WWF’s recommendations WWF calls for more care to be taken in decision-making about dams

WWF’s Investor’s Guide to Dams provides a wide range of investors – officials of commercial and multilateral development banks, donors, export credit agencies and governments – with an overview of the benefits, costs, and risks associated with dam investments, as well as options for mitigating impacts. A checklist to aid decision making is provided.

Contact information	Chantal MENARD, Communications Officer, WWF Mediterranean Programme Office, Via Po 25/C 00198 - Roma, Italy (email: cmenard@wwfmedpo.org) Phone: +39 06 844 97 417 ; mobile: +39 338 45 97 244; fax: +39 06 841 38 66 ; Skype: chantalmenard
News type	Inbrief
File link	n/a
Source of information	WWF Mediterranean Programme Office
Keyword(s)	dams
Subject(s)	ENERGY , INFRASTRUCTURES , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY
Relation	http://www.emwis.net/thematicdirs/news/wwf-calls-hydropower-sector-reduce-impact-dams
Geographical coverage	International
News date	07/10/2009
Working language(s)	ENGLISH

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