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World Water Day 2022 Student Event Recap
On World Water Day (March 22, 2022) students of the University of Manitoba in collaboration with Dam Watch International, organized and conducted an event – A Look Over Dams…
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Students’ Project Highlights Greenwashing Around the World
Fiona Lebar, Shaylyn Pelikys, and Eliza Maharjan, undergraduate students at the University of Manitoba, Canada, recently partnered with DWI to complete a course project on the greenwashing of hydroelectricity….
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Rejecting Dams as Climate Solutions at COP26
The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) took place in Glasgow from 31st October to 13th November 2021. It is one of the most important climate summits…
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Las Placetas Hydroelectric Complex Threatens Ecosystems and Communities in the Dominican Republic
The central mountains of the Dominican Republic- home to diverse flora and fauna and the highest peaks in the entire Caribbean- are under threat from the
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Canadian Senator Speaks on Behalf of Communities Calling for Accountability of Hydro
On December 14, 2021, Honourable Mary Jane McCallum spoke to fellow Canadian senators about the need to carefully consider the impacts of hydroelectricity in the context of…
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Groups Create San José Declaration Counter Statement
Dam Watch International, along with environmental and social justice organizations from around the world are proud to publish the following statement countering the claims of the “San José Declaration…
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Open Letter to the PM of India Regarding Unjustified Hydropower Development
Civil Society Organizations and researchers in India have written an open letter to the Prime Minister and Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change regarding the recent announcement that…
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Indigenous women’s gathering aims to strengthen female leadership in Brazil
The “1st Meeting of the Women of Western Paraná – The Uprising of Guarani Women and the Strengthening of the Struggle for Land Demarcation”. Photo: Hosoya, 2021. — Dam Watch…
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