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Environmental ImpactsTenotã-mõ: Conseqüências dos projetos hidrelétricos no rio Xingu (5.7 MB)A. Oswaldo Sevá Filho, Organizador Report in Portuguese on impacts of dams planned for the Xingu River. Independent Experts Find Fatal Flaws in Amazon Dam StudiesA group of independent experts -- including internationally-renowned authorities on the Amazon -- have found serious errors and omissions in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for Brazil’s massive Madeira River hydroelectric project. The experts found the EIA to be inadequate, and recommend that additional studies be undertaken to evaluate the project’s impacts. Related content:
Environmental Impact Assessment for the Myitsone DamChina Power Investment funded and commissioned the Changjiang Institute of Survey, Planning, Design and Research (CISPDR) to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Myitsone Dam with Burmese experts from the Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association (BANCA). Related content:
List of Dam-Threatened World Heritage SiteThe following list describes several World Heritage Sites under threat of existing or proposed dams. This is not meant as a comprehensive list of all dam-affected Sites, but rather a first step towards documenting the global threat that many World Heritage Sites currently face. Related content:
World Heritage Under Threat
More than 900 of the world's most amazing natural and manmade wonders on earth have been declared Related content:
EuroSibEnergo’s Hong Kong IPO Threatens Rivers of Siberia and Lake BaikalAn international coalition of NGOs for the protection of transboundary rivers, Rivers without Boundaries, has presented evidence of undisclosed environmental risks to investors in advance of EuroSibEnergo's IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange. |