(January 23, 2003) Plans to transform the Mekong River into an industrial waterway are threatening one of the world’s most important inland fisheries.
Dam hurts villagers in Vietnam
(January 23, 2003) Together with activists, villagers want a stop to dam-building in Vietnam until a public hearing is held to discuss the impacts of these projects.
France motivated by its own oil argument
(January 22, 2003) Where Saddam rules, oil money goes to palaces and weapons. The French know this. […] It’s a brainless slander to say America wants a war for oil. It is a plain fact that France wants "peace" for oil.
Will the World Bank go green?
(January 21, 2003) Countries that rape the environment for high-growth development policies are starting to lose their appeal with global lending agencies after a decade of sustained pressure from the green lobby.
Villagers count costs of dam building in Vietnam
(January 21, 2003) Villagers are holding community meetings and joining protests to speak out against plans by Vietnam to build more dams. Probe International‘s Greinne Ryder calls for recognition of villagers’ concerns.
World Conservation Union position on Fortis dam
(January 20, 2003) IUCN applauds Belize Supreme court decision to hold public hearings on
Fortis’ dam project prior to any final decision.
Public hearing equals public farce
(January 20, 2003) The public hearing on Chalillo, ordered by the Supreme Court, which was held in Cayo late last week, was supposed to give the Belizean public a forum to air their views and concerns about the controversial Macal River Dam. It did not do so.
Hydro-Power Plant Project in Thailand Seeks Funding
(January 20, 2003) The construction of a hydro-power plant on the Salween River has won support from the Energy Ministry which plans to look for sources of funding for the project.
Beijing urged to get moving on water conservation
(January 17, 2003) Beijingers have been warned against regarding the south-north water-transfer scheme as an excuse to waste more water, while continuing to neglect water-saving strategies.
Pak Moon dam: PM says decision final
(January 16, 2003) Prime Minister Thaksin Shina-watra yesterday reiterated that his decision on the Pak Mool Dam controversy was final, saying that any future protests on the matter would have to observe the rule of law.
Pak Moon dam: Decision on sluice gates final, says PM
(January 16, 2003) The sluice gates of the Pak Moon dam in Ubon Ratchathani will stay open for only four months a year. The resolution is final and dam protesters must accept it, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday.
Large ships or large fish?
(January 13, 2003) IUCN urges the Governments that share the Mekong River to fully consider the threats to biodiversity imposed by the blasting of shoals and rapids undertaken as part of the Upper Mekong Navigation Improvement Project.
Let’s stop financing risky Candu loans
(January 9, 2003) We don’t hear much about the Canada Account . . .Why? Because the mandate of the Canada Account is to take up loans, or loan guarantees, that fail to meet Export Development Canada’s own risk tolerance test.
Laos, Cambodia agree power development in border provinces
(January 7, 2003) Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia have agreed to fully tap hydroelectric potential in their seven border provinces at a recent seminar in Hanoi.
Elec Agency To Sign Nam Theun 2 Power Deal
(January 6, 2003) The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand will sign a power purchase agreement with Nam Theun 2 Power Co., the developer of a Laos hydroelectric power project in March, the Krungthep Turakij newspaper reports.
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