Additional Information

General

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  145–page report published by Transformation Resource Centre, Lesotho, June 2006.

• No Second Loan on LHWP Until Critical Data Is In
  The World Bank voted May 21, 1998 on a loan for the second dam in the LHWP. International Rivers sent this letter to urge the Bank to wait until all data on the controversial project is in, May 20, 1998.

• Lula Promises not to Shove Belo Monte Down Our Throats
  This letter from International Rivers and Environmental Defense urges the Bank to ensure that social and environmental problems from the first dam are resolved before approving a loan for the second dam, March 7, 1997.

• Massacre at LHWP
  This letter from International Rivers and the Environmental Defense Fund urges the World Bank to investigate the police massacre of workers at the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, September 26, 1996.

Affected People / Social Issues

• California's AB 1404 Offsets Bill Hits the Senate Floor
  Dam–affected people protested on Sept. 21, 2005 to call attention to their impoverished situation since the project flooded their lands. Read this press release on the march, September 21, 2005.

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  This critique analyzes 13 years of resettlement, compensation, and development programs associated with the Lesotho Highlands Water Project and shows how they have failed to prevent impoverishment. (PDF)

• Methane Emissions from Created Reservoirs
  Over 2000 LHWP–affected people protested inadequate compensation and unfulfilled promises of development in Lesotho last Monday, November 18. It was the first time that LHWP–affected people have staged such a large and coordinated protest.

• International Rivers is Seeking a "Roommate"
  By Transformation Resource Centre, March 8, 2000.

• Can Obama’s Diplomacy Help Protect Rivers in Chile’s Patagonia?
  This letter from International Rivers and EDF to World Bank describes outstanding social concerns that continue to go unanswered, April 28, 1999.

• NY Times Editorial Highlights Offsets Loophole in ACES Bill
  This letter from EDF and International Rivers to the World Bank requests immediate action on urgent compensation problems at LHWP, November 5, 1998.

• Highlands Church Action Groups Work in the Areas Affected by Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP)
  By Mathato Khits’ane of the Highlands Church Action Group (HCAG), March 1997.

• Best of Times, Worst of Times for Alstom
  February 10, 1997.

• We're Making Waves in Fiji
  September 26, 1996.

• From Here to Eternity: Promises Versus Reality on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project
  By Scott Coverdale and Lori Pottinger, August 28, 1996.

Technical Aspects

• More Drop per Cop in Istanbul
  This review examines the LHWP against the guidelines of the World Commission on Dams, April 10, 2001.

• My report to the US-China Economic and Security Review Committee: China at the Tipping Point
  This report by Steve Rothert describes how demand management and water conservation could delay large water projects planned for Southern Africa by years, and save money. "An increase in regional water efficiency of only 20% in urban and agricultural water use would save more water than the combined use of Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland and Zimbabwe," the report notes. It was submitted to

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  in November 1999.