Sentences with phrase «of dam construction»

Hydropwer accounts for the overwhelming share of China's alternative energy mix, but is perhaps also the one of the more controversial alternative energy options due to the ecological and social impacts of dam construction.

«There is a wealth of experts in their fields producing evidence, year after year, on the extreme negative consequences of dam construction; I am yet to see any robust evidence that the benefits of dams can outweigh these consequences,» she concluded.

Tunisia scores 65 per cent, and has lost an estimated 19 000 hectares of natural wetlands because of dam construction.

Atlantic salmon are indigenous to the area but became threatened with extinction in the 1800s as a result of dam construction, overfishing and pollution.

European Eel The unsustainable harvest rates of European eel and diminished migration (because of dam construction around Europe) add up to a decline of at least 80 percent of the population since 1968.

Not exact matches

One lawmaker said it was the most important development in Nevada since the construction of the Hoover Dam southeast of Las Vegas during the Great Depression

The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade applauds the B.C. government for its decision to proceed with construction of the Site C dam.

This week, Premier Clark announced that she is ready to gamble nine billion of your dollars to start construction of the Site C dam this coming summer.

Iluka said on Wednesday its senior operational team had since conducted further inspections of the dams, received more information from Sierra Rutile about their construction and enlisted the help of an independent geotechnical consultant, Knight Piesold.

In this regard, it is seeking partnerships to extract and process the massive deposits of bauxite at Nyinahin and Kibi, with a potential value of $ 460 billion, to fund the construction of thousands of kilometres of railway lines, roads, provide irrigation facilities and dams, and construct bridges, among others.

It is arguably the first singularly big development project to be completed by president Kagame's government, and is set to be the first of many with a further four Large Dams in the immediate pipeline and the Bugasera Airport under construction.

During the 1st Republic, they opposed the construction of the Akosombo Hydro - Dam and the establishment of the Volta River Project; the constructions of the Tema Township and Harbour; the constructions of the Okomfo Anokye Hospital, the Motorway and the Job 600 (State House Complex).

The episode is not unique; just over a week ago, on October 29th, 218 workers shut down two construction sites of the Lom Pangar Hydroelectric Dam Project in eastern Cameroon.

Over the past year, improvements to the 182nd Street dam on the Bronx River have been taking place, in preparation for construction of the -LSB-...]

On the construction of the Tamne dam, President Mahama said, construction of the project stalled during the rainy season to allow the area to dry up for continuation.

«I was here sometime in July on the Accounting to the people tour, we cut sod for the construction of the Bolga - Bawku road and the Tamne Dam.

«We must therefore ask pertinent questions on how much the Federal Government allocates for rehabilitation of dams, construction of irrigation facilities and storage facilities to boost agriculture in the southwest.

«Apart from the herdsmen, there is also the need for us to use our influence to secure assistance from Federal Government in the area of provision of irrigation facilities, construction of dams to encourage irrigation as being done in other parts of the country.

These include the flood - control dam at Mount Morris, New York, oversight of the lower Great Lakes (Lake Erie and Lake Ontario), review and permitting of wetlands construction, and remedial action for hazardous waste sites.

The Federal Government has approved N497 million for the construction of the Ijegu Yala Dam in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River.

Wilson resident Marek Kobialka, a construction engineer with the Niagara Power Project, recently received, on behalf of the New York Power Authority (NYPA), an award from the Western New York Chapter of the American Concrete Institute (ACI - WNY) for superior work practices related to the repair and restoration of the dam face of the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant (featured in the background).

The One - Village - One - Dam policy is one of the Akufo - Addo administration's flagship programmes aimed at ensuring all year - round agriculture in the three regions of the north, through the construction of irrigation dams in every village in that part of the country.

He has done so much; he has given employment to so many, construction of dams, electricity, scholarship, widowhood empowerment and adult literacy through Ikeoha foundation.

«Apart from the herdsmen, there is also need for us to use our influence to secure assistance from the federal government in the area of construction of dams for irrigation as well as storage facilities» he said.

------------------------------------ Congressman Chris Gibson announced the House adopted a bill to extend the deadline for the start of construction of the hydroelectric project at the Cannonsville Dam.

In 2014, FERC granted New York City a 2 - year license to build a hydroelectric plant at the Cannonsville Dam, Preliminary work in 2015 led to the discovery of subsurface conditions, necessitating repairs and an extension of the deadline for the start of construction.

