Archivo del Autor: Tove Heiskel
The conflict over water between Palestine and Israel
BLESSED AND CURSED RIVER Israel has control over the headwaters of the Jordan River and holds the rights to use the groundwater in the Jordan River Basin. The diversion of water from Jordan to new wide-ranging cultivated fields in the … Sigue leyendo
Ilisu Dam · Turkey
FLOODING EDEN The Pharaonic Project in the Southeast of Antolia, (GAP) planned by the Turkish government since the 1960s, consists of the construction of 22 dams and 19 hydroelectric plants in the Tigris valley, proclaimed as the base of development … Sigue leyendo
The Mekong River · Thailand, Laos and Cambodia
THE COLLAPSE OF AN ARTERY The livelihoods and cultures of the 60 million people living in the Lower Mekong Basin are intimately connected with the river’s natural cycles. Boasting one of the world’s most diverse and productive inland fisheries, the … Sigue leyendo
The Gibe 3 Dam · Ethiopia
KILLING THE OMO’S HEARTBEAT Half a million people live along the Lower Omo in remote southwestern Ethiopia and around Lake Turkana in northern Kenya which receives the Omo’s waters. The crops, livestock and fisheries of at least eight distinct indigenous … Sigue leyendo
Tree Gorges dam · China
MONSTER DAM, MONSTER PROBLEMS The Three Gorges Dam is the world’s ultimate pharaonic mega project. The project sets records for the number of people displaced; at least 1.3 million, number of cities and towns flooded; 13 cities, 140 towns, 1,350 … Sigue leyendo
Sardar Sarovar Dam · India
SAVE THE NARMADA The Narmada River, one of the most important rivers in India, is being seriously harmed by the construction of dozens of dams. The most notorious of these dam projects, Sardar Sarovar, is flooding tens of thousands of … Sigue leyendo
Kariba Dam · Zambia-Zimbabwe
NO MONEY, NO POWER British colonial authorities evicted more than 57,000 Gwembe Tonga people in the 1950s to make way for the Kariba Reservoir, one of the world’s largest. Eight villagers were shot and at least 32 wounded by police … Sigue leyendo
Yacyretà Dam · Paraguay – Argentina
FAREWELL TO PARADISE The hydroelectric dam Yacyretá, on the Paraná River, with its 5 km wall and 65 km of dikes, has meant the flooding of 500 square kilometers and the forced displacement of more than 40,000 people. The vast … Sigue leyendo
La Parota · Mexico
“THE EARTH IS NOT FOR SALE” In January 2010, the Mexican press reported that, due to financial problems, the La Parota Dam project promoted by the Federal Commission of Electricity (CFE) was being cancelled. The CFE came to the area … Sigue leyendo
The Urrá Dam in the Sinú River · Colombia
DO WÂBURA, GOODBYE RIVER The Urrá I hydroelectric dam on the Sinu River submerged 7,400 hectares and displaced tens of thousands of people, including the Embera-Katío indigenous communities. The dam has reduced the fishing potential of the Sinu from 6,000 … Sigue leyendo
Alta Dam · Norway
“LET THE RIVER LIVE” The opposition to the construction of the Alta Dam in the 1970s pioneered the struggle against large dams throughout Europe. The Sami indigenous communities in northern Norway linked their struggle against the dam to their wider … Sigue leyendo