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09.06.09 : Ilisu
Dam-Affected People Expropriated amidst Ultimatum
Turkish Government snubs Europeans shortly before
the Deadline
28.05.09 : Ilisu dam project on the Tigris: International
Standards not reached despite ultimatum. Cultural
heritage doomed to
be lost
14.05.09
: Turkey : Ilisu Dam project : Internationale
Petition to stop the construction and to preserve
the World heritage (g)
21.04.09
: China to build 20 hydro dams on Yangtze River
14.03.09 : World Water Forum 5 in Istanbul : First
day : 19 persons arrested ! (d)
02.02.09
: Lake Chapala in Mexico declared as RAMSAR site (GNF),
(g)
31.12.08
: China Slows Water Project.
South-to-North Plan Faces 4-Year Delay on Impact Concerns
23.12.08
: Turkey : Ilisu Dam Project facing severe backlash,
(NGO Press Release)
18.12.08 : China : Yunnan's Xiaowan Hydropower
Station started filling with water
12.12.08 : China
: Official Cites Hydropower's Messy Splash (Caijing
Magazine)
27.11.08 : ICOLD (Art.
Le Monde) : After years, come back of large dams (f)
26.11.08
: Australia / Traveston Dam project : Aussie Activists
Celebrate Dam Suspension (by IR)
14.10.08 : China
plans to build 750 dams across Tibet
08.10.08
: Germany, Austria and Switzerland have started the
official process of withdrawing financial support
for the Ilisu project in Turkey (e)
25.09.08
: Bulgaria Government Revives Hydroelectric Projects
on Danube River
18.09.08 : USA :
Dam reservoirs invaded by nonindigenous species (f)
14.09.08
: Fertilisers linked to contaminated drinking water
in Evros, Greece
27.08.08
: Switzerland : Potential for Small Hydropower Plants
Recognised
23.08.08
: Stockholm / Waterweek : 50 % of the waterconsumption
by agricultur is wasted ! (f)
31.07.08
: Environmental Information Portal lauched by EEA
and Microsoft
28.07.08 : Mediterranean
area : Tourism Puts Growing Pressure on Water Resources
23.07.08
: France unveils plan to boost hydropower
06.07.08
: BIG JUMP Day in Europe !
19.06.08
: Chinese experts appeal to authorities to suspend
big dam projects in southwest China following Sichuan's
deadly earthquake
18.06.08
: WWF warns Turkey of approaching water crisis
17.06.08 : European
standards for surface water (f)
12.06.08 : Call
for the intermediary Big Jump 2008 (July 6)
19.05.08
: Spain / Water transfers. The actual situation, (an
overlook by ERN)
18.05.08 : Spain : Large demonstration in the delta
of the Ebroriver (Amposta) against water transfers

Amposta, 18 of may 2008 (Plataforma)
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