New Publication: Rivers, Rights, Resistance – Hydropower and the Legacy of the World Commission on Dams
The year 2025 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of the final report of the World Commission on Dams. Rivers are lifelines for people and nature. But all too often they are only used as an economic resource, with little regard for the consequences. Numerous large hydropower projects around the world, which have catastrophic…





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