Showing posts with label International Rivers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label International Rivers. Show all posts

Friday, January 9, 2015

Ethiopia's Gibe III Dam and Voices from Lake Turkana

International Rivers published in January 2015 a report titled "'Come and Count Our Bones': Community Voices from Lake Turkana on the Impacts of Gibe II Dam" by Narissa Allibhai.  The report provides the reactions of the Turkana and Marsabit people who live around Lake Turkana in Kenya to the construction of the Gibe III Dam on the Omo River in Ethiopia, which feeds Lake Turkana.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

China's New Environmental Guidelines for Overseas Investment

International Rivers published on 18 April 2013 a group of documents related to "Chinese Government Guidelines for Overseas Investment."  The posting includes links to China's Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Environmental Protection document titled "Guidelines for Environmental Protection in Foreign Investment and Cooperation," an analysis of the guidelines by International Rivers' China program director Grace Mang, and a comparison of the guidelines with international standards by International Rivers' policy director Peter Bosshard.