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Megadams Drown Out Small Victories in the Upper Mekong
By: Katy YanMt Kawagebo in the early morningStories from the Lancang, Part 1At 7 am on a chilly Saturday morning, a small group of photographers, vacationers and pilgrims huddled next to the road as...
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Two Dams, Thousands Affected
By: Songqiao YaoCizhong Catholic ChurchStories from the Lancang, Part 2This is a guest blog by Songqiao Yao, International Rivers consultant. Read Part 1 of Stories from the Lancang.When the bell...
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Chinese Expert Calls for Fishing Moratorium and Halt to Yangtze Dam
By: Katy YanResearch staff members monitor the health of endangered finless porpoises at the Tian-e-Zhou Oxbow Nature Reserve.Photo: Keen Observer9 via FlickrAfter years of overfishing and rampant...
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A Story of The Angry River
Sunshine on the Nu RiverWang Yongchen, Green Earth VolunteersIn 2003, a group of brave NGO activists, journalists and academics set out to protect one of Asia's last largely free-flowing river – the...
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Four Women, Three Countries, One Free-Flowing River
By: Katy YanThe Amur RiverBy Petr SharovThe Amur-Heilong River is one of the world's ten largest rivers. Originating in the Khan Khentii wilderness near the sacred Burkan Khaldun mountain (and the...
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A Visit to the Kiad and Quebrada de Caña Communities of the Ngäbe
By: Rick GerharterKiad boy holding babyPhoto courtesy of Rick GerharterThe following is a guest blog by photojournalist Rick Gerharter, who in February went with a delegation organized by Diane Dunn of...
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World Water Day Marked By Death of Indigenous Anti-Dam Protester
By: Katy YanM10 protest on the Pan-American Highway, 2011Photo: Richard ArghirisOn March 22 – World Water Day – a Ngäbe-Bugle indigenous man named Onesimo Rodriguez was found murdered, his body left in...
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Experts Expect More Earthquakes in China’s Dam-Choked South
By: Katy YanRoad damaged by earthquake in Ya'an, Lushan CountySTR/AFP/Getty ImagesOn the morning of April 20th, a deadly earthquake struck Ya’an city in Sichuan province, killing at least 193 people...
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Stories of Resettlement and Resistance Along the Lancang River
By: Songqiao YaoVillage above Gongguoqiao ReservoirInternational Rivers- Below is a guest blog by Songqiao Yao, China program consultant for International Rivers, describing her March 2013 trip to the...
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Human Rights and Kyoto's Carbon Offsetting Scheme
By: Katy YanWeni Bagama, speaking at the Human Rights in the CDM side eventPhoto: IISDUpdate: Twelve civil society organizations, including International Rivers, have sent letters to the United Nations...
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