About the Editors

Gráinne Ryder
worked as an engineer in Thailand on village water supply projects for
three years before joining Probe International in 1987 as a water
resources researcher. She headed an international effort to stop the
Three Gorges Project until 1990 when she returned to Thailand to
coordinate a campaign against a series of dams on the Mekong River.

Margaret Barber joined Probe International in 1990
with a degree in economics and geography. Her work on the Three Gorges
issue has included preparing cases opposing Canadian involvement in the
project for submission to the International Water Tribunal in Amsterdam
and Canada’s engineering associations.

About the Foreword Authors

Dai Qing. A Chinese engineer, environmentalist, and
award-winning journalist, Dai Qing was the chief editor of Yangtze!
Yangtze!, the first Chinese book critical of the Three Gorges Dam.
Released in early 1989, the Far Eastern Economic Review called Yangtze!
Yangtze! “a watershed event in post-1949 Chinese politics.” For her
role in spurring the public debate on the wisdom of the Three Gorges
Dam, Dai Qing was arrested and detained without trial in a maximum
security prison for ten months. The first edition of Damming The Three
Gorges was dedicated to Dai Qing.

Niu Kangsheng, M.A. was born in the riverside town
of Wanxian on the Yangtze River (which would be drowned by the Three
Gorges reservoir). He was Associate Professor of English in Chongqing
for 25 years. Now residing in Canada, he is an instructor of Chinese
drama and culture at York and Waterloo Universities.
About the Experts

Philip M. Fearnside, Ph.D. is Research Professor at
Brazil’s National Institute for Research in the Amazon. He has worked
in India and travelled extensively in China, including the Three Gorges
area. His expertise is in the evaluation of development projects
including hydroelectric dams. As a Guggenheim Fellow he studied
proposed World Bank projects around the world, including the Three
Gorges Project.

Joseph S. Larson, Ph.D. is Professor and Director
of the Environment Institute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
U.S.A. His area of expertise is wetland policy and he has visited the
middle and lower Yangtze Valley.

Shiu-hung Luk, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of
Geography at the University of Toronto, Canada. As a soil erosion
specialist, he is involved with soil conservation research and programs
in China.

Vijay Paranjpye, Ph.D. is Professor of Economics at
Ness Wadia College of Commerce, India. He is the author of Evaluating
the Tehri Dam and High Dams on the Narmada which evaluate the
cost-benefit analyses used to justify India’s Tehri Dam and Narmada
Valley Project.

Alan Penn, M.Sc. has Master of Science degrees
from both Cambridge University, England and McGill University, Canada,
and a background in chemical limnology and hydrology. He is an
environmental advisor to the Cree Regional Authority, where he has work
for 12 years on mercury-related issues in Northern Quebec, Canada.

Vaclav Smil, Ph.D. is Professor of Geography at the
University of Manitoba, Canada. He is the author of several books on
China‚Äôs energy and environment including Energy in China’s
Modernization.

David L. Wegner, M.Sc. is an aquatic biologist with
a background in engineering. He works with the Glen Canyon
Environmental Studies Project of the U.S. Department of Interior,
conducting scientific studies to determine the environmental impacts of
the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River, U.S.A.

Joseph Whitney, Ph.D. is Chairman and Professor of
Geography at the University of Toronto, Canada. With expertise in soil
erosion management and environmental impact assessments, he is involved
with the design and implementation of soil erosion management projects
in China.

Philip B. Williams, Ph.D., P.E. is a hydrologist
and engineering consultant, and a partner in Philip B. Williams and
Associates, Hydrological Consultants. He is also President of the
International Rivers Network, based in San Francisco, U.S.A.

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