Sentences with phrase «proposed construction of a dam»

Groups such as the Amazon Conservation Team and Amazon Watch have used it in efforts to halt illegal logging and the proposed construction of a dam on the Amazon River.»

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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.

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.

An amendment proposed in Brazil may soon make it impossible to challenge the construction of hydroelectric dams, like this one on the Madeira River.

We mapped distribution of 292 dams (under construction and proposed) and projected effects of these dams on terrestrial ecosystems under different scenarios of land - cover loss.

One of those was the Pakitzapango dam, proposed for construction along the Ene River Valley, home to the indigenous Asháninka community.

Brazil's proposed construction of what would be the third largest hydroelectric dam on the planet has drawn ire from environmental groups the world over.

In the late 1960s he worked very closely with the Sierra Club to present economic arguments against the construction of two proposed dams in the Grand Canyon of Arizona.