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Entries from August 2010

New Documentaries Focus on the Impact of Dams in the Amazon

August 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

WWF has produced a new documentary on the Madeira River:
http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem15303.html
Please also check out the latest installment of “Monster Fish” Monday August 2, 2o10 at 10pm.  The episode “Jungle Catfish” focuses on the Rio Roosevelt and Rio Madeira. 
Dr. Zeb Hogan teams up with experts to explore a forbidding 400-mile-long river: the Rio Roosevelt. They’ll have to […]

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Giant Stingray, Mekong Giant Catfish Threatened by Mekong Hydropower Dams

August 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-28/giant-stingray-350-kilogram-catfish-threatened-by-mekong-dams-wwf-says.html
 And the report can be found here:
 http://assets.panda.org/downloads/new_river_of_giants_report_14_may_2010_web_version.pdf

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