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Declaration of Curitiba: Affirming the Right to Life and Livelihood of People Affected by Dams
April 1997 World Rivers Review Special Focus: People Affected by Dams Approved at the First International Meeting of People Affected...
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...
Striking Lesotho Dam Workers Killed by Police - NGOs Urge World Bank to Take Action
Five workers were shot dead and some 30 injured when police evicted striking workers from a Lesotho Highlands Water Project...
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...
NGOs Demand World Bank Investigation Into Massacres
Report Reveals 376 Murdered After Resisting Eviction International Rivers and Witness for Peace International Rivers and human rights group Witness...
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...
Manibeli Declaration
Calling for a Moratorium on World Bank Funding of Large Dams WHEREAS: The World Bank is the greatest single source...
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...