Sentences with phrase «dam project»

, which drew inspiration from the Three Gorges Dam project in China.

However, the issue of internal displacement and migration has been a topic within much of Xiaodong's work, particularly in his 2003 series, Displacement, which drew inspiration from the Three Gorges Dam project in China.

Brent Millikan, another of the book's editors, told Mongabay: «The socio - environmental conflicts linked to the planning, licensing and implementation of hydroelectric dam projects in the Tapajós basin — similar to other recent cases, such as Belo Monte on the Xingu river — have been closely associated with chronic violations of human rights and environmental legislation, the undermining of democratic institutions, authoritarianism and, ultimately, rampant corruption.

When most people think of hydro - electric power they probably think of large dam projects such as China's Three Gorges Dam, India's dams on the Narmada River, or closer to home (at least to my home) the Hoover Dam.

«Then also huge irrigation dam project when completed will provide more than 5,000 jobs.

The Kuffour administration initiated the Bui Dam project with Chinese facility to be paid partly with our cocoa.

«We may see a certain shift of resources from coal where the World Bank is pretty much exiting to big hydropower,» said Peter Bosshard of International Rivers, which has been fighting a major new dam project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

TH: Your focus is foremost on the people who are affected by dam projects, as opposed to the affected eco-systems.

In a move to bring the contentious Barro Blanco hydro dam project towards its completion, the Panamanian authorities have given the green light to begin flooding the reservoir.

Some earlier comments discussed the Site C dam project in B.C. Today, B.C.'s NDP government committed to finishing the $ 10.7 billion project.

Lake Turkana is not only being threatened by climate change, but also by hydroelectric developments like the Gibe III dam project.

To meet this need, the government approved hundreds of dam projects around the country, privatizing rivers, land, and uprooting communities.»

Hydropower projects encompass dam projects with reservoirs, run - of - river and in - stream projects and range from small to large scale.

The most controversial dam project facing Brazil today, Belo Monte is a struggle about the future of Amazônia.

For example, LA Central had British artist Carolina Caycedo's politically - charged interventions around recent dam projects in Colombia.

On the pathway to bioenergy + CCS, the Boundary Dam project started operation on their post-combustion CCS project at an old coal plant in Canada — the learnings from plants like these can drive down costs at bioenergy + CCS projects in the future.

The Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP) is a voluntary, non-binding auditing tool that allows dam builders to score the sustainability of their own dam projects.

In addition to displacing river communities, large dam projects like the Three Gorges can cause significant environmental degradation.

This article explores aspects of Rwanda's flagship dam project that indicate the government's wider approach to development politics.

He used Sudan's recent dam projects as one of the examples of this «responsible governance.»

Aruma Resources Limited flagship Slate Dam Project is a world - class exploration target over the highly prospective Norseman - Wiluna greenstone belt.

From there, the President will inspect a water project in Bawku and cut sod for Tamme dam project.

Kampe Omi Dam Project is breathing down on the leading rice producers in the country.

INDIAN LAKE — In an executive session following the February Indian Lake Town Board Meeting, the Abanakee Dam Project was given the nod to move forward at the end of the 2016 whitewater rafting season.

Matthews saw this take place in Nepal, where low water levels rendered a brand - new dam project ineffective and cut off the water supply farther downstream.

The council began investigating the beaver option after learning that the state was considering artificial dam projects that might cost billions of dollars.

While hydropower is widely accepted as a cleaner source of energy than fossil fuels, environmental groups say dam projects in the Amazon, home to one - fifth of the Earth's fresh water, will only help save the world's lungs at the expense of clogging its arteries.

The lack of regulation paired with a dearth of communication between small dam projects in China allows for the impacts to multiply and accumulate through several dam sites, the study authors write.

Scandals involving dam projects have roiled both India and China, to the extent that the former Chinese premier, Zhu Rongji, coined the evocative term «tofu construction» to describe a defective dike.

Britain's Overseas Development Administration has launched an attempt to rescue the Sardar Sarovar dam project on India's Narmada River.

Zimbabwean painter Richard Witikani's fauvist studies of rural plenitude are the most conventional, although Kunzvi Hill (2012) is not without bite: the valley portrayed is at the centre of a new Chinese - led dam project.

While we are moving towards establishing a few major storage dam projects, even the extent to which we should do that — considering ecological impact and disaster preparedness — is worth discussing at the highest level.

Officials, however, are still pursuing the seemingly quixotic construction of the country's first nuclear power plant, along with the controversial hydroelectric Ilısu Dam project.

Scarano focused on direct threats such as the Belo Monte dam project, as well as successful experiments at restoration, including efforts to revive degraded land using novel techniques, which in some places include planting non-native tree species as a way to create zones that provide suitable habitat for native seedlings to take hold.

This past month was anything but short on developments of interest to environmentalists, with a deal being inked to build the Nabucco natural - gas pipeline, European funders pulling out of the controversial IlÄ ± su Dam project, and the final stage of Turkey's ban on indoor smoking going into effect.

View of the $ 8.3 Billion dam project proposed to be built at Site C on the Peace River in British Columbia, Canada.

Cáceres, an indigenous rights activist, won the award for her work in pressuring Chinese - owned Sinohydro to pull out of the Agua Zarca dam project.

Michal Kravcik was awarded the Goldman Prize in 1999 for his work to halt the construction of destructive dam projects in post-communist Slovakia by proposing democratic alternatives, including smaller dams,... Read More

Today she celebrates a victory as Turkish investors pull out of the massive Namakhvan Cascade dam project.

Indigenous protesters in Brazil and Sarawak rose up against controversial rainforest dam projects.

Surfrider recently submitted a comment letter for the Rindge dam project suggesting creative ways to manage the sediment.

Such waters are being threatened by several upstream dam projects in neighboring Turkey.

Central Government Be Damned But the central government, which is said to be investigating the incident in Sichuan, has also expressed concerns over dam projects like these before.

Yul Choi is currently serving time on a one year prison sentence he received for his involvement in protesting the Four Rivers Dam project in South Korea.

One example is the Myitsone Dam project in Myanmar.

BJP spokesperson Bharat Pandya gleefully tweeted an old letter of Satav criticising the Narmada dam project.

One particular dam project, the $ 2.5 - billion Budhi Gandaki project, on a river by the same name in central - western Nepal, is increasingly becoming the centrepiece of...