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Conservation Strategy Fund Comments on Changuinola 1 Large Hydro Project

Posted in Hydroelectric dams, Indigenous Rights on October 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »

http://internationalrivers.org/en/global-warming/carbon-trading-cdm/conservation-strategy-fund-comments-changuinola-1-chan-75-large-hy
Conservation Strategy Fund Comments on Changuinola 1 (Chan 75) Large Hydro Project (Panama)
August 8, 2008
Comments on Changuinola 1 (Chan 75) Large Hydro Project (Panama)
Submitted to Manja Welzel, TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH, by John Reid, President of Conservation Strategy Fund
To Whom It May Concern:
The purpose of this letter is to comment on the Clean Development [...]

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Hydro Project Threatens Indigenous People, Biological Preserve; Human Rights Panel to Review Issue

Posted in Hydroelectric dams, Indigenous Rights, Press Releases on October 29, 2008 | 5 Comments »

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2008/changuinola-10-27-2008.html
For Immediate Release, October 27, 2008
Contact: Jacki Lopez, Center for Biological Diversity, (415) 436-9682 x 305
Hydro Project Threatens Indigenous People, Biological Preserve;
Human Rights Panel to Review Issue
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Cascading from the heights of the Talamanca Mountains, the Changuinola River forms the heart of the Panamanian portion of La Amistad International Park, a UNESCO World Heritage [...]

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Indigenous Leaders From Panama Travel To Washington To Condemn Carbon Market Solutions (CDM)

Posted in Hydroelectric dams, Indigenous Rights, Mangroves, Press Releases, World Heritage Centre Visit on October 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »

http://www.huntingtonnews.net/columns/081027-staff-columnspanama.html
Oct. 27, 2008
Indigenous Leaders From Panama Travel To Washington To Condemn Carbon Market Solutions (CDM)
By Huntingtonnews.net Staff
with reporting by Rebecca Sommer
“The Clean Development Mechanism will be used to finance the destruction of our homelands,” say representatives of the Naso and Ngobe people in the Central American republic of Panama.
A group of Naso and Ngobe Indigenous [...]

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Representantes Indigenas de Panama viajan a la Comision Interamericana

Posted in Articulos en Espanol, Hydroelectric dams, Indigenous Rights on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

*(For English, see bellow)* <acdpanama@gmail.com>
Panamá, Ciudad de Panamá, 24 de octubre de 2008. El próximo 28 de octubre una coalición de organizaciones indígenas panameñas y organizaciones no gubernamentales presentarán sus quejas formales contra del Estado Panameño en la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), con sede en Washington, D. C., Estados Unidos.  En esta audiencia [...]

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Parque Internacional La Amistad: Pasaje a la destrucción

Posted in Articulos en Espanol, Hydroelectric dams, Indigenous Rights, World Heritage Convention on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

http://burica.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/parque-internacional-la-amistad-pasaje-a-la-destruccion/
 

Publicado el Octubre 6, 2008 por Editor

Lamentablemente a ANCON se le olvidó mencionar en el video que la más graves amenazas al Parque Internacional La Amistad, no son ninguna de las que dijeron. La más grave amenaza a la biodiversidad del PILA lo representan la construcción de las grandes represas para hidroeléctricas planteadas en la [...]

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AES Changuinola deja a familias sin hogar/ Families left without homes by AES Changuinola

Posted in Articulos en Espanol, Hydroelectric dams, Indigenous Rights on October 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »

(For English see below)
COMUNICADO DE PRENSA
Charco la Pava, Bocas del Toro.  La multinacional AES empezó una campaña de desalojo forzoso que ya ha dejado a tres familias indígenas sin hogar y viviendo de la caridad de los vecinos.  La empresa avanza la construcción del proyecto sobre la comunidad de Charco la Pava sin haber aún [...]

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