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    • CommentAuthorAdmin
    • CommentTimeMar 20th 2009 edited
     
    Ann Kathrin Schneider
    Back home in Berlin, I am overwhelmed by the show of support for our
    message that dams are a risky business. In India alone, one hundred
    activists and organizations signed a petition denouncing our
    deportation from the World Water Forum and thanking International
    Rivers for saying no to risky dams.
    Payal and
    I traveled to the World Water Forum in Istanbul to inform the world
    about the risks of building large dams. We painted a large banner in
    red, yellow and blue with the words "No Risky Dams" and brought that
    into the official forum. With the banner, we wanted to show the world
    that while the World Water Forum seeks to advocate for the construction
    of more large dams, people around the world know that dams are a risky
    business.
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