| Dams.
Struggles against the modern dinosaurs
World Rainforest Movement
April 2003
This book gathers a selection of articles
published in the monthly electronic
bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement (WRM), addressing the issue
of
the impacts of large dams on forests and local communities, as well
as the
struggles developed at the local and global levels against them.
The level of detail and analysis in the
articles varies greatly, as a consequence
of the nature of the bulletin, which is intended to serve as a tool,
both for individuals and organizations acting on a local level and for
those
working on an international scale. However we have included most of
the
articles, as we consider that in some way they can all serve to generate
resistance and solidarity movements regarding a subject such as this,
of
vital importance for the survival of local communities that live in
the areas
where large dams are planned or already exist.
Most of the articles are the result of a
collaborative effort between the WRM
bulletin’s editorial team and people and organizations working
at the local
and global level against large dams. The numerous sources of information
on which the articles were based are detailed – by article –
at the end of this
book. The articles have been organized in different sections and within
each
section by date, in chronological order of publication, except for the
section
Dams: An Overview, where the articles appear by order of relevance.
Responsibility for this publication is shared
between the WRM editorial team
and the numerous individuals and organisations who contributed articles
or
relevant information for the preparation of articles. Errors that may
have
been made are the exclusive responsibility of WRM.
But what matters most is that beyond the
authorship of the different articles,
the true protagonists of this work are the numerous local communities
in the
tropics and subtropics who protect their forests and livelihoods and
firmly
resist the massive destruction caused by large dams. The articles attempt
to reflect the struggles of these protagonists, with the central aim
of supporting
them. To all of them, we pay our most sincere homage.
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Contents:
ABOUT THIS BOOK
INTRODUCTION
Large hydroelectric dams: dinosaurs on their way out
WRM BULLETIN EDITORIAL
ON DAMS
Dams, forests and people
DAMS: AN OVERVIEW
Hydroelectric dams are no solution to climate change
New World Bank Resettlement Policy Is Flawed
Skanska pulls out of dam-building . . . or does it?
International Day of Action Against Dams and for Rivers, Water and Life
Urgent action against the World Bank’s proposed resettlement policy!
International forum against dams
DAMS: THE STRUGGLES
AFRICA
Ghana
What’s hidden behind the Bui Dam Project?
Kenya
Resistance to the Sondu Mirium Dam project
Namibia
Uncertainty on the future of Epupa Dam
Uganda
The same old story about dams
The Bujagali Dam, A useless giant
Bujagali dam project questioned by World Bank’s Inspection Panel
Bujagali dam project comes back under a new disguise
ASIA
Burma
A dam megaproject for the benefit of the people?
Human rights abuses linked to foreign investment in “development”
Revival of the Weigyi dam
China
The Mekong Dam Strangles the Life-source of Millions
India
The Dandeli dam project scandal
Rainwater harvesters and forest protectors of the Aravalli hills
Indonesia
Mamberamo dam threatens nomadic tribes
ADB will not fund Mamberamo dam
Laos
Dams, conservation and people
Dams generate environmental and social destruction
Planned Nam Theun 2 dam leads to increased logging
IUCN’s controversial role in the Nam Theun 2 dam
The impact of the Nam Theun 2 dam on indigenous peoples
Nam Theun 2 dam - Fighting corruption World Bank style
The Nam Theun 2 Dam - WWF Thailand’s position
Asian Development Bank to support proposed Nam Theun 2 dam
Malaysia
Defer Resettlement of Bakun residents in Sarawak
Sarawak, field trip to interview people resettled by dam
Opposition to dam megaproject
Conflict caused by Bakun dam continues in Sarawak
The “progress” brought by the Bakun dam in Sarawak
Why the Selangor Dam?
Bakun Dam project once again relaunched
Philippines
Dam megaproject resisted
Local people against the San Roque dam
Thailand
Local people resist dams
Peoples’ demonstrations
Authorities play “Ethnic” and “Nationalist”
cards
Local people’s resistance to dams
Letter to the Prime Minister on Rasi Salai dam
Free the Mun River!
For the authorities, reality at the Pak Mun dam does not exist
Turkey
The Ilisu Dam and export credit agencies
Vietnam
Dam in Vietnam hits Cambodians
Na Hang dam threatens forests, people and wildlife
Swedish involvement in dam that will hit Cambodians
Resettlement to make way for massive Son La dam
CENTRAL AMERICA
Belize
Pristine forests threatened by dam project
Canadian company to dam the Macal River
Another turn of the screw on the Chalillo dam project
Costa Rica
Indigenous territory threatened by hydroelectric dam
Opposition to hydroelectric dam
Guatemala
A dam and the massacre of 400 people
Honduras
Peasants demand Government to halt hydroelectric project
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina
Environmental justice in action
Bolivia
Hydroelectric dam project questioned
Brazil
Support for Extractive Reserve on islands of Tucuruí Dam reservoir
Interamerican Development Bank promotes destruction of Upper Tocantins
River
Indigenous peoples restart their struggle against dams on the Xingú
river
Old hydroelectric dam project again threatens Amazon peoples
Chile
World Bank acknowledges mistake and impacts in the Bio Bio Pangue dam
International Prize awarded to two Mapuche women
The struggle of the Pehuenche against the Ralco Dam
Colombia
“The life and dignity of the Embera people won’t be flooded”:
Dueda tu beu ea embera neta Embera ea
The U’wa and Embera join forces
The Urrá Dam and the death of the Sinú River
WORLD COMMISSION ON DAMS
REPORT/2000
“Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-Making”,
An Overview
REFERENCES
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