Epupa Campaign Materials

Articles

• Epupa Meeting Postponed Again
  Article from The Namibian, November 1, 1999.

• Lula's Own Hollywood Version of Belo Monte
  Read letters to editor of The Namibian call for better energy solutions, July 14, 1999.

• Good Energy Alternatives, Bad Economics May Doom Epupa Dam
  World Rivers Review, April 1998.

• Alternatives to Namibian Dam, Water Pipeline Proposed
  World Rivers Review, December 1997.

• Namibian Government Clings to Epupa Dam Despite Opposition, Alternatives
  World Rivers Review, June 1997

• New Site Recommended for Epupa Dam
  World Rivers Review, December 1996.

• There Will Be No Dam Here: Himba Chiefs Speak Out Against Epupa Falls Dam
  World Rivers Review, July 1996.

• Contract Awarded for Epupa Falls Feasibility Study
  World Rivers Review, May 1995.

Letters

• Regarding the Proposed Epupa/Baynes Dams
  President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa will be meeting with President Sam Nujoma of Namibia at the end of the month. In light of this, the Environmental Monitoring Group of Cape Town, SA has put together a briefing package for the President and other SA officials. Here is some of the information it contains, August 23, 1999.

• Sign–on Letter to Funders Regarding Epupa Dam
  More than 50 groups and individuals have signed on to a letter that is going to all potential funders of Namibia’s Epupa Dam, August 16, 1999.

• Mphanda Nkuwa Dam to Apply for CDM Credits?
  December 19, 1997.

• Brazil’s PAC 2 Spells Environmental Disaster
  From the Epupa Action Committee, November 5, 1997.

Press Releases / Statements

• River of Words 2010 Art and Poetry Contest Winners Announced
  January 21, 1998.

• Patagonia Rising: A Story Too Important Not To Tell
  October 3, 1997.

Reports

• Shining a Light on the Offsets Loophole
  The official submission by affected people presented to the government at the public hearing on the dam, February 7, 1998

• James Cameron in the Amazon: Avatar Meets Real Life
  International Rivers gave this presentation at the public meeting on the Epupa Hydropower Scheme, held in Windhoek, Namibia. A speech on the dam’s problems by International Rivers’s Steve Rothert, February 7, 1998.

• A Review of the Epupa Draft Feasibility Study
  January 1998.

• When Do You Compromise on Climate Change?
  A Namibian nongovernmental organization proposes alternative sources of power and water, October 14, 1997.

• Offsets Galore In Kerry-Lieberman Draft Climate Bill
  October 31, 1996.