«Along with the Government policy of Planting for Food and Jobs, we have also initiated the policy of One Village One Dam, and I am glad to note that this policy is taking off this year, and for the three northern regions this year we expect the construction of a total of 570 dams.

But freshwater fish are beginning to return, thanks to an $ 86 million project financed by the World Bank that saw construction of a new dam and dykes.

Faisal Hossain of Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville and colleagues looked at the magnitude of the biggest storms near 633 of the world's largest dams before and after construction.

In 1928, President Calvin Coolidge signed a bill authorizing $ 175 million for the construction of the Boulder Dam (later rechristened the Hoover Dam) outside of Las Vegas, and the town went wild.

Janos Vargha «s campaign against to stop construction of a dam on the river Danube brought communist hardliners to their knees — and set the scene for the raising of the Iron Curtain

For many Africans and Africa observers, the massive Medupi and Kusile coal plants being built by South Africa's Eskom at a cost of more than $ 20 billion, or the 6,000 - MW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam under construction on the Blue Nile River for an estimated $ 4 billion, are hallmarks of the continent's progress toward electrification.

But as countries seek new energy sources to drive economic growth, a surge in dam construction on the eastern flank of the Andes could further threaten fish migration and sediment flows, Elizabeth Anderson, a conservation ecologist at Florida International University in Miami, and colleagues warn today in Science Advances.

In Central America there are more than 300 dams of varying sizes planned or under construction.

In fact, the proposed dam borders the «core protected area» of the Upper Yangtze Native and Rare Fish Reserve — an area set aside to mitigate some of the impacts of the construction of Three Gorges Ddam borders the «core protected area» of the Upper Yangtze Native and Rare Fish Reserve — an area set aside to mitigate some of the impacts of the construction of Three Gorges DamDam.

The central government's Ministry of Environmental Protection responded in June, suspending the Xiaonanhai project pending further review — along with two other nearby dams in the Jinsha River already under construction.

Combining data on precipitation, topography, habitat changes, dam construction, and pollution, the researchers created detailed maps of the threats to rivers around the world.

Pollution, urbanization, and construction of dams and reservoirs are jeopardizing the water supply for nearly 80 percent of the global population (pdf), an international team of environmental scientists concluded in a comprehensive study published in September.

Asia has the highest number of dams proposed or under construction on transboundary basins of any continent with 807, followed by South America, 354; Europe, 148; Africa, 99; and North America, 8.

Because of undesirable social, environmental, and political implications, the construction of large dams often stirs controversy.

Additionally, the authors» modeled seven potential explanations of declining range, including date of construction of the nearest dam, dry season river discharge, distance from the edge of the former range and length of river section to identify the factors responsible for the decline.

The long, slow death of the baiji was caused by overfishing, construction of the Three Gorges Dam and other changes in the vicinity of the Yangtze River (where more than 10 percent of humanity makes its home), rather than hunting or other direct human impacts.

Water and Power «The Roosevelt Dam in southern Arizona, recently completed, contains over 350,000 cubic yards of masonry, and forms the largest artificial reservoir now in existence; the construction of this reservoir required the expenditure of nearly $ 300,000 in wagon roads alone, to make the region accessible and to replace public roads submerged by the artificial lake.»

The construction of large dams is increasingly controversial with both environmentalists and engineers because of past engineering debacles, refugee problems and disruption caused by changes in river flows.

Senegal's outbreak of schistosomiasis has been blamed on several development projects in the basin of the Senegal River, including the building of two dams and the construction of irrigation schemes.

A landmark 30 - year - long UNSW Sydney study of wetlands in eastern Australia has found that construction of dams and diversion of water from the Murray - Darling Basin have led to a more than 70 per cent decline in waterbird numbers.

Construction of this dam — the world's largest, holding back 1.4 trillion cubic feet of water — has displaced at least 1.3 million people.

Early declines, dating as far back as the 1700s, were probably the result of overharvesting in the rivers, dam construction blocking access to spawning grounds, and water pollution.

In Malaysia, tribespeople blockaded the construction site of a new dam.

Brazil's environmental agency, Ibama, issued a license to the consortium Norte Energia SA on Wednesday to begin construction of the dam, which is expected to cost $ 16 billion and would flood 199 square miles of forest.