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• Position Papers, Books, Contacts, Links
  
  - 2003 : Twelve Reasons to ExcludeLarge Hydro from Renewables Initiatives (pdf, 410 K), NGO Report
  
  - 2002 : Running Water : Hydropower development on small waterways – small benefits but large-scale damage (pdf) by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
  - 2002 : a book from Bernd Uhrmeister, Nicola Reiff, Reinhard Falter :
  Save Our Rivers - Critical Thoughts About Hydropower
  Rettet unsere Flüsse - Kritische Gedanken zur Wasserkraft
  Sauvez nos rivières - Considerations critiques sur l'hydro-énergie
  
  - 2001: RESTRUCTURED RIVERS:
  Hydropower in the Era of Competitive Markets by Philip Raphals, Associate Director, Helios Centre (published by International Rivers Network)
  The last ten years have seen two debates taking place on a global scale. One concerns the structure of the electric industry, the respective roles of competition and regulation, how prices for electricity are set and how choices are made about generating it. The other concerns the pros and cons of dams, both large and small, for, among other purposes, the generation of electricity. Remarkably, these two debates have gone on in almost total abstraction from one another. Parts I and II are intended to introduce the energy restructuring and dam debates to each other. Part III attempts to provide a critical overview of the various policy tools and mechanisms available to account for the environmental and social impacts of hydropower in a restructured, competitive electricity market.

  The report looks in detail at a wide variety of issues including: Part I: Restructuring and the Environment: the evolution of competitive markets, their implications for planning and for new and existing hydro projects, the role of hydropower in spot markets, environmental implications of large-scale inter-regional power transfers. Part II: Hydropower and the Environment: impacts of dams on ecosystems, biodiversity and human societies; recent findings concerning greenhouse gas emissions from reservoirs; factors affecting the impacts of hydropower (siting, design and operating regime). Part III: Addressing the Impacts of Hydropower in a Competitive Environment: green power marketing (including a detailed review of North American certification systems), labelling and rating systems, renewables portfolio standards, and hydropower and the future of planning.

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