Dams

News & publications about Dam issues

Headwaters in Quang Nam Province, part of the Central Annamites landscape. This landscape covers part of Vietnam and Laos. This forms part of the Greater Annamites, one of WWF’s Global 200 ecoregions – the richest, rarest, and most diverse natural habitats in the world.

29 Mar 2008
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. » Read more

Fisherman docking his boat after sunset in the lower Myanmar Delta.

11 Apr 2007
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. » Read more

13 Mar 2006
Free-flowing rivers: Economic luxury or ecological necessity?
A report about the state of the world’s remaining free-flowing rivers » Read more

Increasing loss of free-flowing rivers is threatening the supply of water for drinking, sanitation, agriculture, fish and fishery products. Rio Tamaya, Peru.

13 Mar 2006
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. » Read more

06 Mar 2006
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. » Read more

Grizzly bear (<I>Ursus arctos horribilis</I>), a key species in the Mackenzie Valley.<BR>

21 Feb 2006
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. » Read more

Construction is ongoing at the Melonares dam, despite uncertainties about how water from the dam will be transferred to Seville. Andalucia, Spain.

15 Nov 2005
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. » Read more

14 Nov 2005
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. » Read more

20 Sep 2005
Restoring the Kafue Flats - A partnership approach to environmental flows in Zambia
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Persistent hot weather following months of low rainfall has resulted in drought in many parts of Europe.

14 Jul 2005
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. » Read more

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