(April 5, 2001) The prospect of undetected underground limestone caverns diverting water from the proposed Chalillo dam has come to light by one of Belize’s most experience geologists.
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(April 5, 2001) Geologist Charles Wright’s work suggests that if the mostly granite area of mountain country is undermined by limestone, it would be sheer folly to proceed with a large dam at Chalillo.
The late Charles Wright, who chose to live in Punta Gorda for much of his life, was a world renowned geologist and consultant. He was the principal architect of the book Land Use Survey in Belize, a valuable resource book now out of print.
Ban demanded on overseas bribes
(April 4, 2001) Britain’s failure to introduce clear legislation to outlaw bribery and corruption in international business was castigated yesterday by a committee of MPs as a “shameful situation” that damaged the reputation of the City of London and the country abroad.
Villagers set to end marathon protest
(April 4, 2001) Cabinet resolution gives hope in an agreement to open all eight sluice gates of Pak Moon dam between May and September this year while an ecological impact study is done.
LatAm indigenous groups claim Canada finances forced dislocation
(April 3, 2001) Alberto Achita, a leader of the Embera Katio tribe in Colombia, and Sara Imilmaqui Aguas of the Mapuche nation in Chile say the Canadian government is contributing to their forced dislocation by helping finance controversial hydro-electic dam projects.
Indigenous leaders from the Americas protest Export Development Corporation trade financing
(April 3, 2001) 130,000 Canadians sign letters addressed to Minister Pettigrew calling for tighter regulation of the Export Development Corporation.
Still Waiting for the Jubilee: Pragmatic Solutions for the Third World Debt Crisis
(April 1, 2001) David Roodman calls for debt relief strategies focused on reducing rich-country import barriers, scaling back export credit agencies and creating a sovereign bankruptcy panel to cancel “odious debts.”
PRESS RELEASE: China’s Three Gorges dam resettlement turns violent, Press Release
Chinese officials are using police force and violent means to force reluctant migrants to make way for the Three Gorges dam, and to punish anyone accusing local officials of wrongdoing, reports Probe International.
Chinese expert says new resettlement rules won’t solve Three Gorges’ problems
(March 29, 2001) A Three Gorges Probe exclusive: Civil strife and corruption will continue to plague world’s largest civil works project, predicts respected sociologist Dr. Wei Yi.
NGO letter to World Bank Executive Directors
(May 29, 2001) NGO sign-on letter on outstanding issues with the Bujagali falls dam in Uganda, which went to every Executive Director of the World Bank, 29 May 2001.
Looting Indonesia: The energy brokers ‘warm-up’ for California
(March 28, 2001) Micheal Billington argues that American energy companies profited from the “cronyism and corruption” of the Suharto government, and the Indonesian public is now paying the price.
Exaggerations of World Commission on Dams: Brazil’s water resources secretary vs IRN
(March 27, 2001) Mr. Raymundo Garrido, Water Resources Secretary of the Brazilian federal Environment Ministry, and Glenn Switkes, Latin America Program Director of International Rivers Network, debate the World Commission on Dams in Brazil’s Gazeta Mercantil.
The myths and facts of freshwater
(March 27, 2001) ‘A recent scientific report shows that over 60 per cent of the world’s 227 largest rivers have been fragmented by dams, leading to the destruction of wetlands, a decline in freshwater species … and the forced displacement of millions of people.’
Globalization in the jungle
There’s no disguising the fact the Chalillo dam "is a rotten deal" for Belize, says Probe International’s Grainne Ryder.
Three Gorges Probe: Three Gorges dam petitioners abducted
(March 23, 2001) A Three Gorges Probe exclusive: Five farmers who helped organize petitions by communities being resettled to make way for the Three Gorges dam have been abducted by police in the last three weeks.
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