The rush to dam rivers has had huge consequences. After decades of
rampant construction, only37 percent of the world’s rivers remain
free-flowing
<https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/05/worlds-free-flowing-rivers-mapped-hydropower/>,
according toone study
<https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1111-9>. River fragmentation
hasdecimated freshwater habitats and fish stocks
<https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/70/4/330/5732594>,
threatening food security for millions of the world’s most vulnerable
people, and hastening thedecline of other myriad freshwater species
<https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffopperman/2020/10/13/freshwater-wildlife-continues-to-decline-but-new-energy-trendlines-suggest-we-can-bend-that-curve/?sh=f9d175a61ee4>,
including mammals, birds and reptiles.
https://truthout.org/articles/damming-rivers-is-terrible-for-human-rights-ecosystems-and-food-security/
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