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dam-l new Report On Court Cases And Dams
We will be putting the whole report up on our web site soon.
>This is a new report published by FIVAS (a Norwegian group).
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>A NEW REPORT ABOUT COURT CASES IN DAM PROJECTS
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>"Lessons learned from Court Cases in Dam Projects
>With examples from India, Indonesias, Norway and Malaysia"
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>Using the legal system as an arena for fighting against unwanted dam
>projects is quite frequently adopted as a strategy by NGO's all over the
>world. It is a very demanding strategy, both in terms of money and human
>resources. Our intention with this report, therefore, is to increase
>knowledge about this type of strategy, trying to illuminate some of its
>possibilities and risks.
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>The present report tries to show examples of how various people and
>organizations have used the legal system for fighting against projects or
>aspects of projects they consider socially and/or environmentally unsound.
>Also, we try to bring in issues that may be of a more general nature, ie.
>issues that may be relevant to the use of court cases against large
>projects more generally. All the examples in this report are from dam
>projects, as this is FIVAS' major field of interest, but the general issues
>may also be applicable to other kinds of projects driven by the authorities
>or other powerful interests.
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>ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
>The Association for International Water and Forest Studies (FIVAS) is an
>independent organization working to obtain and disseminate information
>about the consequencesof large dams and hydropower projects in the Third
>World, and to prevent Norwegian participation in projects with significant
>social or environmental impacts. Our activities are based on cooperation
>with local organizations and activists in the Third World. We keep an eye
>on hydropower developments where Norwegian companies or institutions are
>involved. We also focus on Norway`s role in international finance
>institutions, such as the World Bank.
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>FIVAS - Association for International Water and Forest Studies
>Foreningen for Internasjonale Vann- og Skogstudier
>Osterhaus gate 27
>N-0183 Oslo, Norway
>Tel: +47-22362200
>Fax: +47-22362280
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>http://www.solidaritetshuset.org/fivas
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Lori Pottinger, Director, Southern Africa Program,
and Editor, World Rivers Review
International Rivers Network
1847 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, California 94703, USA
Tel. (510) 848 1155 Fax (510) 848 1008
http://www.irn.org
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