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Posts Tagged ‘river’
Climate Change, Green living, Nature, Feb 4th, 2010,
To the disappointment of environmental and indigenous rights groups, the construction of a massive hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rainforest has been green-lighted by the Brazilian environmental ministry. The Belo Monte dam project on the Amazon’s Xingu River will be the world’s third largest project of its kind. The hydroelectric dam is part of a government initiative to fuel economic expansion while mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. Yet many see the Belo Monte project as destructive – both to the fragile and valuable ecosystem of the Amazon rainforest and to its indigenous inhabitants’ way of life. Roberto Messias, head of Brazil’s…
Tags: amazon, Belo Monte, Brazil, Brazilian, construction, dam, environmental, government, Guardian, hydroelectric, indigenous, project, rainforest, river, Xingu
Climate Change, Nature, Dec 31st, 2009,
Two stories from the BBC highlight how very different societies are adapting to climate change – specifically to the threat of flooding and rising water levels. One article explains how a new study conducted by researchers in the United States suggests that reconnecting flood-plains to rivers would decrease chances of future flooding and lessen the potential for flood damage in urban areas. In addition to minimizing flood risks, reconnecting rivers to flood-plains would result in better land use for flood-plains, increased resilience to the effects of climate change and ‘an increase in flood-plain goods and services,’ including the potential for…
Tags: adaptation, BBC, Climate change, delta, flood, flood-plains, Mekong, nature conservancy, river, Vietnam
