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Acknowledgements

• The WCD Forum
• Partnerships and Co-operation
• Financial contributors
• WCD Case Studies Team Leaders, Authors, General Acknowledgements
• Thematic Review Lead Writers and Contributing Writers
• Cross-Check Survey Contributors
• Regional Consultations List of presenters

Coming from 68 institutions in 36 countries, members of the Forum reflect the diverse range of interests in the dams debate. The Forum acts as a ‘sounding board’ for the work of the Commission, and helps maintain two-way communication with the various far-flung constituencies. Forum members can help to build ownership of Commission work. The WCD is also conscious that reports in themselves have little impact if they are not firmly rooted in a process that enables all interest groups to develop an understanding of and confidence in the process itself. Membership of the Forum however does not imply endorsement of the Commission’s report and findings.

Affected Peoples' Groups

CODESEN, Co-ordination for the Senegal River Basin, Senegal

COICA, Federación de Indigenas del Estado Bolívar, Venezuela

Grand Council of the Cree, Canada

MAB, Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens, Brazil

NBA, Narmada Bachao Andolan, India

Sungi Development Foundation, Pakistan

Cordillera People's Alliance, Philippines

Non-Governmental Organisations

Berne Declaration, Switzerland

ENDA, Environmental Development Action, Senegal

Help the Volga River, Russia

IRN, International Rivers Network, United States

ITDG, Intermediate Technology Development Group, United Kingdom

IUCN, The World Conservation Union, Switzerland

Sobrevivencia-Friends of the Earth, Paraguay

WWF, World Wide Fund for Nature, Switzerland

DAWN, Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era, Fiji

TI, Transparency International, Germany

WEED, World Ecology, Environment & Development, Germany

Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, Sweden

Wetlands International, Japan

Bilateral Agencies / Export Credit Guarantee Agencies

BMZ, Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development, Germany

NORAD, Norwegian Agency for International Co-operation, Norway

JBIC, Japan Bank for International Co-operation, Japan

SDC, Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation, Switzerland

Sida, Swedish International Development Agency, Sweden

U.S. Export/Import Bank, United States

Private-Sector Firms

Enron, United States

Harza Engineering Company, United States

Siemens, Germany

ABB, Switzerland

Saman Engineering Consultants, South Korea

Engevix, Brazil

Government Agencies

United States Bureau of Reclamation, United States

LHWP, Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Lesotho

Ministry of Water Resources, China

National Water Commission, Mexico

Ministry of Mahaweli Development, Sri Lanka

Ministry of Water Resources, India

Research Institutes

Centro EULA, Ciudad Universitaria, Chile

Tropica Environmental Consultants Ltd., Senegal

WRI, World Resources Institute, United States

Water Research Institute, Israel

Winrock International, Nepal

Focus on the Global South, Thailand

ISPH, Institute of Hydroelectric Studies and Design, Romania

IWMI, International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka

Worldwatch Institute, United States

Wuppertal Institute, Germany

International Associations

ICID, International Commission for Irrigation & Drainage, New Delhi

ICOLD, International Commission on Large Dams, Paris

IHA, International Hydropower Association, United Kingdom

IAIA, International Association for Impact Assessments, South Africa

River Basin Authorities

Confederación Hydrográfica del Ebro, Spain

Mekong River Commission, Cambodia

Volta River Authority, Ghana

Jordan Valley Authority, Jordan

Multilateral Agencies

ADB, Asian Development Bank

AfDB, African Development Bank

FAO, UN Food and Agriculture Organisation

IADB, Inter-American Development Bank

UNDP, United Nations Development Programme

UNEP, United Nations Environment Programme

WB, World Bank

Utilities

Eletrobras, Brazil

Hydro-Québec, Canada

Nepal Electricity Authority, Nepal

Mini Hydro Division, Philippines

Electricité de France, France

• The Food and Agriculture Organisation
• Transparency International
• The United Nations Environment Program
• The Environmental Monitoring Group
• International Commission on Large Dams
• The World Archaeological Congress
• The International Energy Agency
• The World Health Organisation
• International Institute for Sustainable Development
• International Association for Impact Assessment
• World Resources Institute
• International Rivers Network
• IUCN
• The World Bank

Financial support was received from 53 contributors including governments, international agencies, the private sector, NGOs and various foundations. According to the mandate of the Commission, all funding received by it was ‘untied’ – i.e. these funds were provided with no conditions attached to them.

