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… attention in recent years following the intense period of dam building in the latter half of the 20th century. In the …

… of habitat and soil salting in the wake of hydroelectric dam development, and impacts associated with constructing … combustion or flooding of habitat to make a hydroelectric dam. Other impacts are indirect; for example, the leading … converted to fields or firewood, or flooding due to dam construction) or indirect (such as broad-scale habitat …

… construction, uranium and coal mining, hydroelectric dam construction, fuelwood extraction and increasingly, … or snow, timing and speed of melting, etc. Dam specifications designed for one climate may not be … has significant impacts on the surrounding biodiversity. Dam reservoirs flood and fragment ecosystems. They increase …

… Governments agree that for the purpose of constructing a dam on the watercourse of the M’Pozo River in Congolese … conservation The Parties agree to the construction of a dam across the Kunene River for the diversion of water to be … may be compatible with the quantity of water stored in the dam. The quantity of water to be abstracted by means of the …

… populations in Brandvlei and Sandrif dams. The Berg River Dam (130 million m3) in the upper Berg River was completed … and started filling in 2007. B. andrewi from Brandvlei Dam were re- introduced from 2007 - 2008 in the hope of … the species re-establishes itself downstream of the dam. Success Indicators Indicator 1: Re-introduce at least …

… the Thai government to open the gates of the Pak Mun Dam for at least part of the year. This resulted in the …

… ing, to handling discrete tasks such as constructing a dam, to the overall management of water issues within their … built and currently operates the multipurpose Manantali Dam (in Mali) and Diama Dam (on the border of Mauritania and Senegal). The costs and …

… 2000, available at <http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/ … 2004, available at <http://www.unece.org/ fileadmin/DAM/env/documents/2004/wat/ece.mp.wat.14.e.pdf> accessed 30 … August 2009, available at <http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/ DAM/env/documents/2009/Wat/mp_wat/ECE_MP_WAT_2009_1_e.pdf> …

… practice accepted as law. diversion weir: a barrier or dam constructed on the reaches of a canal or navigable river … industrialized countries have seen a rapid drop in new dam construction (having reached capacity in earlier … improvements in human development. On the other hand, dam construction has destroyed critical ecosystems, …