(September 12, 2000) Rights Action campaign for just compensation and reparations from the World Bank & the Inter-American Development Bank for survivors of the Rio Negro community destroyed by construction of the Chixoy Dam in Guatemala.
Asian Development Bank defers model hydro scheme in Vietnam
(September 11, 2000) Dam tragedy fuels downstream objections. Reports of at least five drownings as a result of massive flooding caused by Vietnam’s second largest hydro dam have prompted the Asian Development Bank to postpone financing of another dam on the same river.
Letter from Pierre Pettigrew, responding to Probe International’s Patricia Adams
(September 7, 2000) “The Canadian government is of the view that any continuing [Urra] issues should be settled in accordance with Columbia’s laws and justice mechanisms” writes Mr. Pettigrew.
Reckless development blamed for fouling of China’s waters
(September 6, 2000) The stench from Dian Lake smothers the tiny farming hamlets that dot its shores. Until 2002, the lake supplied drinking water to Kunming, the scenic capital of southern Yunnan Province, and provided a rich bounty for fishermen and a playground for tourists.
Probe Alert Fall 2000
Compensation for EDC-financed dam falls short for Colombia’s indigenous communities
Tribesmen flee flooding
(September 1, 2000) At least 300 hill-tribe families living in the northeast provinces have been evacuated to higher ground since Wednesday, due to heavy rains and the release of water from the Yali Falls dam in Vietnam.
Thai government agrees to open Pak Mun dam gates
(September 1, 2000) After more than 500 days of protest, villagers affected by the World-Bank financed dam move one step closer to restoring their fishery.
Probe Alert Fall 2000
Thai government agrees to open Pak Mun dam gates
Probe Alert September 2000
Canadian government defends more aid for disastrous Manantali Dam
Probe Alert September 2000
The World Bank has cancelled a highly contentious loan to China for an “anti-poverty program” that would have resettled 58,000 Chinese farmers in an area claimed by Tibetans as part of their homeland.
Dams on trial: The World Bank and the “cancer of corruption” — The Lesotho case
(September 1, 2000) Antonio Tricarico Campagna per la riforma della Banca mondiale.
Viets say sorry for Se San flow
(April 28, 2000) VIETNAMESE authorities have apologized for discharging water from the Yali falls dam in the recent months causing flooding and current surges that claimed the lives of at least five people.
PRESS RELEASE: EDC preempts court decisions, finances second Biobio dam in Chile
(August 28, 2000) Canada’s Export Development Corp. is financing Chile’s largest and most controversial hydro dam, even though the Chilean courts have yet to decide whether or not the dam on southern Chile’s Biobío river is legal.
Support for irrigation charges but collections seen as a problem area
(April 27, 2000) The Asian Development Bank yesterday backed plans to charge farmers for use of water in irrigation but said implementation would be difficult.
There has to be a better way
(August 25, 2000) For the first time, ministers and poor villagers sat down as equals on stage to provide information on an issue of public interest.
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