(March 22, 2001) On February 28, 2001, Malaysia’s cabinet gave the controversial Bakun Dam project, shelved after the Asian financial crisis, the go-ahead.
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Cayo Coalition concerned
(March 20, 2001) A local river challenge race provides education about the risks posed to the valuable and fragile part of Belize’s heritage by building the Chalillo dam.
Strangling the Mekong
(March 19, 2001) A spate of dam building has stopped up Southeast Asia’s mighty river and may threaten the livelihood of millions who live along its banks.
Chixoy dam affected people – seek reparations
(March 14, 2001) A message of solidarity from the Maya-Achi.
Corp. backing harmful dam
(March 11, 2001) Newfoundland citizen writes letter to St. John’s Evening Telegram editor expressing concern over Fortis’ proposed Chalillo dam in Belize.
Oil, Sanctions, Debt and the Future
(March 11, 2001) Abbas Alnasrawi is Professor of Economics at
the University of Vermont. This paper was first presented at a
conference organised by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq.
Emergency plan urged for Three Gorges dam
A top political adviser urged the government to have an emergency plan ready in case of serious water pollution accidents at the Three Gorges Dam.
US Congressional Commission Pushes for Deeper IMF, World Bank Reforms
(March 8, 2001) Members of a US congressional commission which last year recommended radical reforms at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund have urged the new Bush administration to push for deeper reforms.
Three Gorges Probe
(March 7, 2001) The China News Service (Zhongxin She) reports that members of the China People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Chongqing Municipality, are appealing to the central government to build the middle of three water intakes for the mammoth south-north water diversion scheme at the Three Gorges reservoir, rather than at the Danjiangkou reservoir on the Han River.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson’s press conference
(March 7, 2001) ‘I am not aware of any plan to build dams on the Nujiang River, nor the number of dams to be built,’ the foreign ministry spokesman tells the foreign press in Beijing.
Three Gorges may become new source for water diversion project
(March 7, 2001) The Three Gorges Reservoir on the Yangtze River might be taken as an additional source for the mammoth South-North Water Diversion Project, due to a declining water reserve in the original one, according to some deputies attending the ongoing annual session of the Chinese legislature.
Workers’ deaths and landslide threat raise China dam fears
(March 7, 2001) The deaths of five construction workers due to an earth slide at the Three Gorges dam site, has triggered fears of geological disasters across the region.
Three Gorges Probe – South-North water diversion
(March 7, 2001) South-North water diversion should come from Three Gorges, CPPCC
Preparation work for Liuku dam resettlement makes orderly progress
Preparatory work related to the Liuku dam on the Nu River is proceeding, this media report indicates.
Indictment v. Acres International
(March 6, 2001) Court indictment and charges of of bribery against Canadian company, Acres International Limited, in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
Patricia Adams
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Lawrence Solomon
Mu Lan
Probe International
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Probe International 