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With a new dam proposed on the Kunene River, the Himba people mobilize to permanently protect their lifeblood
The Kunene River forms part of Namibia’s border with Angola. The idea of damming the Kunene dates back as far...
Background on Epupa Falls
Updated 2005 Download this fact sheet (PDF, 190 KB) Namibia’s Kunene River valley is the ancestral home of 12,000 Himba...
Commentary on the Proposed Lower Cunene Hydropower Scheme
Commentary on the Environmental Assessment Report of the Feasibility Study on the Proposed Lower Cunene Hydropower Scheme My comments are...
Review of Chapter 11 of the Feasibility Study for the Epupa Hydropower Scheme, Namibia
Section 11.2.ii states that the simulation “will calculate downstream effects of the” various reservoir discharge scenarios. No further discussion or...
A Review of Hydrological Aspects of the Proposed Epupa Dam and Reservoir, Cunene River, Namibia
1. Executive Summary From a hydrologist’s point of view, the Feasibility Study of proposed hydroelectric power dams on the...
COMMENTS ON THE EPUPA DRAFT FEASIBILITY STUDY
The following is a brief review of some sections of the draft feasibility study (FS), focusing primarily on the Epupa...
A Review of the Epupa Draft Feasibility Study
The author reviewed all sections relating to the project’s economic viability, except for the detailed appendix chapters, which were not...
Epupa Dam and Reservoir Options - A Review of the Aquatic Ecological Aspects of the Draft Feasibility Report
SUMMARY OF COMMENTS The following comments are based on the draft feasibility report, which was made available by Burmeister Partners,...
Comments on the Epupa Hydropower Project Feasibility Study
Summary Contrary to assertions in the Feasibility Study, the Epupa hydropower scheme is not the “least cost” power alternative for...
Official Position by Himba on Epupa Dam
An official submissions to the Namibian government on behalf of the Traditional Leadership of the Kunene Region, in relation to...