Biodiversity
Watch: DamNation | The Problem with Hydropower
Patagonia This film explores the evolution of our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our […]
Tag: Rivers
Climate
Healthy and free-flowing rivers are essential to meet the SDGs
This month two global news about rivers attracted my attention. One, the Colorado River, for dying a slow death due to climate change; and […]
Sustainable Business
Indian government looks to acquire land in Kashmir
India’s central government identified 15,000 acres in Kashmir – mostly next to rivers, streams and wetlands – for investors from outside the region Following […]
Disasters
Colonial Hangover: Engineering a season of floods
Insurgent South Asian rivers breached embankments repeatedly, turning engineered floodplains into hydrological dystopias, but dams kept getting built, and embankments kept getting longer and […]
Data & Reports
Rivers globally carry deadly pathogens: study
A global study on pathogens in rivers finds that rivers harbour dangerous levels of diarrhoeal disease-causing pathogens Diarrhoea is one of the leading killers […]