Environment / Dams
Articles about Dams, ordered by date. 
Mercury rising
Update on a large-scale dam in the AmazonTom Lawson.
Madness on the Mekong
Tom Fawthrop reports from Southeast Asia, where a series of proposed dams could trigger a food crisis.
Peru's dam busters
Vanessa Baird discovers why the Asháninka people of the River Ene are taking a hard line against dam builders – and others.
A sea returns to life, a sea slowly dies
Paul Lauener’s stirring report from the Aral Sea, scene of both environmental miracle and disaster.
Articles in this category displayed as a table:
| Article title | From magazine | Publication date |
|---|---|---|
| Stop the dam craze | Public ownership rises again | May, 2018 |
| Mercury rising | Humanitarianism under attack | April, 2018 |
| Illegal dam blockaded | Total control - is Monsanto unstoppable? | April, 2015 |
| Madness on the Mekong | Cuba | October, 2014 |
| Peru's dam busters | Nature's defenders | October, 2011 |
| A sea returns to life, a sea slowly dies | Humans vs. Nature | November, 2010 |
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