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Giant development bank’s social and environmental safeguards called into question by critics

Sue Branford 9 Mar 2016

Report from the Amazon #1: Altamira, a city transformed by the Belo Monte dam

Sue Branford 4 Mar 2016

Chinese dam builder eyeing major Amazon mega-dam contract

Piero Locatelli from Repórter Brasil 26 Feb 2016

Imperiled Amazon freshwater ecosystems urgently need basin-wide study, management

Claire Salisbury 1 Feb 2016

Brazilian court suspends operating license for Belo Monte dam

Glenn Scherer 15 Jan 2016

Forest loss increased annually for 25 years at oldest Amazon mega-dam

Claire Salisbury 14 Jan 2016

Scientists sound alarm over hydropower’s impacts on tropical fish biodiversity

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jan 2016

Wildlife catastrophe at Amazon dam a warning for future Tapajós dams

Jennifer Huizen 28 Dec 2015

Damming the Amazon: new hydropower projects put river dolphins at risk

Claire Salisbury 15 Dec 2015

Brazilian environmental NGOs depend heavily on corporate money

Jenny Gonzales 1 Dec 2015

Concern grows for jailed Cambodian activists amid civil rights crackdown

Rod Harbinson 10 Nov 2015

Indigenous anti-dam activists converge in Sarawak from around the globe

Rod Harbinson 20 Oct 2015

Cambodian dam proceeds despite opposition over fish, ousted villagers

Rod Harbinson 17 Aug 2015

Peru’s ronderos: Persecution of the Marañón patrolmen

Veronica Goyzueta 20 Jul 2015

Jhuliño’s legacy: Life and death on the Marañon River (photo essay)

Saul Elbein 16 Jul 2015

Mega-dams doing drastic harm to tropical biodiversity: study

Mike Gaworecki 13 Jul 2015

Sarawak can meet energy needs without mega-dams: report

Mike Gaworecki 8 Jul 2015

Damming Dissent: Community leaders behind bars in Guatemala after opposing hydro projects

Sandra Cuffe 2 Jul 2015

Turkish government bears down on rural resistance to mining and hydro projects

Jennifer Hattam 22 Jun 2015

New solidarity in struggle to protect Turkey’s ‘life spaces’

Jennifer Hattam 19 Jun 2015

Tapajós and other Amazon dams not sustainable development say reports

Mike Gaworecki 11 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

Scientists find new monkey with unique penis

Morgan Erickson-Davis 10 Apr 2015

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