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No Aluminum Smelters in Cedros, Trinidad Rainforests new editor's pick
protest against plans on the Island of Trinidad that calls for the forced industrialization of South Western Trinidad with two aluminum smelters, one from Alcoa, which would destroy many acres of rainforest and displace local peoples
Added: May. 21, 2006 | Rate It
Ascendent Copper (ACX) - The Curse of Copper new
Friends of the Earth Canada presents a video about attempts by Ascendant Copper to build a strip mine in the cloud forests of Ecuador against the wishes of the inhabitants
Added: May. 21, 2006 | Rate It
Amazon Watch popular
works with indigenous and environmental organizations in the Amazon Basin to advance indigenous peoples' rights and defend the environment from large-scale industrial development
Added: Jan. 12, 2001 | Rate It
Culture Change
an on-line magazine produced by the Sustainable Energy Institute that seeks to demonstrate alternatives to sprawl and petroleum dependence while fighting unwise development such as new road construction
Added: Sep. 07, 2002 | Rate It
DamRight!
http://assets.panda.org/downloads/investorsguidedams.pdf
WWF's dams initiative presents a highly critical investor's guide to river dam construction (pdf)
Added: Mar. 30, 2003 | Rate It
Dams and megaprojects
http://www.wrm.org.uy/deforestation/dams.html
articles published in the World Rainforest Movement bulletin that highlight dams and megaprojects as a major cause of deforestation
Added: Feb. 24, 2001 | Rate It
Dams, forests and people
http://www.wrm.org.uy/bulletin/42.html
the World Rainforest Movement focuses on dams and megaprojects as a threat to rainforests around the world
Added: Feb. 10, 2001 | Rate It
Friends of the River Narmada
present the perspective of grassroots people's organisations on the issue of dam building on the River Narmada in central India
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It
Hidrovia Canal Plan and Environment (HIDROVIA Case)
http://www.american.edu/TED/hidrovia.htm
discusses the proposed waterway to link the heart of South America with the Atlantic Ocean, but potentially ruining the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland
Added: Feb. 10, 2001 | Rate It
International Rivers Network
supports local communities working to protect their rivers and watersheds, working to halt destructive river development projects such as dams
Added: Feb. 10, 2001 | Rate It
Laos and Hydroelectric Power
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/laosdam.htm
this case study explores negative effects of the Nam Theun 2 Dam on the ecological integrity of the river ecosystem and surrounding areas, from American University's Trade and Environment Database
Added: Feb. 10, 2001 | Rate It
Mekong River Dam
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/mekong.htm
a case study that challenges the utility of building hydroelectric dams, from American University's Trade and Environment Database
Added: Feb. 10, 2001 | Rate It
Our Wild Heritage
http://ourwildheritage.com/ourwildheritage.asp?id=246&id3=owh&
let the U.S. Forest Service know that you oppose making it easier to undertake various activities in roadless areas like small-scale commercial logging and road construction
Added: Oct. 27, 2001 | Rate It
Pan-American Highway and the Environment (PANAM)
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/panam.htm
examines the threat posed by the Pan-American Highway to the lush rainforest in the Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama, a case study from American University's TED database
Added: Feb. 10, 2001 | Rate It
Roadless Area Local Reports
http://www.ourforests.org/localreports/index.html
the Heritage Forests Campaign details threats to America's roadless forests, with detailed impacts upon each region's forests
Added: May. 12, 2004 | Rate It
World Commission on Dams, The
reviewing the development effectiveness of large dams and developing standards, criteria and guidelines to advise future decision making
Added: Dec. 16, 2001 | Rate It


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