Dam standards: a rights-based approach
This guide attempts to summarize the strongest social and environmental standards related to dam building. It discusses options for civil society to use standards in order to advocate for stronger practices
International Rivers
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Dam standards: a rights-based approach
This guide attempts to summarize the strongest social and environmental standards related to dam building. It discusses options for civil society to use standards in order to advocate for stronger practices
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Civil Society guide to healthy rivers and climate resilience
Using case studies and examples from around the world, the guide answers questions that help assess, address, and adapt to a world of increasing climate risks. What is the value of our rivers, and what
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Civil Society guide to healthy rivers and climate resilience
Using case studies and examples from around the world, the guide answers questions that help assess, address, and adapt to a world of increasing climate risks. What is the value of our rivers, and what
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Dam planning under the spotlight: a guide to dam sanctioning in India
This guide by International Rivers explains the sanctioning of dams in India and points to vital issues of public interest including poor and inadequate policies, lack of consultation with affected communities and the disastrous environmental consequences.
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Advancements in the field of reservoir emissons
This briefing report highlights some of the key research and guidelines on calculating reservoir emissions from specific and regional projects. It starts with an assessment of how key institutions measure
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Wrong climate for damming rivers
International Rivers has created a state-of-the-art Google Earth 3-D tour and video narrated by Nigerian activist Nnimmo Bassey, Chair of Friends of the Earth International and winner of the prestigious
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Social and environmental standards for large dams
Comparing the strategic priorities and policy principles of the World Commission on Dams, the sustainability guidelines and sustainability assessment protocol of the International Hydropower Association, and the performance standards of the World Bank
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Mountains of concrete: dam building in the himalayas
As a region of great geographic, ecological, social, and cultural diversity, the Himalayas are a true global heritage. They are also the source of some of Asia
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Dirty hydro: dams and greenhouse gas emissions
Hydropower is often believed to be an inherently