The environmental license of the project was granted by MAVDT in December of 2008 and includes strict environmental standards that guarantee the protection of ecosystems affected by the highway.
Lula and Evo coordinate the return of 1,000 Brazilians located in Pando. Some call for the defense of their lands.
Egyptian NGO, Land Center for Human Rights, has filed an appeal on behalf of farmers in the Egyptian Delta, citing that the joint World Bank and Egyptian government ‘West Delta project’ violates the Egyptian constitution that should protect the rights of farmers, and not just the interests of wealthy investors. Press Release Summary Cairo, 9/15/2009 …
Egyptian civil society groups suggest an alternative water route for the West Delta Irrigation Project, that could serve poor farmers as well as rich investors, but the World Bank refuses to consider it.
After meeting with World Bank President, Robert Zoellick, Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister of Regional Development, Silvan Shalom, stated that the World Bank had agreed to fund the Red-Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Program that involves Jordan, Palestine and Israel. However, Bank officials say that they have made no promises and that the project is still in the feasibility study phase.
Bolivian government announced the creation of a 100 million dollars fund for four state businesses in the Amazon. for a lumber company, tropical frutes, and rubber. The government’s hope is that, with these new businesses the people in the north of Bolivia will have more opportunities to work and earn higher wages.
Will the new crisis in the Nile affect the implementation of the West Delta project? Dr. Rushdy Said, an Egyptian geologist, says that Egypt will suffer from water problems this summer. This is the first summer after the building of the new dam in Sudan. Said also doesn’t know anything about how the Egyptian government …
Joint Israeli-Jordanian-Palestinian venture to see 112-mile pipeline built between Read Sea, Dead Sea. Project meant to explore desalination possibilities, raising Dead Sea declining water levels. Minister Shalom: Project staple of financial peace
The Egyptian government’s engagement in the West Delta project raises many questions regarding the repayment of the World Bank’s loan