Bujagali Campaign Materials

International Rivers’s Bujagali Campaign campaign material

Letters

• Save Mabira Crusade Backgrounder
  A backgrounder from Save Mabira Crusade on the unpopular government decision of giving away of Mabira forest to an Indian investor for sugar cane growing, April 13, 2007.
• NGOs highlight urgent concerns on Bujagali in letter to World Bank, as Ugandan government fast-tracks the project, November 2, 2006.
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  On September 27, 2004, the community resettled for the proposed Bujagali Dam submitted the following letter of grievance, signed by thirty–three members of the community, September 27, 2004.
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  Ugandan NGO NAPE prepared this press release in response to Response to the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Hon. Syda N. M. Bbumba’s article enitled, "Response to Article attributed to Col. (RTD) Dr. Kiiza Besigye", December 17, 2004.
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  This letter from NGOs to World Bank President Wolfensohn urges a full and fair assessment of energy options as the Bank and Government of Uganda look for new investors in the stalled project, November 7, 2003.
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  In a May 2002 letter to Executive Directors, 120 NGOs urge the Bank to delay further funding approvals until a report by the Inspection Panel on the dam’s violations of Bank policy is released. They also request a "more realistic" economic assessment of the project, and a release of the project contract in Uganda, May 20, 2002.
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  Read NGO letters to agencies proposing to pay AES for carbon credits for Bujagali Dam.
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  Read a June 2001 letter to US funder OPIC signed by 20 NGOs urging them to reject Bujagali Dam, June 25, 2001.
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  Read a May 29, 2001 letter signed from 20 NGOs to World Bank executive directors on the project’s outstanding problems, May 30, 2001.
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  A Dec. 2000 sign–on letter urging the head of the IFC to evaluate the Bujagali Dam against WCD guidelines, April 04, 2001.
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  An English version of an "Earth Alarm" on Uganda’s Bujagali Falls Dam. Earth Alarm is the letter writing project of Friends of the Earth Netherlands, October 23, 2000.
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  A recent letter to World Bank from coalition of 50 NGOs, October 23, 2000.
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  Read letter from Ugandan students to the IFC explaining their concerns about the Bujagali Dam project, and why they believe this is not the best option for their country, August 17, 2000.
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  Write US power company AES about their proposal to dam Uganda’s Bujagali Falls, March 23, 2000.
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  A Memorandum to the World Bank on the proposed Bujagali falls projectby Ugandan NGOs, February 22, 2000.
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  International Rivers letter sent to International Finance Corporation and consultants who are studying the hydropower potential of the Upper Nile, June 24, 1999.

Press Releases / Statements

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  A statement by Save Mabira Crusade following the arrest of civil society leaders, April 17, 2007
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  Protests on a government plan to convert protected forest to sugar plantation ended in violence, arrests. International Rivers calls on government to release peaceful civil society leaders, April 13, 2007.
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  Read the "Save Mabira Crusade" on the April 12, 2007 arrests, April 13, 2007.
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  The Bujagali Dam project is now being revived by the Ugandan government, in partnership with the Aga Khan’s Industrial Promotion Services, which recently signed a "power purchase agreement" on the project. This advisory, by the Ugandan NGO National Association of Professional Environmentalits, describes why this project should not go forward as is. Also, read a more detailed paper documenting NAPE’s [node:627 link]. December 16, 2005.
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  Bujagali Dam is being revived by the government of Uganda. Read this civil society statement of concerns and demands, April 15, 2005.
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  International Rivers press release urges investment in better alternatives than this risky white elephant, August 13, 2003.
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  The World Bank approves Bujagali Dam despite economic risks, outstanding investigations, December 17, 2001.
• Read the "Save Mabira Crusade" [node:624 link]
• Read a [node:623 link] from Save Mabira Crusade

Reports

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  Some notes and recommendations by International Rivers, June 20, 2002.
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  The planned Bujagali Dam in Uganda violates five key World Bank policies. This is the conclusion of a confidential new report by the Inspection Panel, the World Bank’s investigative body. (Read International Rivers’s [node:464 link] PDF), July 10, 2002.
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  A confidential Bank report obtained by International Rivers shows that the World Bank is misleading its own Executive Board on many accounts in order to win approval for the hydropower project, July 3, 2002.
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  Analysis of internal documents by International Rivers shows that World Bank management manipulated data to gain Board approval for the project, which is sponsored by US–based AES Corporation, May 14, 2002.
• Can Huge Dams Solve Our Economic Problems?
  A view from Save Bujagali Crusade, March 16, 2000.
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  This paper was presented to the [node:348 link] in Cairo in December 1999, December 17, 1999.