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Excellences, Monsieur le Premier Ministre, Chef de Gouvernement Monsieur le Ministre de l’Environnement et de la Protection de la Nature Objet: Préalables pour la recevabilité des Etudes d’Impact Environnemental (EIE) du projet de barrage réservoir de LOM–PANGAR Considérant la Loi N° 90/053 du 19 décembre 1990 portant liberté d’association au Cameroun, et la Loi N°99/014 du 22/12/1999 relative aux Organisations Non Gouvernementales (ONG) qui reconnaissent le rôle critique des ONG pour le développement économique, social, environnemental et culturel de la Natio

On the 5th anniversary of the World Commission on Dams, Global Village Cameroon wrote the following open letter to the Prime Minister of Cameroon and the Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection reminding them of what is expected in the development of the Lom Pangar Dam. The letter is based on the World Commission on Dams report and the Cameroon law guiding environmental impact assessments were used. This letter was written to let the government know what we feel is not going on well with the Lom Pangar dam project and other dams programmed in Cameroon. Information concerning the EIA for

18 months after the launch of the WCD's final report the 12 Commissioners wrote to World Bank President James Wolfensohn to express concern that the draft of the Bank's new water strategy advocates increased funding for water megaprojects while largely ignoring the WCD's findings and recommendations. The Commissioners urged Wolfensohn to ensure that the final version of the water strategy "more clearly analyzes and better integrates the World Commission on Dams' priorities, principles and recommendations." Download the letter below.

Current Status: Registered on 7 July 2007 Comments on the World Bank PCF Project Design Document for the Chacabuquito Large Hydro ProjectSubmitted to the World Bank Prototype Carbon Fund International Rivers has concerns regarding the absence of discussion of reservoir emissions, a possible overestimation of the cost of emissions reductions credits, and other procedural issues for the proposed Chile–Chacabuquito Hydroelectric Power Project.Costs of emissions reductions: The emissions reduction calculations leave out a discussion of possible emissions from the project’s impoundment.

The World Bank Callisto E. Madavo Vice President, Africa Region Antonio Tricarico Reform the World Bank Campaign Via Ferraironi 88/G 00172 Rome ITALY Dear Mr. Tricarico, I would like to thank you for your letter to Mr. Wolfensohn of November 19 regarding the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP). Mr. Wolfensohn has asked me to respond, and I can assure you that the World Bank’s commitment to eradicate corruption is strong and will be sustained. The list of firms that the Bank has declared ineligible to be awarded future Bank–financed contracts continues to grow, and all of these fir

Mr. James Wolfensohn President The World Bank 1818 H Street, NW Washington D.C. 20433 U.S.A. Fax: +1 202 522 0355 Dear President Wolfensohn, We are writing to you on behalf of Campagna per la riforma della Banca mondiale, a coalition of 40 Italian development NGOs and environmental and human rights associations that has been, and still is, following with great attention and concern the developments of the court case on alleged corruption by several companies, such as Italy’s Impregilo, in the Lesotho Highland Water Project. Impregilo is accused of having given bribes amounting t

James Wolfensohn President, World Bank 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20433 U.S.A. File Reference: HE/DB/ Contact Name: David Boys Tel: 011 334 50 40 11 65 Dear Mr. Wolfensohn, The World Bank has repeatedly said in recent years that it is determined to combat corruption. You yourself made a speech at the IACC in Durban last month in which you said that corruption is at the heart of the problem of world poverty. Your speech, like many others, focused on the problem of corrupt officials and politicians receiving bribes. But someone pays every bribe – and as the OECD a

Mr. Jean–Louis Sarbib Vice President Africa Region The World Bank 1818 H St., NW Washington, D.C. 20433 Re: Lesotho Highlands Water Project Dear Mr. Sarbib, We wish to call your attention to some of the most important unresolved issues regarding the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP). You will recall that we raised similar concerns in our letter to you last November, but unfortunately many of these issues remain unresolved. The most critical is the still urgent matter related to the compensation of project–affected people who lost access to communal grazing lands, whi

CORE Comments on Project Design Document for the Jorethang Loop Hydroelectric Project, Sikkim, IndiaSubmitted to Det Norske Veritas (DNV) We have perused the PDD as obtained from the website, and found it seriously deficient in key aspects. Our comments below are brief and not comprehensive in addressing every aspect of the PDD. The project cannot be taken as an additionality, as many viable alternatives exist. Moreover, the region is chock-a-block with hydrolectricity project proposals and projects that have been under consideration for many years. The project has been under proposal for som

This letter from EDF and International Rivers to the World Bank requests immediate action on urgent compensation problems at Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Mr. Jean–Louis Sarbib Vice President Africa Region The World Bank 1818 H St., NW Washington, D.C. 20433 Re: Lesotho Highlands Water Project Dear Mr. Sarbib, We are writing to you about two issues regarding the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP). The first is an urgent matter related to the compensation of project–affected people which requires immediate World Bank action. The second is to request that the World Bank undertake