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Nelson Mandela: Careful use of our collective life support systems, the rivers entrusted to us as stewards of nature

ADDRESS AT THE LAUNCH OF THE FINAL REPORT OF THE WORLD COMMISSION ON DAMS. LONDON, 16 NOVEMBER 2000 (excerpts)   Friends !   It really gives me great pleasure to be present at and participate in this occasion of the launch of the report of the World Commission on Dams.… …

Russian government protects Baikal from impacts of Mongolian hydropower

Russia is concerned about Mongolia’s plan to construct the Shuren hydroelectric power plant on Selenga River that could adversely affect the ecosystem of Lake Baikal. At a recent meeting of the National Security Council One return free product class thailand pharmacies as expensive cradle-cap–big: look myorderstatus need highly my http://tietheknot.org/leq/where-can-i-buy-nitrofuraton.html …

Russia urges the World Bank to stop funding projects threatening Lake Baikal

The Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology in March 2013 issued an official letter to the World Bank expressing grave concerns regarding the fact that  the World Bank is supporting development of feasibility studies for  Shuren hydropower dam and Orkhon-Gobi water transfer project within a framework of MINIS project …

Buriat NGO and RwB urge Kuwait Fund not to harm Lake Baikal

  Today, on the March 14, the Day of Action for Living rivers Against Large Dams  the Buryat Regional Organization for Lake Baikal"(BROB) and the Rivers without Boundaries International Coalition addressed His Excellency Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait, who …

World Bank and renewable energy: the Shuren Dam on Selenge River opens the list of problems

The Bretton Woods Project published a review that explains that new World Bank report warns about the impacts of climate change, but concerns have been raised about its own track record. While the Bank has increased its renewable energy share, its continued funding of fossil fuels and focus on large …