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Declaration on the Myth of Destructive Dams as Clean Energy and the Urgent Need to Protect Rivers
Healthy rivers provide clean water essential for life on Earth. Following the Rio+20 Earth Summit’s failure to recognize the irreversible...
Turkish Dam Boom Threatens Anatolian Rivers
From June 2012 World Rivers Review In recent years, dam building in Turkey has increased by leaps and bounds. River...
Protect Hasankeyf on the Tigris River
The tremendous cultural and natural heritage of Mesopotamia is in great danger due to the construction of the Ilisu Dam...
Victory: European Governments Backing Out of Ilisu Dam Project in Turkey
June 22, 2009 Germany, Austria and Switzerland will withdraw their export credit guarantees for the highly controversial Ilisu dam project...
Today a Rockstar Saved a Town
Today in Berlin, its all about Tarkan and Merkel. Tarkan, the biggest Turkish popstar is in town, and he is...
Protesters arrested at World Water Forum in Istanbul
Article published on the 2009-03-17 www.rfi.fr Protesters were jailed for holding a banner at the forum in Istanbul. The fifth...
Preaching Tap and Drinking Bottle?
I did not feel well through much of the World Water Forum, which concluded in Istanbul today. To be sure,...
Ilisu Dam Fighters Honored at Award Ceremony in Istanbul
International Rivers, Oxfam Australia and Friends of the Earth International awarded Hasankeyf’i Yaşatma Girişimi the First FREE RIVERS AWARD. It...
Why I Risked Arrest
International Rivers sent two colleagues and myself to attend the fifth World Water Forum (WWF5) to draw attention to the...
Deported From the World Water Forum
Back home in Berlin, I am overwhelmed by the show of support for our message that dams are a risky...