May-June issue of "Dams,Rivers and People" : Study from Brazil on the global warming impact of methane emissions from large dams

The May-June issue of "Dams, Rivers and People" is out and available here.

A noteworthy article is on a study from Brazil on the global warming impact of methane emissions from large dams. The study says that the largest contribution of such methane emissions is from large dams in India. This article can be separately downloaded from here. Other contents include an estimate of the total submergence area of large dams in India, a critique of the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Act, and the SRI (System of Rice Intensification) success story in Tripura.