Victories and Successful Alternatives
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
Mazahuan Women – Mexico
«THE FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO WATER» In September 2004, after years of struggle, the Mazahuan women symbolically armed themselves with farming tools and wooden rifles and formed the Zapatista Army of Mazahua Women in Defense of Water. The Cutzamala … Sigue leyendo
The ASA Project, One Million Cisterns – Brazil
Building Citizenry in Brazil’s Semiarid Northeast Brazil’s Northeast, a semiarid region, home to 22 million inhabitants, spans a surface area of 974.752 square km. Climate change there is leading to a water shortage crisis that could trigger an exodus, as … Sigue leyendo
The Opposition Against the Ebro Water Transfer Project – Spain
River Transfers Are Not the Solution / Ebro River · Spain The Spanish National Hydrological Plan (NHP), approved in the year 2000, provided for a water transfer of up to 1080 cubic Hm per year from the river Ebro to … Sigue leyendo
The Abandoned Jánovas Dam– Spain
«THE PEOPLE WERE WORTH NOTHING» Jánovas, Lavelilla, Lacort and 14 other villages in the Valley of Ara in the Spanish Pyrenees were destroyed in the sixties to build a dam that finally was never constructed. A conflict of interests between … Sigue leyendo
The Campaign to Undam the Klamath River · USA
“OPEN THE IRON GATE” The Klamath originates in marshes in eastern Oregon and descends through thickly forested canyons in the far north of California before flowing into the Pacific Ocean. The watershed is comparatively small — the river is just … Sigue leyendo
The Fight Against the 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
Loire…. A Beautiful Story – France
The Loire… A Beautiful Story The St. Etienne de Vigan and the Maisons-Rouges dams on the Allier and Vienne rivers, both tributaries of the Loire, were recently dismantled as part of the «Loire Grandeur Nature» plan. Local citizen groups had … Sigue leyendo