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超 越 水 坝:不同的选择与替代方案View this page in: English
American Rivers, International Rivers Network By design, dams alter the natural flow regime, and with it virtually every aspect of a river ecosystem, including water quality, sediment transport and deposition, fish migrations and reproduction, and riparian and floodplain habitat and the organisms that rely on this habitat. Related content:
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As barragens representam perigo de cheias num planeta em aquecimentoPatrick McCully
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Norway in Laos: Ruining Rivers, Damaging LivesFIVAS Norway's state-owned power utility, Statkraft, has ruined the ecology of two rivers in Laos and the livelihoods of 30,000 people, reveals a newly-released report: Ruined Rivers, Damaged Lives. The report, commissioned by FIVAS, a Norwegian advocacy group, exposes the mounting social and environmental toll of the Theun-Hinboun Hydropower Project in the decade since it was completed. The Theun-Hinboun Power Company (THPC) is co-owned by Statkraft, a Thai power company and the Lao government. Related content:
Dams and Levees Heighten Flood Danger in a Warming WorldPatrick McCully This op-ed first appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, July 29, 2007 Related content:
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