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No Aluminum Smelters in Cedros, Trinidad Rainforests editor's pick

http://www.nosmeltertnt.com/

5 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

protest against plans on the Island of Trinidad that calls for the forced industrialization of South Western Trinidad with two aluminum smelters, one from Alcoa, which would destroy many acres of rainforest and displace local peoples
Added: May. 21, 2006 | Rate It

Amazon Watch popular updated

http://www.amazonwatch.org/

5 out of 10 stars (9 votes)

works with indigenous and environmental organizations in the Amazon Basin to advance indigenous peoples' rights and defend the environment from large-scale industrial development
Added: Jan. 12, 2001 | Rate It

Culture Change

http://www.culturechange.org/cms/index.php

an on-line magazine produced by the Sustainable Energy Institute that seeks to demonstrate alternatives to sprawl and petroleum dependence while fighting unwise development such as new road construction
Added: Sep. 07, 2002 | Rate It

Curse of Copper, The updated

http://foecanada.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=244&Itemid=113

Friends of the Earth Canada presents a video about attempts by Ascendant Copper to build a strip mine in the cloud forests of Ecuador against the wishes of the inhabitants
Added: May. 21, 2006 | Rate It

DamRight!

http://assets.panda.org/downloads/investorsguidedams.pdf

WWF's dams initiative presents a highly critical investor's guide to river dam construction (pdf)
Added: Mar. 30, 2003 | Rate It

Dams and megaprojects

http://www.wrm.org.uy/deforestation/dams.html

6 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

articles published in the World Rainforest Movement bulletin that highlight dams and megaprojects as a major cause of deforestation
Added: Feb. 24, 2001 | Rate It

Dams, forests and people

http://www.wrm.org.uy/bulletin/42.html

the World Rainforest Movement focuses on dams and megaprojects as a threat to rainforests around the world
Added: Feb. 10, 2001 | Rate It

Friends of the River Narmada

http://www.narmada.org/

6 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

presents the perspective of grassroots people's organizations on the issue of dam building on the River Narmada in central India
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It

Hidrovia Canal Plan and Environment (HIDROVIA Case) updated

http://www1.american.edu/TED/hidrovia.htm

discusses the proposed waterway to link the heart of South America with the Atlantic Ocean, but potentially ruining the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland
Added: Feb. 10, 2001 | Rate It

Laos and Hydroelectric Power

http://www1.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/laosdam.htm

this case study explores negative effects of the Nam Theun 2 Dam on the ecological integrity of the river ecosystem and surrounding areas, from American University's Trade and Environment Database
Added: Feb. 10, 2001 | Rate It

Mekong River Dam

http://www1.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/mekong.htm

a case study that challenges the utility of building hydroelectric dams, from American University's Trade and Environment Database
Added: Feb. 10, 2001 | Rate It

Our Wild Heritage

http://ourwildheritage.com/ourwildheritage.asp?id=246&id3=owh&

5 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

let the U.S. Forest Service know that you oppose making it easier to undertake various activities in roadless areas like small-scale commercial logging and road construction
Added: Oct. 27, 2001 | Rate It

Pan-American Highway and the Environment (PANAM)

http://www1.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/panam.htm

2 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

examines the threat posed by the Pan-American Highway to the lush rainforest in the Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama, a case study from American University's TED database
Added: Feb. 10, 2001 | Rate It

Roadless Area Local Reports

http://www.ourforests.org/localreports/index.html

the Heritage Forests Campaign details threats to America's roadless forests, with detailed impacts upon each region's forests
Added: May. 12, 2004 | Rate It

World Commission on Dams, The

http://www.dams.org/

reviewing the development effectiveness of large dams and developing standards, criteria and guidelines to advise future decision making
Added: Dec. 16, 2001 | Rate It

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