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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/

6 out of 10 stars (2 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/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://www.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://www.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, The

http://www.dams.org/

reviewing the development effectiveness of large dams and developing standards, criteria and guidelines to advise future decision making
Added: Dec. 16, 2001 | Rate It

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