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DAM-L Spanish Hydroelectric Plan / Bleu Marche: from ERN

Concerning Spanish Hydroelectric Plan submitted by former dam=l
member.

-Dianne



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EUROPEAN RIVERS NETWORK - 2001-08-27
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THE “ BLUE MARCHE FOR A NEW WATER CULTURE IN EUROPE”
  (Spain-Brussel)  approaching Lyon and Paris

On August 10th begun the “Blue Marche” from the Ebro delta in Spain , 
coordinated by COAGRET and ERN and
supported by numerous NGOs , academics, unions and political parties aims 
at blocking the funding of the highly controversial Spanish National 
Hydroelectric Plan (NHP) which plans the building of 120 new dams as well 
as huge transfers from the Ebro river to the south-east of Spain (1 
thousand million m3 per year) and from the Rhône river to Barcelona ( 657 
million m3 per year).

In spite of its total contradiction with the European Water Framework 
Directive, the project is to be funded by the Union. The objectives of the 
Blue Marche are therefore not only Spanish but European, it demands the 
enforcement of the principles adopted by the Union as well as a  more 
democratic and more rational management of water.

Thousands participants joined the marche in Spain and local population 
welcomed them  everywhere. In Zaragoza they were more than 2000 to join 
them. In this town 450000 people demonstrated against the NHP last 
September. This generated a movement that gather
300 000 demonstrators in Madrid and 250.000 in Barcelona.

The Blue Marche then went up along the Ebro river, and crossed the Pyrenees 
on August 20th. Then the Marche (100 persons) made
  two first stops in the south-west of France : Eslourenties and Charlas, 
two places where a big fight against a dam is taking place.
After Toulouse, they are this week-end in Larzac and at "Serre de la Fare" 
in the upper Loire valley, two of the most famous places of environmental 
fights in France.
The Marche will then go to Lyon and Paris !

The Marche will end on September 9th in Brussel, where a big demonstration 
will take place.
A detailed and daily updated programme as well as pictures of the Marche 
are available on our web site www.rivernet.org

Contacts
international:
ERN European Rivers Network  (Coordinator France , Germany, Holland and 
Belgium)
Roberto Epple +33 60 62 12 67
8 Rue Crozatier, 43000 Le Puy, France
Phone +33 4 71 02 08 14 Fax +33 471 02 60 99 email: ern@ern.org
PROGRAM and more informations daily on RIVERNET, ERN's Server for living 
Rivers http://www.ern.org

Spain:
COAGRET Coordinadora de Afectad@s por Grandes Embalses y Trasvases
-Zaragoza: C/ Santa Cruz 7, Oficina 3 - 50003 ZARAGOZA Teléfono / Fax 
34-976-392004
e-mail: coagret@jet.es
-Tortosa (Ebro Delta) Manel Tomás, phone +34-66 62 91 827, email: 
coorbre@binet.fut.es



Roberto A. Epple
Executive Director European Rivers Network
Vice Président  SOS Loire Vivante

Main & Westeuropean Office
8 Rue Crozatier, 43 000 Le Puy / Southen France
VOICE +33 4 71 02 08 14    FAX +33 4 71 02 60 99
mail: ern@ern.org    web: www.ern.org  or  www.rivERNet.org

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