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Aslantas Dam / Ceyhan River Basin
Focal Dams / River Basin Case Studies by the World Commission on Dams.

Brazil Tucurui Dam and Amazon/Tocantins River
Focal Dams / River Basin Case Studies by the World Commission on Dams.

China Country Review
Focal Dams / River Basin Case Studies by the World Commission on Dams.

Environmental Aspects of Large Dams in India: Problems of Planning, Implementation and Monitoring
Submission to the World Commission on Dams.

Environmental Monitoring of the Construction of the Upper Bhotekoshi Hydropower Project
Submission to the World Commission on Dams.

India Country Review
Focal Dams / River Basin Case Studies by the World Commission on Dams.

Is It worth a Dam?
Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 105: the Focus article examines the considerable environmental and human health consequences of building such dams.

Kariba Dam-Zambezi River Basin
Focal Dams / River Basin Case Studies by the World Commission on Dams.

Large Dams - Destruction not Development: the Experience of the Dams in the Narmada Valley in India (with the exception of Sardar Sarovar)
Submission to the World Commission on Dams.

Large Dams and their Alternatives In Africa & the Middle East
Submission to the World Commission on Dams.

Large Dams and their Alternatives in Brazil
Published by the World Commission on Dams.

Large Dams and their Alternatives in East & South-East Asia
Submission to the World Commission on Dams.

Large Dams and their Alternatives: Future Energy Trends
Published by the World Commission on Dams.

Large Dams in South East Asia.
The first WCD Regional Consultation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 10-11 December 1998 of the World Commission on Dams.

Nathan Dam Impacts Assessment Report
The Nathan Dam Impacts Assessment Report and the Assessment of the Potential Effects of modified Flow Regimes Downstream of the Proposed Nathan Dam have been released for public information.

Norway: The Glomma and Lagen River Basin
Focal Dams / River Basin Case Studies by the World Commission on Dams.

Pakistan Tarbela Dam and Indus River Basin
Focal Dams / River Basin Case Studies by the World Commission on Dams.

South Africa - Vanderkloof/Gariep Dams, Orange River
Focal Dams / River Basin Case Studies by the World Commission on Dams.

Strategy For Further Growth And Environmental Sustainability Of Hydroprojects In India
Submission to the World Commission on Dams.

Thailand: Pak Mun Dam and Mekong/Mun River Basins
Focal Dams / River Basin Case Studies by the World Commission on Dams.

The Large Dam Debate
Submission to the World Commission on Dams.

USA: Grand Coulee Dam & Columbia River Basin
Focal Dams / River Basin Case Studies by the World Commission on Dams.

Upper Kotmale Hydropower Project: Another Disaster in Sri Lanka's Dams History?
Submission to the World Commission on Dams.