Year: <span>2017</span>

The Largest Mire in the World protected – all other Russian mires doomed?

  Both decisions claim to confront climate change…   Long-awaited decision to create Vasyugansky Mire Zapovednik (a strict scientific nature reserve) was made on December 16 by the Russian government . A 6148 square km. nature reserve will be created within The Great Vasyugansky Mire, the largest swamp system in …

Budhi Gandaki Hydro in Nepal: BRI Project from the Previous Century

This is a quick snap-shot  developed by Eugene Simonov of the Rivers without Boundaries International Coalition (RwB) who visited planned reservoir bottom in September 2017. At the RwB we often encounter 50-60-year old dam designs being revived in completely new circumstances of the "Belt and Road Initiative"(BRI) of China. Besides …

TAKING ACTION FOR WATER AND CLIMATE AHEAD OF THE BONN COP

INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT OF THE GREAT RIVERS OF THE WORLD: “TAKING ACTION FOR WATER AND CLIMATE” was held 23-25 October 2017 – Capitoline Palace – Rome, ITALY This international summit was organized by the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea in partnership with the United Nations Economic Commission for …

During the IPO in London the En+ Group acknowledged its harm to Lake Baikal World Heritage site

The IPO Prospectus that was made public over the weekend by the En+Group (ENPL) and contains numerous inconsistencies and omissions. In the relevant "Risks" and the "Health, Security and Environment" sections, the Prospectus does not disclose specific environmental and social risks related to exploitation of large hydropower- the spine bone …