Reactions to the Final Report

Independent assessment of the WCD "A Watershed in Global Governance" - the World Resources Institute (USA), Lokayan (India), and Lawyers' Environmental Action Team (Tanzania) publish their evaluation of the WCD and implications for future public policymaking. The full report and summaries are available at http://www.wcdassessment.org/.

• African Development Bank
  "...a major milestone in the assessment of....large dams."



• Gedion Asfaw
  Criticises the report from an Ethiopian perspective



• Asian Development Bank
  Letter to the WCD Chair, signed by the ADB President



• Berne Declaration, International Rivers Network and 109 NGOs from 39 countries
  From Commission to Action: An NGO Call to Public Financial Institutions



• BMZ - Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung
  Neue Kriterien für Großstaudämme - Berliner Konferenz einigt sich auf einen Empfehlungskatalog
  Wieczorek-Zeul begrüßt Bericht der Weltkommission "Staudammprojekte"



• Coalition of conservation groups, USA
  Open letter to the next President of the United States



• Cree Nation of James Bay and Pimicikamak
  Endorsement of these progressive developments



• Environmental Defense
  Environmental Defense Applauds Dam Commission's Damning Report



• Green Cross International
  Green Cross on the front line



• Harza Engineering Company
  Letter to The Wall Street Journal



• Hydro Review Worldwide
  Editorial viewpoint



• Open Letter from ICOLD, IHA and ICID prior to the Final Report



• ICOLD (International Commission on Large Dams)
  Statement Of C.V.J. Varma, President of ICOLD



• ICOLD (International Commission on Large Dams)
  Open letter to WCD Chair, 30 November
  
  
  • Jan Veltrop (former WCD Commissioner)
    Response to ICOLD letter to WCD Chair
  
  
• ICOLD Members
  National members of ICOLD respond to the report: Australia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, India, Japan, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Yugoslavia and Zimbabwe.
  
  
• Government of India
  Response from Ministry of Water Resources



• Institute of Civil Engineers (UK)
  "Stopping Dams would Starve Millions "



• International Hydropower Association
  Detailed comments - Feb 2001



• International Hydropower Association
  Initial Comment, Prior to detailed analysis



• International Rivers Network
  Major New Report Confirms Social, Economic, Environmental Harm From Dams



• International Rivers Network
  Open letter to the Asian Development Bank



• IUCN – The World Conservation Union
  "A landmark in the history of the development and operations of dams"



• IUCN 2nd Congress
  Resolutions in anticipation of the WCD findings



• Prof. R Lafitte
  Examines the report in a letter to the editor, ‘Hydropower & Dams’



• National Hydropower Association (USA)
  NHA comment on world dam report



• Narmada Bachao Andolan
  Report vindicates unjustifiability of large dams



• Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  Reaction to the report - June 2001



• Russian National Committee of Large Dams
  "why we are not in position to agree to most of the conclusions made in the WCD Report"



• RWESA - Rivers Watch East and Southeast Asia
  Call to Dam-building agencies in East and SE Asia



• Skanska AB
  Skanska Supports the World Commission on Dams' Recommendations



• Southern African communities and non-governmental organisations
  Southern African Call to Action



• Tercer Mundo Economico
  América Latina - ONG contra represa en el Bio Bio



• UNEP
  UNEP chief welcomes new report on impacts of dams



• World Bank
  World Bank Welcomes Commission on Dams Report



• World Bank
  World Bank Official Response to the Report



• World Health Organisation
  "The report deserves a strong endorsement..."



• World Water Council
  Welcomes the report



• The Zambezi Society
  "Strongly supports" the conclusions of the World Commission on Dams