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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 18:49:51 -0400
From: Glenn Switkes <glen at nutecnet.com.br>
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Subject: Dam-Affected Peoples Conference
Announcing:
The First International Conference of Peoples Affected by Large Dams
(Curitiba, Brazil - March 11-14, 1997)
The Brazilian Movement of Dam-Affected Peoples (MAB) announces the
First International Conference of Peoples Affected by Large Dams, which
will take place in Curitiba, Brazil on 11-14 March, 1997. The meeting will
bring together dam-affected populations from 20 countries to share
experiences and discuss strategies for halting large dam projects and other
major river infrastructural projects which have a devastating social and
environmental cost, and to obtain fair compensation for those already
displaced or affected by large dams. The meeting is being organized by MAB
in conjunction with an international organizing committee which includes
Narmada Bachao Andolan (India), the International Institute for Human
Rights, Environment and Development (Nepal), Grupo de Acci=F3n por el Bio B=
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(Chile), European Rivers Network (France) and International Rivers Network
(USA).
Among the topics which will be discussed are: Experiences and
strategies of local communities in confronting the impacts of large dams;
Large dams - in whose interest?; Economic development models and energy
use; Role of governments, multilateral agencies, and private corporations
in promoting large dams; Energy alternatives; Democratizing water resource
planning and decision making processes; River basin management; and Social,
territorial, and cultural rights of indigenous peoples and rural
populations.
Participation in the first three days of the conference are by
invitation only.
For more information:
* Adrian Gurza or Sandra Ines Gomes, MAB, Sao Paulo:
tel/fax +55.11.256.0839
* Glenn Switkes, International Rivers Network (IRN), Latin America office,
Brazil:
tel/fax +55.65.627.1689 (email: glen at nutecnet.com.br)
* Patrick McCully or Aleta Brown, IRN:
tel: +1.510.848.1155 or fax: +1.510.848.1008 (email: patrick at irn.org)
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Glenn Switkes, Director, Latin America Program,
International Rivers Network
1847 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, California 94703, USA
Tel. (510) 848 1155 Fax (510) 848 1008
South America address:
a/c ICV, Rua 2, no. 203, Bairro Boa Esperanca,
CEP 78.068-360 Cuiaba, MT, Brazil
Tel/Fax: +55 65 627 1689
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