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Little hydroelectric dams become all the rage, but do they harm the environment?

Jeremy Hance 23 Aug 2009

Forest fires set by Borneo dam developer contributes to haze in Malaysia, Singapore

Mongabay.com 17 Aug 2009

New Yangtze River dam could doom more endangered species

Jeremy Hance 22 Jun 2009

108 river basins in Indonesia need rehabiltiation

Mongabay.com 16 Jun 2009

Political infighting in Brazil threatens the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 1 Jun 2009

Dams in Laos threaten Asia’s largest waterfall, critically endangered river dolphin

Mongabay.com 16 Mar 2009

France’s Suez liable for illegal deforestation, “dynamite fishing” in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 11 Feb 2009

Brazil to boost spending on infrastructure to counter economic crisis

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

Photos of new species discovered in the Greater Mekong

Mongabay.com 15 Dec 2008

Brazil OKs $4 billion dam in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2008

Malaysia pushes Borneo rainforest logging by deposing tribal leaders

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2008

Carbon market may fund dam in Panama that threatens natural reserve

Jeremy Hance 1 Sep 2008

Three American mussel species lost to extinction

Jeremy Hance 10 Aug 2008

Secret power plan would devastate Sarawak’s rainforest with 12 new hydropower plants

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2008

Dried-up Colorado takes toll on giant Mexican fish

John Cannon 8 Jun 2008

Will earthquake slow dam-building spree in China?

Mongabay.com 14 May 2008

Judge suspends Amazon dam project due to legal questions

Mongabay.com 30 Apr 2008

Dams mask sea level rise – oceans swell faster than previously thought

Mongabay.com 13 Mar 2008

Controversial dam in the Amazon gets Brazilian go-ahead

Mongabay.com 11 Dec 2007

China begins blocking river for second largest dam

Mongabay.com 12 Nov 2007

Central Africa’s ‘Most Beautiful Waterfall’ to be destroyed

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2007

South American development plan could destroy the Amazon

Mongabay.com 4 Oct 2007

Dams can pose security risk to Africa

Patrick Mccully 4 Oct 2007

Environmental, safety concerns mount over China’s Three Gorges Dam

Mongabay.com 29 Aug 2007

Extinction of the Yangtze river dolphin is confirmed

Mongabay.com 8 Aug 2007

$11B Amazon rainforest dam gets initial approval

Mongabay.com 10 Jul 2007

Set back for AES on rainforest dam project in Panama

Mongabay.com 26 Jun 2007

Dam protest leaves four dead in Sudan

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jun 2007

NASA monitors China’s Three Gorges Dam

Goddard Space Flight Center 13 Jun 2007

Brazil debates $11B Amazon dam project

International Herald Tribune 10 Jun 2007

Amazon tribe blocks major Brazilian highway

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2007

‘Green’ dams could reduce GHG emissions

Mongabay.com 14 May 2007

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