DR Congo: Inga III hydropower project must be suspended until good governance guarantees. On September 18, 2018 40 Congolese organizations expressed concern over lack of transparency and democratic oversight of the Inga III hydropower project. Negotiations for the Inga III hydro dam project in the Democratic Republic of Congo are …
BIG WIN IN ARMENIA YEREVAN, August 23. /ARKA/. An Armenian government session approved a set of amendments to the Water Code, providing for tougher guidelines for the construction of small hydropower plants (HPP). Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources Minister Erik Grigoryan said the amendments include the list of rivers, including …
Today, the Rivers without Boundaries International Coalition published in three languages the following Statement on misconduct of the World Bank’s MINIS Project. September 4, 2018 On Public Consultations for Terms of Reference for Regional Environmental Assessment of Dam Impacts in Selenge/Baikal Basin The Rivers without Boundaries Coalition (RwB) regrets …
New IBRD’s Mongolia Economic Update Report "… takes a closer look at public investment programs implemented over the past five years, which surged until 2015, contributing to large increases in public finance deficits and the public debt. Mongolia needs to review and reshape its public investment policies and decision-making processes …
Yesterday, the WB MINIS Project concluded “commenting period” for the “Final Draft Terms of Reference for a Regional Environmental Assessment for the Selenge River basin and Lake Baikal area in the context of the proposed Shuren Hydro-power Plant and Orkhon Water Diversion Projects “(REA ToR). The document presented on the …
Tapanuli. Photo by the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme. In a worldwide press release, researchers from ALERT strongly criticized an Indonesian corporation — for using “deplorable” tactics to promote a project that would imperil the world’s rarest species of great ape. The corporation, North Sumatera Hydro Energy (NSHE), is “pressuring …
