Human Rights, Violence and Water
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 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
Indus Delta – Pakistan
“CLOSE YOUR EYES, IF YOU PREFER NOT TO LOOK” The desiccation of the Indus Delta is one of the world’s most underreported ecological disasters. A vast complex of massive dams, barrages, and irrigation canals has drastically reduced the flow of … Sigue leyendo
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, 80% of which is under Israel-controlled territory. The transfer of the Jordan to … Sigue leyendo
Chixoy Dam – Guatemala
“THE MASSACRE OF RÍO NEGRO” One of the greatest atrocities ever committed against residents evicted by the construction of a dam was the massacre of 450 people living on the Río Negro. The Chixoy Dam was built on the lands … Sigue leyendo