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Hydropower

Thinking big on freshwater conservation

Sinking sharks and freshwater pandas When people think about Earth’s larger animals they usually think of the tiger burning bright in Asia’s forests, or great herds of wildebeest sweeping across the African savannah. The amazing cinematography of shows like the BBC’s Blue Planet has even brought the larger species of the world’s oceans [...]

By Merlin Veron|2018-07-26T13:45:58+00:00July 25th, 2018|Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Fish, Freshwater, Hydropower, Rivers|Comments Off on Thinking big on freshwater conservation
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Freshwater Conservation: An interview with Dr William Darwall

Dr William Darwall is Head of the Freshwater Biodiversity Unit at the IUCN Global Species Programme, based in Cambridge. The goal of the IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit (IUCN FBU) is to provide information on species and sites of importance to freshwater biodiversity to inform conservation development, policy and planning. A major part of this [...]

By Jim Pettiward|2019-11-05T09:53:58+00:00July 12th, 2018|Conservation, Fish, Freshwater, Hydropower, Interviews, Species|Comments Off on Freshwater Conservation: An interview with Dr William Darwall
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Brazil’s Tapajós River dam complex: lessons from the failures of Belo Monte

By Christian Poirier A blog by Christian Poirier. Christian is the Brazil-Europe Advocacy Director for Amazon Watch. This blog first appeared as a blog post on the Development Progress website. In the last decade, the Brazilian government has advanced an Amazon hydroelectric dam building program of unprecedented proportions. The construction of dozens of large [...]

By Guest Author|2018-08-31T17:22:24+00:00October 27th, 2014|Advocacy, Hydropower, Policy|0 Comments
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Dams will not solve all Africa’s energy problems

By Rudo Sanyanga A blog by Rudo Sanyanga from International Rivers. A native of Zimbabwe, Rudo holds a PhD in Aquatic Systems Ecology from Stockholm University. She is the Africa Program Director of International Rivers and is based in Pretoria.  This article was first published by Business Day. THE world's water experts convene in [...]

By Gemma Goodman|2018-08-31T15:31:43+00:00September 5th, 2014|Energy, Hydropower, Rivers|0 Comments
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The actual costs of hydropower megaproject development

My name is Catherine, I have many years experience in the financial sector and I have always cared about and been engaged with the environment and conservation. Over the past few months, I have been working with Synchronicity Earth on a voluntary basis, exploring how we can get more information on the environmental impacts [...]

By Catherine Bryan|2018-08-31T15:33:45+00:00March 31st, 2014|Energy, Finance, Hydropower|0 Comments
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