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(Náttúruvaktin)
links to material in various languages
News
Film
screening and discussions on Mai 23rd 2005
There's going to be a short screening of a film in English
about the dams and an informal talk afterwards about the
plans for protests in the highlands this summer.
Café
Hljómalind, Laugavegur, Monday, 23rd May, 20.00.
A
British MP joins the campaign agains dams in the Icelandic
highlands
From the news release from the British MP Sue Doughty:
"Sue Doughty MP has tabled a Parliamentary motion calling
on the British Government to use its diplomatic links with
Iceland to persuade the Icelandic Government to terminate
the building of a series of dams in the Icelandic Highlands.
The Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Minister and member
of the influential Environmental Audit Select Committee
has given her backing to campaigners in Iceland calling
for international support in their opposition to the building
of the dams, which will have a devastating effect on the
Icelandic wilderness."
The news
release on pdf-format (March 10th
2005)
Sue
Doughty's answers
(pdf) to Austin
Mitchell's ammendments (March
17th), March 24th 2005.
In
English
Kárahnjúkar
dam
Karahnjukar
Dam Project - Impacts
Iceland Nature Conservation Association (INCA)
Environmental
facts and figures of the Karahnjukar project
Bird
Life Iceland
Iceland´s
endangered nature - Articles and information
2005
News
release from the British MP Sue Doughty when tabeling
a Parliamentary motion calling on the British Government
to use its diplomatic links with Iceland to persuade the
Icelandic Government to terminate the building of a series
of dams in the Icelandic Highlands, March 10th 2005.
Ice
Burks! Schnews.org.uk February 25th 2005
"Super-cool Iceland, the eco-tourist’s wet dream,
right? Maybe not for much longer if the Icelandic government
has its way"
Iceland
under attack. Threatened protestors raise stakes, call for
international protest
corporatewatch.org.uk January 26th 2005
2004
Sigur
Rós speak
out
against Kárahnjúkar dam
From
Killing Iceland.org "!IT HAS ALREADY STARTED.
THE KARAHNJUKAR DAM PROJECT IN THE ICELANDIC HIGHLANDS IS
WELL UNDER WAY... BUT IT CAN BE STOPPED!"
Self-sustaining
Destruction! Facts of interest for participants
at the meeting of The International Partnership for the
Hydrogen Economy. Press release from NatureWatch September
23rd 2004
[Australian]
Greens join Iceland's dam-busters www.bobbrown.org.au
September 7th 2004
The
Price of Wealth
Economic development and environmental concerns square off
in a remote, unspoiled region of Iceland. By Maryann Bird,
Egilsstaðir Time Europe August 9th 2004
Iceland's
Wilderness under attack
by Einar Þorleifsson and Jóhann
Óli Hilmarsson. World Birdwatch vol. 25 no. 2, June
2003.
Click
here for a pdf-file
The
land that will be destroyed by the Karahnjukar dam
Iceland
Nature Conservation Association (INCA)
The
Icelandic Highlands in danger: Kárahnjúkar
Dam
Flora
of Iceland
The
Icelandic Rift Industry versus natural splendor in a "progressive"
nation by Jon Swan. Orion mars/apríl
2004
The
Spin Doctor Is In: Examining Corporate PR at Bechtel
"In the face of criticism
over its controversial construction projects, Bechtel has
taken media manipulation to the next level, employing a
three-pronged approach to weaving a rosy story for the public
and investors." CorpWatch: Holding Corporations
Accountable April 28th 2004.
Nature
in the Kingdom of Ends Where are we taking nature?
Were is nature taking us? International conference on aesthetics
and ethics of nature. Held in Selfoss, Iceland, June 11th
and 12th 2004
Don't
let the sun go down on Iceland Protest
in London, March 3rd 2004
2003
Power
driven The
Guardian Weekend November 29th 2003
Damned
nation The Ecologist
Dec. 2003/Jan. 2004 issue, December 5th 2003:
"Costing over $1 billion, the Karahnjukar hydroelectric
dam in Iceland is a hugely controversial project. Mark Lynas
investigates"
Icelandic
dam saga raises hope and dread
by Anna Peltola. Planet Ark October 9th 2003.
Environmental
values: Two case studies: The Karahnjukar Dam and Whaling.
