Vietnam province redefines hydropower development
On the eve of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit in Vientiane, Mr Nguyen Duc Hai, the Chairman of Quang Nam Provincial People’s Committee, has taken a bold and visionary stance for sustainable dam development in this Vietnam province. WWF, the global conservation organization, says this sends a timely and powerful signal to regional leaders as they seek to manage the pressing challenges of rapid infrastructure development and economic growth in a sustainable way.
New dam threatens people and environment in Myanmar
A hydropower project in Myanmar could displace tens of thousands of people and negatively impact upon the environment.
Free-flowing rivers: Economic luxury or ecological necessity?
A report about the state of the world’s remaining free-flowing rivers
Free-flowing rivers disappearing fast
According to a new WWF report, only a third of the world’s 177 large rivers remain free-flowing, unimpeded by dams or other barriers.
Hydropower in Africa must benefit the poor
Hydropower has the potential to contribute to reducing Africa’s energy poverty, a new report by WWF, Oxfam and WaterAid reveals.
WWF-Canada Supports Northerners’ Wishes to Protect Land First
WWF-Canada testified for the proposed Mackenzie Gas Project in Inuvik providing firm support to protect an adequate network of special cultural and wildlife areas prior to completing any major pipeline development project.
Failing to make the dam grade
Five years after the World Commission on Dams gave key recommendations on how dams could be built with minimum social and evironmental costs, WWF reports that governments, financiers and dam builders are still choosing to ignore the good advice.
To dam or not to dam? Five years on from the World Commission on Dams
Dams are continuing to cause excessive social and environmental damage despite recommendations made by the World Commission on Dams. The report To dam or not to dam? Five years on from the World Commission on Dams, looks at six dams, under construction in the last five years, all of which fail to meet these recommendations.
European drought: All dammed up but no water flows
As Europe swelters in its latest summer heat wave, WWF warns that building more reservoirs and water storage dams will not solve the continent’s water shortage and may even damage the scarce water resources that remain.