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中国出口信用保险公司 王毅总经理  敬启 北京西城区汇丰园11号汇丰时代大厦 邮编：100032 尊敬的王毅总经理： 作为世界自然保护联盟以及国际鸟盟的合作伙伴，土耳其自然保护协会是土耳其国内自然保护领域的首要非官方机构之一。 我们最近获悉，贵公司正在考虑支持并介入伊利苏大霸项目。在贵公司做出最后决定之前，我们想在此表述我们深切的担忧。 伊利苏项目是世界上饱受争议的大霸项目之一。该大霸如果获建，将对自然环境�

To: Sinosure/China Export&Credit Insurance Corporation Fortune Times Building, No 11 Fenghuiyaua, Xi Cheng District 100032 Bejing Re: Sinosure's possible support of the Ilisu Dam project in Turkey and project risks To President Wang Yi: Doğa Derneği (the Turkish Nature Association) is one of the leading national non-governmenral organisations in Turkey working on nature conservation.  We are partners with BirdLife International in Turkey, and a member of IUCN. We have recently been informed that your organisation is considering supporting the Ilisu Dam project in

On September 8, 2009, International Rivers sent a letter to the World Bank (WB) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Executive Directors on the key issues that must be addressed before Nam Theun 2 begins commercial operation. Woman in Sop Ma resettlement village in the Nakai Plateau is planting rice and corn in NTPC's allocated 0.66ha of land. A copy of the letter was also sent to the U.S Department of the Treasury and the Nam Theun 2 Power Corporation (NTPC). The letter addresses International Rivers' main concerns and recommendations based on a site visit in May 2009, when International Rivers

Barbara Boxer Official Photo Chairman Barbara BoxerSenate Environment and Public Works Committee410 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510 Dear Chairman Boxer: We respectfully ask you to limit total offsets in Senate climate and energy legislation to a constant 10 percent of the emissions cap. Although we believe that offsets should not be included in climate and energy legislation and recognize the particularly problematic nature of forest-based offsets, it is apparent that they will be a part of the bill emerging from your committee this fall. We understand that passing climat

Task 1: Offset System Essential Elements International Rivers Submission to the WCI Offset Committee International Rivers provides the following comments regarding the WCI Offsets Committee White Paper on Task 1: Offset System Essential Elements, Offset Definition and Eligibility Criteria. International Rivers submitted comments on offset quality and quantity criteria on June 19th. These comments build on the concepts previously expressed by directly responding to particular sections of the Offsets White Paper. International Rivers appreciates the comprehensive approach taken in defi

Current Status: At Validation (as of Jan 2010) Comments on the Caojie Hydropower Project (China)Submitted to Deloitte Tohmatsu Evaluation and Certification Organization Project Overview: Status: Under constructionLocation: Jialing River, Chongqing CityProject Participants: Japan (Mitsubishi Corporation); Chongqing Navigation Construction and Development Co. Ltd.Total Installed Capacity: 500 MWCost: 5.33 billion yuanClaimed Emission Reductions: 1,595,171 tCO2e/year (47,855,130 tCO2e over 30 years)Summary of Concerns The large Caojie Hydropower Project in Chongqing City is non-additional and h

Current Status: At Validation (as of Jan 2010) International Rivers Comments on Xeset 2 Hydropower Project, Lao PDRSubmitted to the Project Validator, Bureau Veritas Certification Holding Summary of Comments: The project is not additional. The project attracted financing from the China Export- Import Bank, and will start generating power this month. The project will not lead to a net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions since the main alternative source of generation for domestic needs in Southern Laos is hydropower. The PDD states that the project will displace electricity imports from Thai

Experts signed a joint petition calling for attention to the impact of overdevelopment of hydropower on the fish Translated by Sinan Chu, International Rivers Originally published in China Economic Recently, several experts signed a joint petition calling for attention to the impact of overdevelopment of hydropower on the endemic and rare fish in the upper reach of Yangtze River, including Prof. Lu Zhi, a professor of conservation biology from Peking University; Dr. Xie Dan from the Center of China Species Information Service; Zheng Yisheng, a research associate from the Chinese Ac

Friends of the Earth Japan helped convince Japan Bank for International Cooperation to pull out of the San Roque Dam in the Philippines. Now China Export Import Bank is funding the irrigation component of the project, despite the continued lack of reparations for dam-impacted communities, and possibly in violation of the bank's own social and environmental guidelines. Read FoE Japan's June 2009 Letter to China Exim Bank

Current Status: Registered on 29 Sept 2011 Comments about the proposed CDM credits for the Rampur Hydroelectric project in India, called "Hydro electric power project by SJVNL in Himachal Pradesh" in the PDD River Sutlej makes its way to Rampur Busher in Himachal Pradesh Himanshu Joshi Based on reading of the Project Design Document dated Dec 3, 2008 (version 1 as available on the UNFCCC website) for the above project and having monitored India's power sector and this project over the last few years we reach the conclusion that it will not be appropriate to accept the proje