Team Leaders, Team of Authors, Additional Authors and General Acknowledgements

Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia River Basin, USA

TL: Leonard Ortolano, Katherine Kao Cushing AA: Nicole T. Carter, Harza Engineering, William Green, Carl Gotsch, Kris May, Tim Newton, Sophie Pierre, Josh Smienk, Michael Soules, Marilyn Watkins GA: BC Hydro, Bonneville Power Administration, Bureau of Reclamation, Canadian First Nations, Columbia Basin Trust, Colville Trust, Spokane Tribe, United States Army Corps of Engineers

Tarbela Dam, Indus River Basin, Pakistan

TL: Amir Muhammed Khan AA: Altaf Abro, Shahid Ahmed, Pervaiz Amir, Afzal Haq, Mehmooda S. Jilani, Riaz Ahmed Khan, Peter John Meynell, Javed Saleem Qamar, Riaz Hussain Qureshi, Riaz Nazir Tarar GA: Ministry of Water and Power, Water and Power Development Authority, Members of the Pakistan Network for Rivers, Dams and People, IUCN-Pakistan Office, World Bank-Pakistan Office

Aslantas Dam, Ceyhan River Basin, Turkey

TL: Refik Çölasan AA: O. Türker Altan, Okan Arihan, Çigdem Baykal, Ali Çaglar, Ahmet Eltekin, Nadir Izgin, Riza Kanber, Suhandan Karauz, Haluk Kasnakoglu, Birsen Gökçe, Zuhal Güler, Mete Kaan Kaynar, Suha Satana, Bora Sürmeli, Zeliha Ünaldi, Erdal Sekeroglu, Tuluhan Yilmaz, Recep Yurtal GA: Department of State Hydraulic Works (Ankara, Adana and Karamamaras), General Directorate of Rural Services, Water Users Associations of Ceyhan Aslantas Project, Dogal Hayati Koruma Dernegi, Ministry of Environment and Provincial Directorate of Health, Directorate of Agriculture, Forestry and National Parks, World Bank -Turkey Office

Kariba Dam, Zambezi River, Zambia/Zimbabwe

TL: Alois Hungwe AA: Julius Chileshe, Moses Chimbari, Dennis Chiwele, Paulman Chungu, Andrew Conybeare, Ezekiel Jonathan, Ronald Lwamba, Hillary Masundire, Dominic Mazvimavi, Ngonidzaishe Moyo, Herbert Mudenda, Fanuel Nangati, Daniel Ndlela, Elias Nyakunu, Norman Reynolds, John Santa Clara, Bennet Siamwiza, Steven Tembo GA: David Z. Mazvidza, Chris Magadza, Steve Rothert

Tucurui Dam, Tocantins River, Brazil

TL: Emilio Lèbre La Rovere, Francisco Eduardo Mendes AA: Bertha Becker, Gilberto Canali, Rosa Carmina Couto, Paulo Diniz, Iara Ferraz, Efrem Ferreira, José Alexandre Fortes, Maria das Graças da Silva, Marcia Ismerio, Ana Lacorte, Renato Leme Lopes, Adriana Neves Luna, Sandra Macedo, Rosa Acevedo Marin, Oscar de Moraes Cordeiro Netto, Sylvia Helena Padilha, Lúcio Flávio Pinto, Eneas Salati, Maria Nazareth da Silva, Wanderli Pedro Tadei GA: Electronorte, Agéncia Nacional de Energia Eléctrica, Centro Agroecologico de Assessoria y Educación Popular, Osmar Vieira Filho, Marcos V. Freitas, Raimundo Nonato do C. Silva, Sadi Baron, Henri Acselrad, Philip Fearnside, Birgit Zimmerle, Jean Remy D. Guimaraes

Pak Mun Dam, Mun-Mekong River Basin, Thailand

TA: Sakchai Amornsakchai, Philippe Annez, Sansanee Choowaew , Songkram Grachangnetara, Prasit Kunurat, Jaruwan Nippanon, Roel Schouten, Pradit Sripapatrprasite, Chayan Vaddhanaphuti, Chavalit Vidthayanon, Suphat Vongvisessomjai, Ek Watana, Wanpen Wirojanagud GA: Ammar Siamwalla, Chainarong Sretthachau, Darayes Mehta, Kitcha Polparsi, M. L. Chanaphun Kridakorn, Michai Veravaidhya, Prudhisan Jumbala, Sansern Wongcha-um, Vatana Meevasana, Vipada Apinan, Zakir Hussain

