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Chinese Dam Builders Fan Conflict in Burma
After the army occupied their territory, 30,000 people from Burma’s Kokang Territory escaped to China’s Yunnan Province last week. The...
Traveling Down the Yangtze
When my wife and I traveled down the Yangtze Valley and Three Gorges Reservoir last week, we were surprised by...
The HSAF process - view from an NGO
International Water Power & Dam Construction Peter Bosshard of International Rivers argues that the industry-led HSAF process falls behind current...
New Directions in Hydropower?
A new report entitled, Directions in Hydropower, summarizes the World Bank’s current approach to hydropower projects. The report says that...
EIB Pulls Back from Funding Gibe III Dam
[June 5: This press release stirred controversy resulting in a statement released by the EIB. Please see EIB’s June 4...
Stealing from the World Bank - an Eyewitness Account
In a major departure from the past, World Bank President James Wolfensohn in 1996 identified corruption as the “cancer” of...
Call on Merowe Dam
A National, Regional, and International Call To obviate the Ominous Hazards of Mirwi Dam The Political Corporation for Crisis Management,...
African NGOs Call on African Development Bank Not to Fund Ethiopia's Gibe 3 Dam
Dakar, Senegal – At the annual meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Dakar, a controversy erupted today over...
Three Gorges Dam – Still China’s Model for the World?
On his eight-day visit to China, Nepal’s Prime Minister Prachanda planned to visit the Three Gorges Dam this week. He...
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,...