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Do No Harm: Avoiding Resettlement Failure at Vietnam's Son La Hydropower Project

Vietnam’s ambitious Son La Hydropower Project could face serious problems if the government’s plan to resettle 100,000 mostly ethnic people...
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Burma's Salween Dams Threaten Over Half a Million Lives Downstream

Over half a million city residents, farmers, and fisher folk living at the mouth of the Salween River in Burma...
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Proposed Salween Dams Revive Development Nightmare for Karenni in Burma

Karenni Development Research Group Threatened with plans by Burma’s generals to dam the Salween River and submerge vast tracts of...
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The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples Must Prevent the Operation of the San Roque Dam

04-10-02: It is nearly done. The builders of the San Roque dam have to lay on only 25 meters more...
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International Rivers's Merowe Campaign Materials

Press Releases [node:980 link] More than 100 families were suddenly forced to abandon their homes on August 7 because of...
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Hundreds Forced to Flee Homes as Merowe Dam Reservoir Waters Rise Without Warning

Civil society demands an end to impoundment and resolution of resettlement issues as fears of violence increase LONDON: More than...
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Sudan Government Massacres Merowe Dam Affected People

On April 22, 2006, the militia of the Merowe Dam authorities, armed with machine guns and heavy artillery, attacked the...
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Independent Review Reveals Serious Flaws in Sudan’s Merowe Dam

The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Merowe Dam in Sudan, the largest hydropower project currently under construction in Africa,...
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Pipe Dreams

The World Bank’s Failed Efforts to Restore Lives and Livelihoods of Dam-Affected People in Lesotho While the Lesotho Highlands Water...
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A Brief History of Africa’s Largest Water Project

A Brief History of Africa’s Largest Water Project Updated January 2005 Contents The Watershed The Project Social Issues Environmental Impacts...