Graph:Annual hydropower installation in MW (IRENA 2019) Hydropower increase in 2018 is less than 21 GW or 17% less than in 2017 and signifies steady decline in this sector for the fifth year in a row. We have no data which part of capacity was added through modernization …
To: Director, UNESCO World Heritage Center CC: IUCN World Heritage Department. RwB presents an NGO address on dams threatening World Heritage 2018 World Heritage Committee session , Bahrain . See Do Dams Damage World Heritage ? The Greenpeace Russia and Rivers without Boundaries International Coalition (RwB) have serious concerns about …
Colombia’s prosecution is pressing criminal charges against the bosses of the Hidroituango Dam, whose recent malfunctions have caused environmental devastation for the Cauca River and its communities. Help needed for those affected by the dam tragedy in Colombia Investigations of irregularities around contracting, planning, and management are …
On March 1 we witnessed the first globally-coordinated international action against a Chinese bank in response to a specific Belt and Road project, which in this case is the Batang Toru Dam in Indonesia, which if built, will have a variety of negative environmental and social impacts, including dooming a …
The Rivers without Boundaries International Coalition (RwB) shared with the UNECSO its deep concerns with spurred development of Egiin Gol Hydro Project and cancellation of basin-wide Regional environmental assessment (REA) of hydropower by the World Bank MINIS Project in Mongolia. Later in a separate letter, the Coalition together with Greenpeace …
A review of reactions of Russian press and public to “Chinese business expansion” at Lake Baikal World Heritage Site, published by Eurasia Daily Monitor, captures several important topics discussed today and highlights one of major underlying reasons – deep corruption of Russian officialdom all he way down to local …