Glomma and Laagen Basin, Norway

TL: Jostein Skurdal AA: Øystein Aas, Tor Arnesen, Per Christian Bøe, Åge Brabrand, Jon Arne Eie, Bjørn P. Kaltenborn, Svein Erik Hagen, Karine Hertzberg, Trygve Hesthagen, Arne Linløkken, Dan Lundquist, Pål Mellquist, Asbjørn Molle, Torbjørn Østdahl, Trond Taugbøl, Jens Kristian Tingvold GA: Arne Erlandsen Øyvind Fjeldseth, Geir Y. Hermansen, Thrond Berge Larsen, Kurt Ole Linn, Pål Mellquist

Orange River Pilot Study

TL: WCD Secretariat AA: Azghar Adelzadeh, Andrew Ainslie, Geoff Antrobus, Nicola Bergh, Bryan Davies, Chris de Wet, Tony Emmett, Muzi Muziya, Kyra Naudascher-Jankowski, Barry Nkomo, Maartin van Veelen GA: Thinus Basson, Fannie du Plessis, Mirriam Kibi, Mike Meuller, Geraldine Schoeman, Staff of Surplus Peoples’ Project in Cape Town, Peter van Niekerk, Theo van Robbroek

Country Study: India

TA: Pranab Banerji, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, R. Rangachari, Nirmal Sengupta, Shekhar Singh GA: Som Pal, Z. Hasan, Raj Rajagopal, A. D. Mohile, A. S. Desai, B. G. Verghese, K. R. Datye, M. C. Gupta, M. Gopalakrishnan, N. C. Saxena, Pradeep K. Deb, Sunderlal Bahuguna, P. S. Raghavan

Country Study: China

TA: John Boyle, Richard Fuggle, Habib Khoury, Ismail Najjar, Sam Pillai, Bill Smith

Briefing Paper on Russia and NIS countries

TA: Elena A. Barabanova, Nikolai I. Koronkevich, Law and Environment Eurasia Partnership (Central Asia), Lilia K. Malik, Vladimir Smakhtin, Irina S. Zaitseva

Lead Writers and Contributing Writers

I.1 Social impact of large dams: equity and distributional issues: LW: William Adams CW: Adrian Adams; Hugh Brody; Dominique Egre; Carmen Ferradas; Pablo Gutman; Lyla Mehta; Joseph Milewski; Bina Srinivasan; Lubiao Zhang

I.2 Dams, indigenous people and vulnerable ethnic minorities: LW: Marcus Colchester CW: Jaqueline Carino; Jaroslave Colajacomo; Andrew Corbett; Gabungan; Luke Hertlein; Manisha Marwaha; Lyla Mehta; Amrita Patwardhan; Ande Somby; Maria Stankovitch

I.3 Displacement, resettlement, rehabilitation, reparation and development: LW: Leopoldo Bartolome; Chris de Wet; Harsh Mander; Vijay Nagaraj CW: Christine Danklmaier; Ravi Hemadri; Jun Jing; Scott Robinson

II.1 Dams, ecosystem functions and environmental restoration: LW: Mike Acreman; Ger Bergkamp; Patrick Dugan; Jeff McNeely CW: Asheline Appleton; Edward Barbier; Garry Bernacsek; Martin Birley; John Bizer; Cate Brown; Kenneth Campbell; John Craig; Nick Davidson; Simon Delany; Charles DiLeva; Frank Farquharson; Nicholas Hodgson; Donald Jackson; Jackie King; Michel Larinier; Jeremy Lazenby; Gerd Marmulla; Don McAllister; Mathew McCartney; Steve Miranda; John Morton; Dianne Murray; Mary Seddon; Leonard Sklar; David Smith; Caroline Sullivan; Rebecca Tharme

II.2 Dams and global change: LW: Nigel Arnell; Mike Hulme; Luiz Pinguelli Rosa; Marco Aurelio dos Santos CW: Albert Mumma

III.1 Economic, financial and distributional analysis: LW: Alec Penman; Michelle Manion; Bruce McKenney; Robert Unsworth CW: Colin Green; Pablo Gutman; Anneli Lagman; Anil Markandya; David Mullins; Kyra Naudascher-Jankowski; Douglas Southgate

III.2 International trends in project financing: LW: Per Ljung CW: Lily Donge; Chris Head; Michael Kelly; Hilary Sunman

IV.1 Electricity supply and demand management options: LW: Maritess Cabrera; Anton Eberhard; Michael Lazarus; Thierry Lefevre; Donal O´Leary; Chella Rajan CW: Glynn Morris; Roger Peters; Bjorn Svenson; Rona Wilkinson

