Publications

Featured Publications

World Rivers Review, March 2010

Our cover story in this issue's World Rivers Review looks at the emerging non-dam hydro industry. This special issue on renewable energy also looks at an ambitious new solar plan for India, China's burgeoning energy efficiency efforts, community-driven power projects in Africa and Latin America, and a host of science-fiction-like technology developments that hold promise for the world of green energy. 

China's Three Gorges Dam: A Model of the Past

The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is the world's largest and most controversial hydropower project. The 660 kilometer-long reservoir displaced 1.3 million people and is wreaking havoc on the environment. The reservoir reached its final height in 2009, but many of its impacts are only now becoming apparent. China will deal with the project's legacy for generations.

Ethiopia's Gibe 3 Dam: Sowing Hunger and Conflict

The Omo River is a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of indigenous people in southwest Ethiopia and northern Kenya. The Gibe III Hydropower Dam, already under construction, will dramatically alter the Omo River's flood cycle, affecting ecosystems and livelihoods all the way down to the world's largest desert lake, Kenya’s Lake Turkana. The Lower Omo Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is home to an estimated 200,000 agro-pastoralists from eight distinct indigenous peoples who depend on the Omo River’s annual flood to support river-bank cultivation and grazing lands for livestock.

Publications by type:

• Reports
• World Rivers Review
• River Revival Bulletin
• Fact Sheets
• Dams, Rivers and People reports
• Books
• Slideshows
  

Publications by region:

• Africa
• China
• Latin America
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia

Publications by topic:

• Climate Change
• Dam Basics
• Follow the Money
• Tools for Activists
• Water and Energy Solutions

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