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DamRight!

http://assets.panda.org/downloads/investorsguidedams.pdf

WWF's dams initiative presents a highly critical investor's guide to river dam construction (pdf)

Added: Mar. 30, 2003 | Rate It

Dams and megaprojects

http://www.wrm.org.uy/deforestation/dams.html

6 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

articles published in the World Rainforest Movement bulletin that highlight dams and megaprojects as a major cause of deforestation

Added: Feb. 24, 2001 | Rate It

Dams, forests and people

http://www.wrm.org.uy/bulletin/42.html

the World Rainforest Movement focuses on dams and megaprojects as a threat to rainforests around the world

Added: Feb. 10, 2001 | Rate It

Friends of the River Narmada

http://www.narmada.org/

7 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

presents the perspective of grassroots people's organizations on the issue of dam building on the River Narmada in central India

Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It

Glen Canyon Institute

http://www.glencanyon.org/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

seeks to provide leadership toward restoration of a free flowing Colorado River through Glen Canyon and Grand Canyon

Added: Mar. 25, 2003 | Rate It

Hydroelectric Dams on the Madeira River

http://www.foei.org/en/get-involved/take-action/pdfs/RIO_MADEIRA.pdf

a report by Friends of the Earth International about the social and environmental threats posed by planned hydro-damns on the Madeira River -- the Amazon's largest tributary -- in Brazil (pdf)

Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Laos and Hydroelectric Power

http://www1.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/laosdam.htm

this case study explores negative effects of the Nam Theun 2 Dam on the ecological integrity of the river ecosystem and surrounding areas, from American University's Trade and Environment Database

Added: Feb. 10, 2001 | Rate It

Living Rivers

http://drainit.org/campaigns/drainit/

6 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

promotes large-scale river restoration through broad-based mobilization, undoing the extensive damage brought on by dams, diversions, and unmitigated pollution

Added: Jul. 07, 2002 | Rate It

Mekong River Dam

http://www1.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/mekong.htm

a case study that challenges the utility of building hydroelectric dams, from American University's Trade and Environment Database

Added: Feb. 10, 2001 | Rate It

Power Surge: The Impacts of Rapid Dam Development in Laos

http://www.internationalrivers.org/node/3343

a report from International Rivers that chronicles the social and environmental debt created by this boom

Added: Oct. 04, 2008 | Rate It

Restore Hetch Hetchy

http://www.hetchhetchy.org/

seeks the restoration and protection of the natural habitat and ecosystems of the Hetch Hetchy Valley located in Yosemite National Park and its associated natural resources

Added: Feb. 08, 2001 | Rate It

Rivers at Risk: Dams and the future of freshwater ecosystems

http://assets.panda.org/downloads/riversatriskfullreport.pdf

a report from WWF's "Dam Right" campaign that analyses dam constructions effects upon freshwater ecosystems (pdf)

Added: Jun. 22, 2004 | Rate It

Saving Iceland

http://savingiceland.puscii.nl/?language=en

a campaign against the destruction of large areas of wilderness and habitats for heavy industry, including plans for several hydroelectric dams to provide electricity for aluminum production

Added: Oct. 19, 2006 | Rate It

World Commission on Dams

http://www.internationalrivers.org/node/348

an International Rivers project that established the most comprehensive guidelines for dam building; intended to protect dam-affected people and the environment, and ensure that the benefits from dams are more equitably distributed

Added: Dec. 16, 2001 | Rate It