The projects include studying climate change, reducing amount of fish caught in shrimp nets, studying the feasibility of wind power in China, researching the biodiversity in Burkina Faso and Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, bolstering Mexico s protected areas program, looking at Croatia s energy efficiency, and others. The Outdoor Recreational Council of British Columbia is seeking to dismantle more dams after its recent success on the Theodosia River. The ORC persuaded the Canadian government to dismantle the 1956 dam that has blocked a river that used to have 100,000 pink salmon. Now, however, there is only 2,000 chum and three dozen coho that have returned. These efforts come on the heals of dam decommissioning in the United States, where twelve were decommissioned or dismantled last year, and eighteen are scheduled for the same this year.
Habitat restoration is a main goal in opening up the rivers.
Lycos Environmental News Service, The Boston Globe, The New York Times , Reuters Newswire.