WE are celebrating 10-years of the project “Conservation of Threatened and Migratory Birds in the Erguna (Argun)-Midflow Transboundary Wetland, China/Russia” supported by the Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) in 2007. This project, invented by Australian conservationist Daniel Hanisch as follow-up to his lonely guardianship of Erguna Wetlands Nature Reserve in Hulunbuir, …
Villagers affected by controlled flooding at Cambodia’s Lower Sesan 2 hydropower dam petitioned the country’s prime minister Hun Sen and the Ministry of Interior on Tuesday for their help in being allowed to remain on their land, sources said. The USD 800 Lower Sesan II hydropower project, a joint venture …
The Coalition for the Protection of Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina warns that the uncontrolled construction of hydropower plants will cause untold devastation to biodiversity and water quality in the country. More than 300 new hydropower plants are currently planned. In a symbolic action, a ruined dam on the …
A river worshiping ceremony in Mawlamyine, on the Salween delta in Mon State. Source: International Rivers @ Flickr To: Li Hejun, President, Hanergy Holdings Co. Hanergy Holdings Co. Board of Directors, Hong Kong Stock Exchange Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) Re: Hanergy Hydropower Projects Dear Mr.Li and Hanergy Board …
The Rivers without Boundaries Coalition congratulates Balkan friends with an important victory!!! Viosa River © Gernot Kunz Big win for the protection of Europe’s last big wild river, the Vjosa in Albania! On May 2, the judges of the Albanian Administrative Court in Tirana announced their decision against the construction …
A proposal to divert Siberian lake water to China’s arid northwest meets with opposition, writes Eugene Simonov for the China Dialogue Lake Baikal in Russia holds 20% of the earth’s freshwater supplies and harbours at least 2,500 species, most of them found nowhere else (Image: Eugene Simonov) Prologue If …
