amazon dams not sustainable development say reports

Mike Gaworecki 11 Jun 2015

151 dams could be catastrophic to Amazon ecological connectivity

Anjali Kumar, Liz Kimbrough 10 Jun 2015

Proposed Andean headwater dams an ecological calamity for Amazon Basin

Anjali Kumar, Liz Kimbrough 4 Jun 2015

Cajamarca: Let them Eat Gold

Veronica Goyzueta 3 Jun 2015

‘Green’ hydropower dam fuels charges of gross human rights violations

Shreya Dasgupta 27 May 2015

Mining and Energy Contracts under Investigation as Corruption Scandals Rock Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe 22 May 2015

Peru eyes the Amazon for one of world’s most powerful dams

David Hill 18 May 2015

Brazilian firm’s mega-dam plans in Peru spark major social conflict

David Hill 11 May 2015

Activist deported from Cambodia continues fighting dam from abroad

Rod Harbinson 6 May 2015

Giant Amazonian catfish threatened by dams

Sandhya Sekar 1 May 2015

Peru’s mega-dam projects threaten Amazon River source and ecosystem collapse

David Hill 28 Apr 2015

Dam proposals for Salween River threaten tentative ceasefire between Myanmar government and minority groups

Mike Gaworecki 21 Apr 2015

Featured video: ‘A river in dispute’ documentary explores how a planned dam in the Amazon is affecting traditional communities

Agência Pública 15 Apr 2015

Kaiduan dam in Borneo meets fierce opposition

Mike Gaworecki 6 Apr 2015

Here comes progress: what will planned megaprojects mean for an Amazon city?

Bruno Fonseca 31 Mar 2015

Nobody listened to them: fishing communities to be displaced by dams want a say in their future

Ana Aranha, Jessica Mota 30 Mar 2015

Cambodia deports activist leader…then suspends controversial dam

Jeremy Hance 25 Feb 2015

Are small-scale hydro projects always greener?

Niren Jain 23 Feb 2015

Dams or indigenous land: the battle over the Munduruku frontier

Ana Aranha 20 Feb 2015

Exclusive: Funai confirms that land threatened by dam projects belongs to indigenous tribe

Ana Aranha 19 Feb 2015

Company run Sarawak governor has amassed $1.4B in state infrastructure contracts

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2015

New bat species has fangs you won’t believe

Jeremy Hance 8 Jan 2015

Rainforests: 10 things to watch in 2015

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jan 2015

How a frog with a strange name is helping improve conservation in Brazil

Jose Hong 23 Dec 2014

False victories for sustainability – Amazonian Hydropower

Jose Hong 9 Dec 2014

Groups call on world leaders to stop incentives for big dams

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Dec 2014

Old fishermen document declining range of the Indus River dolphin

Rex Sanders 3 Dec 2014

New laws may turn Brazil’s forests into mines

Morgan Erickson-Davis 7 Nov 2014

Brazilian tribes demarcate territory in bid to block dams

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Nov 2014

Brazil cancels Tapajos dam auction due to indigenous concerns

Mongabay.com 19 Sep 2014

Brazil’s planned Tapajós dams would increase Amazon deforestation by 1M ha

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Sep 2014

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