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dam-l rivernews 07.04.00 (extract.)

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from      : ERN (European Rivers Network) / Roberto Epple & ERN's News 
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Extracted from  rivernews_europe
1. Two new large dams in Guinea: 75 000 persons under the threat of 
displacement !
2. Dams are direct cause of species decline, says WWF
3. Angara River (Sibiria/Russia): Western NGOs (included ERN) involved in 
Independent Public EIA of dam project
4. Pollution de l'eau par les nitrates (Europe)
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1. Two new large dams in Guinea: 75 000 persons under the threat of 
displacement!
A consortium of multinationals, whose names are still being kept secret, 
are planning to build two new large dams in Guinea Conakry,
in Souapiti and Kaléta, on the Konkoure river, to supply with water an 
aluminium factory. The reservoir would cover 780 km² and
would contain 17 milliards m3 of water. 35 000 would have to be resettled 
as soon as 2002, and 40 000 in 2005.
<http://www.rivernet.org/prs00_05.htm#two>click here for the complet 
Release in english and french on ERNs Website
Contact: ERN, ern@rivernet.org
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2. Dams are direct cause of species decline, says WWF
Gland, Switzerland - Releasing a new report on the
eve of a World Commission on Dams (WCD) meeting April 6-8 in Cape
own, South Africa, WWF, the conservation organization, said the dramatic
ecline in the world's rivers species was a direct result of dam construction.
The WWF report, "The Impact of Dams on Life in Rivers," was compiled
from data on 91 dams in 30 countries. It shows more than 250 species
are directly affected by their construction.
<http://www.rivernet.org/prs00_05.htm#05.04.00>click here for the complete 
WWF Release
For further information (WWF): Lisa Hadeed, tel: +41 22 364 9030, email: 
lhadeed@wwfnet.org
Shaleen Russell, tel: +41 22 364 9571, email: srussell@wwfnet.org
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3. Angara River (Sibiria/Russia): Independent Public Environmental Impact 
Assessment) of dam project
Four foreign experts have started the process of the Independent Public 
Environmental Impact Assessment (public EIA) of dam project (Boguchany 
Hydro Power Plant, BHPP) on the Angara River in Russia. From March, 22nd 
through 31st the team members,  including David Martin (Pacific Environment 
& Resources Center (PERC), California), Dr. Pillip Williams (Intenational 
Rivers Network, California), David Wegner (Glen Canyon Institute, Colorado) 
and Alfred Olfert (ERN, France) have visited the dam site on the Angara 
river and reviewed several documents submitted by the executive Director 
and the head Engineer of the dam building company "Boguchany Hydro".
The international involvement in that project had started two years ago, 
when a conference was organised by PERC in the village of Boguchany.  PERC 
has been very engaged in that issue during the past and is specifically 
supporting the regional organisations in conducting the public EIA. Russian 
environmental legislation makes provisions to carry out this kind of 
independent public EIA .
The dam project has been under construction for 23 years. It is part of the 
planned Dam cascade on the Angara river, being the 4th structure in the row 
downstream. 3 further would have to follow diverting the Angara River into 
a cascade of 7 dams with not a single meter left to the flowing river .
<http://www.rivernet.org/prs00_05.htm#06.04.00>click<http://www.rivernet.org 
/prs00_05.htm#06.04.00> here for the complet  ERN Release
Contact: alfred.olfert@rivERNet.org Phone +33 471 02 08 14
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4. Pollution de l'eau par les nitrates (Europe)
La Commission européenne s'apprête à engager de nouvelles poursuites
judiciaires contre le Luxembourg, la Finlande, le Portugal et le Royaume-Uni
pour non-respect de la directive sur les nitrates de l'Union européenne.
Pour le Royaume-Uni, la Commission a décidé de lui adresser un avis motivé
(deuxième lettre d'avertissement) résultant de l'enquête menée à la suite
d'une plainte concernant l'estuaire de l'Ythan en Écosse. L¹enquête a permis
de révéler des indices démontrant l'état d'eutrophisation de l'estuaire et
la forte influence des activités agricoles sur son bassin.
Source : L'actualité de la nature avec
http://www.univers-nature.com
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