Affected People

Power Surge: The Impacts of Rapid Dam Development in Laos

Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Laos has declared it a national priority to catalyze the country's development through the rapid construction of large dams that export high-risk hydropower to neighboring Thailand and Vietnam. With six big dams already in operation, seven currently under construction, at least 12 more in the works and development deals pending on another 35, Laos is in the midst of an unprecedented dam-building boom. A new report from International Rivers, Power Surge, chronicles the social and environmental debt created by this boom. Power Surge's 11 in-depth case studies reveal that Lao villagers are being

Lorica Declaration of the Latin America Network Against Dams

Poster from Third Latin America Meeting of Dam-Affected People
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Poster from Third Latin America Meeting of Dam-Affected People Redlar Fourth Meeting of the Latin America Network against Dams, and for Rivers, their Communities, and Water Santa Cruz de Lorica, Colombia Energy policies promoted by many of the governments of Latin America in the interest of trans-national capital are based on building mega-hydroelectric dams. These are part of a strategy for growth and exclusionary social, political, and economic “development”, and they result in the sacking and destruction of natural resources and of life in general, without taking into account th

Introduction and Article "The Madeira Hydroelectric and Hidrovia project – Cornerstone of IIRSA"

Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Article on the history of the Madeira River complex, and the Brazilian government´s efforts to gain approval for the project, no matter what the cost.

Coalition Call for International Moratorium on Large Dams

Tuesday, April 1, 1997
 April 1997 World Rivers Review Special Focus: People Affected by Dams Delegates at the first International Meeting of People Affected by Dams have demanded an immediate international moratorium on the building of large dams. Attendees of the meeting, held March 11-14 in Curitiba, Brazil, said the moratorium should last until a number of demands are met, including the provision of reparations to the millions of people whose livelihoods have suffered because of dams. "We have stopped dams in the past, and we will stop more in the future," states the declaration. "Over th

Declaration of Curitiba: Affirming the Right to Life and Livelihood of People Affected by Dams

Friday, March 14, 1997
April 1997 World Rivers Review Special Focus: People Affected by Dams Approved at the First International Meeting of People Affected by Dams, Curitiba, Brazil March 14, 1997 We, the people from 20 countries gathered in Curitiba, Brazil, representing organizations of dam-affected people and of opponents of destructive dams, have shared our experiences of the losses we have suffered and the threats we face because of dams. Although our experiences reflect our diverse cultural, social, political and environmental realities, our struggles are one. Our struggles are one because every

Commentary: Living With Rivers

Tuesday, April 1, 1997
 April 1997 World Rivers Review Special Focus: People Affected by Dams "The river runs through me like blood in my veins. If you dam the river, it is like stopping the blood that gives me life."  Raul Rocco, Argentinian fisherman Raul Rocco lives with a river. Not beside it or near it, but with it. He is a fisherman, and the river he lives with -  the Paraná in northeastern Argentina - provides him and his family with food, a livelihood, water for drinking and washing, inspiration for their songs, their poetry, their lives. The river in fact defines their lives. Rocco

Damming for Development: Lessons from Laos

Friday, June 27, 2008
Opinion piece published by Reuters AlertNet A Lao man, his face and hands hardened by the sun and years of fishing, tends his water buffalo by the Theun River and wonders what his life will be like "after the flood". That's how he referred to the water that has now started rising behind the Nam Theun 2 dam, turning an area more than four times the size of Paris - including the land his family has tilled for generations - into a stagnant reservoir. Will he, and the more than 6,000 others who have been displaced, be better off thanks to the Nam Theun 2 hydropower project, as the Lao government,

Nam Theun 2 Dam: Rising Water, Falling Expectations

Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Opinion piece published in Thailand's The Nation A Lao man, his face and hands hardened by the sun after years of fishing and farming, tends his water buffalo by the Theun River and wonders what his life will be like "after the flood". That's how he referred to the water that has now started rising behind the Nam Theun 2 dam in central Laos. Will he, and the thousands of others who have been displaced, be better off thanks to the Nam Theun 2 hydropower project, as the Lao government, the dam developers and the World Bank contend? Or will he and his children face an uncertain future of rice sho

Águas Turvas: Alertas sobre as Conseqüências de Barrar o Maior Afluente do Amazonas

Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Águas Turvas: Conseqüências de Barrar o Maior Afluente do Amazonas analise o projeto hidrelétrico e hidroviário do rio Madeira, na Amazônia Brasileira. Através de artigos sobre a história do projeto, hidrologia e sedimentação, peixes e pesca, mercúrio, e impactos sócio-econômicos, o livro é uma ferramenta importante para comunidades, ativistas, jornalistas, e outros, inclusive as autoridades para aprofundar o seu entendimento de questões chaves afetando o projeto, e também as implicações potenciais da sua construção.

"Muddy Waters" Executive Summary

Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Muddy Waters: Impacts of Damming the Amazon's Principal TributaryPrefaceThe articles in this book are intended to serve as a tool for those who seek to better understand the Madeira River hydroelectric and industrial waterway complex (hidrovia), its history, and its implications for the Amazon region. The initiative to publish this book came from the non-governmental organization Bank Information Center, headquartered in Washington DC, as part of the studies on the projects of greatest impact in the Initiative for the Integration of South American Regional Infrastructure (IIRSA) for its BICECA

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