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WCD: What this means for Southern Africa
Members of the South Africa Coordinating Committee on the WCD created this PowerPoint presentation.
Communities Affected by World Bank’s Largest Dam Project in Africa Protest its Impoverishing Effects
As the world’s financial leaders gather in Washington for the annual meetings of the World Bank (Sept. 24-25), help for...
A Big Idea for Aiding Africa –– Think Small
For too long, the World Bank has invested in grandiose projects that do little or nothing to help the poor....
Projecto de capacitação sobre desenvolvimentos hídricos e a Comissão Mundial das Barragens
A Powerpoint on using the WCD guidelines for dam planning in Mozambique.
International Rivers' Comments on Proposed CDM Methodology for Bumbuna Hydro (Sierra Leone)
Submitted to CDM Methodology Panel Title of new baseline methodology: Hydropower Projects that Create New Reservoirs or Expand Existing Ones...
A Critical Juncture for Peace, Democracy, and the Environment: Sudan and the Merowe/Hamadab Dam Project
Report from a Visit to Sudan and a Fact-Finding Mission to the Merowe Dam Project, 22 February – March 2005....
Drought Could Cripple Cameroon’s Hydro–Heavy Energy Sector
The government of Cameroon is currently considering building the Lom Pangar Dam, a project that would displace rural villagers, flood...
Letter to IUCN Concerning Lom Pangar’s Independent Expert Panel
To: Mr. Paul Noupa UICN, Bureau Régional pour l’Afrique Centrale BP. 5506 Yaoundé, Cameroun paul.noupa@iucn.org Cc: Mr. Achim Steiner, Director...
Bujagali Being Revived: Read Civil Society Concerns
The Government of Uganda is reviving the construction of Bujagali dam, which up to now has been mired in controversies....
Grand Inga, Grand Illusions?
World Rivers Review, V20 N2, p. 6-7 Grandiose plans are being made to develop the world’s largest hydropower project in...