Hydropower boom in Latin America fueled by corrupt practices of the Odebrecht and other major construction corporations and supported by loans from China, Germany and multilateral banks continues to displace and threaten local populations. Hidroituango, Colombia’s largest hydroelectric dam project, which promises to produce 13% of country’s electricity by 2019, …
In Gornozavodsk (Japanese: 内幌町, Naihoro) town on Sakhalin Island, on May 14, 2018 a long anticipated coal-mud flood consumed several buildings and farms and now creeps towards the highway and nearby rivers. Coal miners are routinely allowed to store waste in dangerous locations, displace local residents, pollute salmon-spawning rivers and …
The X International Conference “Rivers of Siberia and the Far East” Novosibirsk, Russia 12-13 October 2018 Announcement № 1 Dear Friends! The 10th International Conference “Rivers of Siberia and the Far East” will take place 12-13 October 2018 in Novosibirsk, Russia. The conference will be dedicated to issues of sustainable …
On May 10 a dam supplying water for export-oriented commercial rose-growing agricultural farm burst in Kenya causing death and devastation. According to dam managers it served for decades without causing concern, but last week caused a major disaster triggered by heavy rains. The Patel dam was one of a number …
Photo: Famous Cross-Amur Half-Bridge in late 2016 Welcome to consultations… On 10 May 2018 the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has launched public consultations on its Draft Transport Sector Strategy. The AIIB claims that the draft strategy outlines AIIB’s vision to develop sustainable and integrated transport systems that …
As Mongolian Government is steering the discussion about the proposed dams in Lake Baikal – Selenge River basin from energy security to national water crisis it is important for civil society groups and independent researchers to collect and use for good available information on effective water management solutions and efficient …
