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Letter to World Bank Executive Director Regarding Nam Theun 2 Concerns
Jan PiercyExecutive DirectorWorld Bank1818 H St., NWWashington, D.C. Dear Ms. Piercy, Thank you for meeting with some of us on...
World Bank Dam Evaluation "Seriously Deficient"
NGOs Demand Independent Review and Moratorium on World Bank Support of Large Dams Forty-nine non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from 21 countries...
Nam Theun 2 Stranded With No Buyer for Its Power
The future of the controversial Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric dam in Laos is increasingly uncertain after its sole customer, the...
Earthquakes Triggered by Africa's Katse Dam Force Families to Abandon Damaged Village
Earthquakes caused by the filling of a huge reservoir in the southern African country of Lesotho have terrified local people...
Consultant Reveals Financial Risks of Lao Dam: Nam Theun 2 Could Prove Liability for Lao Government
The Nam Theun 2 Dam in Laos is likely to cost significantly more and yield significantly lower revenues than claimed...
Letter to World Bank Citing Concerns about Nam Theun 2
Ms Rebecca B. HallCountry OfficerCountry Department 1East Asia and Pacific RegionWorld Bank1818 H. Street, NWWashington, DC 20433 Fax 202 477...
IRN technical review of Mekong Secretariat 1994 Mekong mainstream dam plan
This technical review of the Mekong Secretariat’s “Mekong Mainstream Run of River Hydropower” report, dated 1994, identifies serious shortcomings of...
River Dolphins: Can They Be Saved?
River dolphins are small, aquatic mammals which belong to the order Cetacea. Scientists today classify river dolphins as endangered species...
Social and Environmental Implications of Resource Development in Vietnam: The Case of the Hoa Binh Reservoir
Hoa Binh Dam is of national importance as the country’s principal source of electrical energy, but it has also resulted...
Brazil's Balbina Dam: Environment Versus the Legacy of the Pharoahs in Amazonia
Read article by Philip Fearnside of Brazil’s National Institute for Amazon Research (INPA) on the impacts of Balbina Dam. The...