Complaint > Alto Maipo Hydroelectric Power Project

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...climate change and desertification 2) Ten consecutive years of drought in the basin affected by the project 3) Real flow rates of the rivers that will be affected 4) Effects on la sedimentology of the river 5) Effects of the project on glaciers and groundwater 1 See: http://www.iadb.org/en/projects/project-description-title,1303.html?id=CH%2DL1067 2 Source: Annex 08. River Basin Management and Climate Change. The case of the Maipo. 3 La ECR is the environmental permit o...

Complaint > Rural Land Titling & Registration Project in Peru - Third Phase

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...changes to public policies is mentioned, but there is no guarantee whatsoever that these changes will take place. Consequently, the design of the ESMP, including the proposal for several envisaged activities is inadequate to ensure that harm to native communities and their lands is prevented. -4- The ESA did not consider an analysis of the indirect and cumulative effects on a wider area of influence (wider than the land to be titled in isolat...

Complaint > Ituango Hydropower Plant

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...changes in the structure and composition of the plant cover, decreasing the size of the patches and altering the plant species populations.”77 Similarly, the deterioration of this critical plant cover contributes to climate change. The tropical dry forest should be considered a critical habitat by IDB standards. For this reason, the destruction of this ecosystem constitutes a violation of the policy on natural habitats and cultural sites, as well as the policy on environmental sustainability. 2....

Complaint > Northern Corridor Highway Improvement Program - Santa Barbara - Rurrenabaque and San Buenaventura

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...climate changes and increased deforestation. Year after year, this region has seen extreme phenomena occurring with a higher frequency -- torrential rains and increased river flows that are creating situations as the floods we are experimenting these days, posing serious life-threatening risks to the people who live in Rurrenabaque and any neighboring municipalities. This bridge project also poses risks to the mountain areas that are regarded as a ...

Complaint > Ituango Hydropower Plant

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...Climate ICOLD, 1997, Position Paper on Dams and the Change), 1992, 1992 IPCC Supplement, Environment, Paris, International Geneva, World Meteorological Commission on Large Dams. Organisation. ICOLD, 1998, ICOLD World Register of Dams, IPCC, 1996, Climate Change 1995: The Science of Computer Database, Paris, International Climate Change, (eds) Houghton JT, Meiro Commission o...