Affected People

Entities sent today (11) a document that alleges violations of international treaties in the project and threats to indigenous and riverine communities of the Xingu River; OAS will demand explanations and may request the State to stop the licensing process

 The Organization of American States (OAS) today (Thursday, November 11) a document denouncing the irregularities in the bidding process and the impacts on indigenous and riverine communities that are affected by the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, in Pará.  Signed by the Xingu Forever Alive Movement, by other organi

Protest at El Zapotillo Dam Site Durante Ríos Para La Vida 3, la comunidad de Temaca convocaron por el 10 de Noviembre, ser un día internacional de solidaridad contra la presa El Zapotillo. Piden que comunidades y ONG's toman acciones pacificas a la embajada o consulado Mexicano mas cerca de usted, para exigir de la cancelación de la presa El Zapotillo. La presa El Zapotillo, de almacenamiento de agua y trasvase del Río Verde, es impulsada por la Comisión Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA), para favorecer los intereses particulares de empresas en las Ciudades de León y Guadalajara, sin c

Aprobada en el Tercero Encuentro Internacional de Afectados por Represas y sus Aliados Temacapulín, México, octubre 1 a 7, 2010Solidaridad con Temacapulín, Acasico y Palmarejo Nosotros, más de 320 personas de 54 países a lo ancho y largo del mundo, afectados y luchadores contra las represas destructivas y activistas por el uso ecológico del agua, la justa utilización de la energía, la autodeterminación de los pueblos, la defensa del territorio, la justicia ambiental y climática y el respeto a los derechos humanos, nos hemos encontrado en Temacapulín. Nos hemos reunido en un pueblo

Originally published in the WSJ Blog China Real Time Report Environmental advocacy group International Rivers gives a mixed grade to China's biggest resettlement project since at least 1.2 million people were moved to make way for the Three Gorges reservoir. Some 330,000 people are being relocated to expand the Danjiangkou Reservoir in central China's Hubei province as part of a massive and controversial project to divert water from southern China along three canals to the north. The South-to-North Water Transfer Project is estimated to cost $62 billion - far more than even the Three

The $62 billion South-North Water Transfer Project is the biggest engineering scheme in Chinese history. About 330,000 people are currently being relocated for the expansion of the Danjiangkou reservoir, which marks the beginning of the transfer project's Middle Route. International Rivers has published an eyewitness report on China's biggest ongoing resettlement project. The report finds that the Chinese government has learned lessons from the experience with the Three Gorges Dam, but that serious problems remain. Download the report in English and ChinesePhotos of Danjiangkou dam and rese