IV.2 Irrigation options: LW: K. Sanmuganathan CW: Pablo Anguita Salas; S. Char; Keith Frausto; Alfred Heuperman; Khalid Hussain; ICRISAT; Hector Maletta; Dieter Prinz; Yehuda Shevah; Anupam Singh; Laurence Smith; Himanshu Thakkar

IV.3 Water supply options: LW: Colin Fenn; David Sutherland CW: Mary Dickinson; John Gould; Allan Lambert; Jon Lane; Guy Preston; Philip Turner

IV.4 Flood control and management options: LW: Colin Green CW: Luis Berga; Patrick Hawker; Minoru Kuriki; Dennis Parker; Sylvia Tunstall; Johannes van Duivendijk; Herb Wiebe

IV.5 Operation, monitoring and decommissioning of dams: LW: Peder Hjorth; Charles Howard; Kuniyoshi Takeuchi CW: K. Betts; Michael Falter; Enrique Garcia; Peter Goodwin; Brian Haisman; Joji Harada; V. Jauhari; Thomas Russo; Geoffrey Simms; James Westcoat; Rodney White

V.1 Planning approaches: LW: David Nichols; Theo Stewart; David von Hippel CW: Daud Beg; Catherine Fedorsky; Matthias Finger; J. Karmacharya; Miguel Nucete; Don Moore; Girish Sant

V.2 Environmental and social assessment for large dams: LW: Barry Sadler CW: Frank Vanclay; Iara Verocai

V.3 River basins - institutional frameworks and management options: LW: Peter Millington CW: Len Abrams; Enrique Castelan Crespo; Fiona Curtin; Luis Garcia; Raymundo Garrido; Ramaswamy Iyer; Erik Mostert; Cecilia Tortajada; Anthony Turton; Aaron Wolf

V.4 Regulation, compliance and implementation: LW: Angela Cropper; Mark Halle; John Scanlon CW: Daniel Bradlow; Gabriel Eckstein; Balakrishnan Rajagopal; Tom Rotherham; Lori Udall; Michael Wiehen

V.5 Participation, negotiation, and conflict management: LW: Bruce Stedman CW: Tisha Greyling; Anne Randmer; Vanchai Vatanasapt; Arch Isabel Viana

Working Papers – Writers

Dams and Human Health: Martin Birley, Robert Bos, M´barack Diop, William Jobin, P Unnikrishnan

Dams and Cultural Heritage Management: Steven Brandt, Fekri Hassan

Keizrul Abdullah, M.A. Abrougui, Rocha Afonso, K. Akapelwa, Antonio Altadill, S.C Anand, Mike Anane, Valdemar Andrade, Carlo Angelucci, Cindy Armstrong, Alexander Asarin, Leo Atakpu, Paul Aylward, Riad Baouab, GR Basson, Mona Bechai, Edigson Perez Bedoya, Hans Helmut Bernhart, Carlos Bertagno, Isaac Bondet, Peter Bosshard, Rodney Bridle, Adelino Estevo Bucuane, Brian Davies, Cheickna Seydi A. Diawara, Shripad Dhamadhikary, Foto Dhima, Bob Douthwaite, Tim Dunne, Gary Ellis, Richmond Evans-Appiah, Daryl Fields, Renzo Franzin, Alejandro Garcia, Alfonso García, Luis Garcia, Refik Ghalleb, Ben Marcus Gillespie, Handan Giray, M. Gopalakrishnan, Liane Greef, Francis Grey, Jose Ramon Guifarro, Ronald Valverde Guillen, Brian Haisman, Phil Hirsch, Ku Hsu, Dan Hulea, Alois Hungwe, K.L. Karmacharya, Shaheen Rafi Khan, David Kleiner, Elena Kolpakova, Michael Kube, Minoru Kuriki, Hee Seung Lee, Knut Leitner, Melissa Loei, William Loker, Eleyterio Luz, Anil Markandya, Isidro Lázaro Martín, Aboubacry Mbodji, Patrick McCully, Brad McLane, Roland Mejias, Chantho Milattanapheng, Joseph Milewski, José Díaz Mora, Amir Muhammed, Jorge Carreola Nava, Eden Napitupulu, Humphrey Ole Ncharo, Luz Nereida, Nguyen Anh Minh, Ali Noorzad, Magdelena Nunez de Cordero, David Okali, Elizabeth Olsen, Torbjørn Østdahl, F.C Oweyegha-Afunaduula, Thomas Panella, Richard L. Pflueger, Hermien Pieterse, Julio Pineda, Jose Polanco, Ambriosio Ramos, Silvia Maria Ramos, Bernard Reverchon, Johan Rossouw, Paul Royet, Joseph Rückl, David Scivier, Jose Roberto Serrano, Thomas Siepelmeyer, Kua Kia Soong, Bjorn Svenson, Gustavo Tamayo, Himanshu Thakkar, Suresh Kumar Thapa, Dao Trong Tu, Jan Tosnar, Jaroslav Ungerman, Martin van Veelen, H.A. Wickramaratna, Brayton Willis, Ralph Wittebolle, Chusak Wittayapak, Patricia Wouters

