The International Hydropower Association announced 11 October 2022 a #GlobalHydropowerDay to celebrate the “positive” impacts of “sustainable hydropower” on people and communities around the world. The IHA provided a photographic social template “to encourage you to share a photo of you, your team, hydropower project or a benefit of hydropower, …
On October 4 a video of local herders protesting the Erdeneburen hydroelectric power plant construction in Uvs Province’s Umnogovi sum was circulated online. It shows men, women, elderly and children preventing the passage of heavy machinery despite being harassed by several policemen. As predicted by human rights NGOs the population …
This story published in Novaya Gazeta reflects new ugly grimace of war. Using now very popular “Russia’s energy dependence” rhetoric and fabricated “evidence” the Mongolian proponents of large dams are trying to take revenge and silence local citizens and conservation NGOs who oppose construction of Erdeneburen Hydro by Power China …
After cascade of dams dissected Yangtze River and locals started using modern fishing gear the fate of aquatic biodiversity was decided: 60% of fish species in the river are threatened. The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) announced the extinction of the Chinese paddlefish and the …
The hydroelectric dams of La Roche-qui-boit and Vezins were built on the Sélune in early 20th century. They halted migration of Atlantic salmon, lamprey, eel and other fish. In 2019, the RwB International coordinator Eugene Simonov made a pilgrimage to Normandy to witness the beginning of Vezins dam removal. Read …
The revived project of a mega-dam on Tigris river threatens to drown Ashur Historic heritage site upstream and to cause major damage to Mesopotamia Marshes nature heritage site downstream. Two river-protection NGOs prepared a report pointing to risks and suggesting alternatives. The Iraqi government is intensifying its efforts to complete …
