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River Keepers Handbook: A Guide to Protecting Rivers and Catchments in Africa
This 52-page report takes a step toward creating a broad movement of people devoted to protecting their watersheds (or “catchments”)...
Letter to the World Bank, Re: Lesotho Highlands Water Project
Mr. Jean-Louis Sarbib Vice President Africa Region The World Bank 1818 H St., NW Washington, D.C. 20433 Re: Lesotho Highlands...
Proposed Uganda Dam is Drowning in Difficulties
The proposed Bujagali Falls hydropower project in Uganda has suffered serious setbacks in recent months. In January the Uganda Electricity...
Japanese PM Urged to Toughen Standards for Development Super–Agency
NGOs also demand withdrawal from Filipino dam An international appeal was delivered to the Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Keizo Obuchi,...
A Case Study on the Manantali Dam Project (Mali, Mauritania, Senegal)
1. The project The Manantali project consists of the Manantali dam on the Bafing river, a tributary of the Senegal...
Can This River Be Saved? Rethinking Cahora Bassa Could Make a Difference for Dam–Battered Zambezi
Over the millennia, life in Southern Africa was measured by the ebb and flow of the great Zambezi River. Every...
Power Struggle: The Impacts of Hydro-Development in Laos
In February 1998, during a dialogue with Lao government officials, International Rivers Network was encouraged to visit the Lao countryside...
US Can Help Stop Brewing Water Wars
A global water crisis is brewing, scientists warn, and we must find new solutions or face the specter of widespread...