South Asia

K B Chand, Giasuddin Ahmed Choudhury, K R Datye, Shripadh Dharmadhikary, Aly Ercelawn, Drona Ghimire, Ramaswamy Iyer, S Karunaratne, A R Karunawathie, Shaheen Rafi Khan, Tauhidul Anwar Khan, Ashish Kothari, Lakshman Mediwake, Alistair McKechnie, D K Mishra, Iswer Raj Onta, M G Padhye, Bikash Pandey, Tilak Ranaviraja, M S Reddy, Saleem Samad, Girish Sant, S Selvarajah, P C Senaratne, Sardar Muhammad Tariq, Himanshu Thakkar, B G Verghese, D C Wijeratna, Hemantha Withenage

Latin America

Aziz Ab´ Saber, Carlos Avogadro, Ismael Aguilar Barajas, Sadi Baron, Celio Bermann, Ricardo Canese, Jorge Cappato, José Porfirio Fontanelle de Carvalho, Margarita Rosa de Castro Illera, Carlos Chen, Ivan Correa, Jorge Oscar Daneri, Luis Alberto Machado Fortunato, Cassio Viotti, Afonso Henriques Moreira Santos, Marcos Aurelio de Freitas, Philip Fearnside, Fabio Feldmann, Altino Ventura Filho, Hector Huertas, M. Kudlavicz, Jaime Millan, José Rodrigues, Humberto Marengo, Euclides Pereira Macuxi, Miguel Nucete, Cristian Opaso, Bonarge Pacheco, Elias Diaz Pena, Alan Poole, Grethel Aguilar Rojas, Teodoro Sanchez, Salomon Nahmad Sitton, Carlos Vainer

Africa and the Middle East

Adrian Adams, Tareq A. Ahmed, Cansen Akkaya, Leo Atakpu, Mohamed Lemine Ould Baba, H. El Badraoui, Mohammed N. Bayoumi, Kamau Bobotti, Geoffrey Chavula, Marwa Daoudy, Seydi Ahmed Diawara, Salif Diop, Stephanie Duvail, R. Evans-Appiah, Arif Gamal, Alioune Gassama, Munther J. Haddadin, Olivier Hamerlynk, Mohammed Jellali, E.A.K. Kalitsi, Elisabeth Khaka, Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo, O.M. Letsela, Claire Limbwambwa, Bazak Zakeyo Lungu, Bhekani Maphalala, Reatile Mochebelele, Anna Moepi, Frank Muramuzi, Martin Musumba, Mohammed Nabil, Takehiro Nakamura, Karim S Numayr, Hassan M. A. Osman, F.C. Oweyegha-Afunaduula, Levin Özgen, Guy Preston, Karen Ross, Mahammadou Sacko, Motseao Senyane, Noxolo Olive Sephuma, A. Shalaby , David Smith, Robyn Stein, David Syantami Syankusule

East and South East Asia

Keizrul Abdullah, Reiko Amano, Le Quy An, Vu Hong Anh, Vipada Apinan, Michael Bristol, Le Thac Can, Harvey Demaine, Hans Freiderich, Arnaldo Tapao Gapuz, Shalmali Guttal, Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Pham Thi Mong Hoa, Susannah Hopkins Leisher, Hiroshi Hori, Michael Horowitz, Tran Minh Huan, Tomoo Inoue, Sung Kim, Joern Kristensen, See-Jae Lee, Nguyen Duc Lien, Arthur H. Mitchell, Masaru Nishida, Alastair M. North, Do Hong Phan, Grainne Ryder, Shyama Shepard, Kua Kia Soong, Chainarong Sretthachau, Dao Trong Tu, A Rusfandi Usman, Mikhail Wakil, Wayne C. White, Lubiao Zhang