Peter Singer's lecture held at the University of Iceland
september 6th 2004. With an introduction by Sigríður
Þorgeirsdóttir
Violation
of the Equator Principles by the $400 million loan to Landsvirkjun
International Rivers Network July 18th 2003.
A Project on Thin Ice (Pdf)
International
Rivers Network
(IRN) Linking Human Rights and Environmental
Protection, June 2003
NGOs
call on banks not to fund large dam and smelter project
in Iceland
panda.org March 13th 2003
Sigur
Ros protest The Karahnjukar project smekkleysa.net
January 1st 2003
Pink-footed
Geese dammed by Icelandic power schemes
Bird Life International
January 15th 2003
Power
project charges wildlife row
BBC NEWS January 15th
2003
Bjork
scorns "crazy" Icelandic smelter plan
by Alex Kirby. BBC
NEWS January 2nd 2003
2002
Proposed
Icelandic dam generates controversy
by Salma Monani. Geotimes August 2002
Iceland
Be Dammed
(Abstract) Smithsonian Magazine
June 2002
An
Icelandic Battle of Wildlife Versus Voltage
(Abstract)
New York Times July 16th 2002
Fighting
to Preserve the Magic of Iceland
PANDA.ORG
2001-2002
2001
The
danger of Hydro The
Ecologist November 1st 2001
Estimate
of Profitability for The Karahnjukar Hydroelectric Power
Plant by Þorsteinn Siglaugsson June 2001
National
Report 2001: Biological Diversity in Iceland
(pdf)
2000
Iceland
locked in national dam dispute
CNN.COM - nature November 14th
2000
The world's largest rivers in danger
New
dams are threatening the world’s largest rivers
www.panda.org June 22nd 2004
Rivers
at Risk. Dams and the future of freshwater ecosystems
(pdf). WWF report
"The WWF report, Rivers at Risk, identifies the top
21 rivers at risk from dams being planned or under construction.
It shows that over 60 per cent of the world’s 227 largest
rivers have been fragmented by dams, which has led to the
destruction of wetlands, a decline in freshwater species
- including river dolphins, fish, and birds - and the forced
displacement of tens of millions of people."
Books
Megaprojects
and Risk An Anatomy of
Ambition. By Bent Flyvbjerg, Nils Bruzelius and Werner Rothengatter.
Cambridge 2003.
"a fascinating account of how the promoters of multi-billion
dollar megaprojects systematically and self-servingly misinform
parliaments, the public and the media in order to get projects
approved and built"
The
Growth Illusion
How Economic Growth has Enriched the Few, Impoverished the
Many, and Endangered the Planet. By Richard Douthwaite.
Dartington Totnes, Devon, revised edition 1999 (1992).
Factor
Four Doubling
Wealth - Halving Resource Use. By Von Weizsacker, Amory
B. Lovins & L. Hunter Lovins London 2001 (1998).
Icelandic
Geographic 1st (2002),
2nd issue (2003), 3rd issue (2004)
Divers
Bechtel:
Profiting from Destruction (pdf)
Iceland
Worldwide
...but
officially Iceland is: 'pure, natural, unspoiled. The way
life should be'...
Látum
öræfin vera! [=
Dæm op for grådigheden - drukn ikke Islands
naturperler!
= Let the Wilderness be!]
Hydroelectric
power's dirty secret revealed by Duncan Graham-Rowe,
NewScientist February 26th 2005
In
Danish
Miljøaktivister
i protest mod dansk byggefirma
MetroXpressen
November 28th 2002
"Modstanden
med opførelsen af en af Europas største dæmninger
i Island med store naturødeleggelser til følge
er nået til Danmark."
In French
Le
cas de Kárahnjúkar
Hanna Steinunn Thorleifsdóttir and Camila Fernandez
Les
barrages (1) : le cas du Karahnjukar en Islande.
Terre à terre sur France Culture
le 6 november 2004
Alerte
à cause de risques d'inondations.
Agence France-Presse August 7th 2004
L'Islande,
terre d'eau. La Lettre de Sea River Juillet-Aout 2004,
sea-river.com
En
Islande, les écologistes ont pris l'eau
Ils
n'ont pu empêcher une construction dans la zone du
plus grand glacier d'Europe. De Sylvie BRIET
Libération
June 17th 2004
In German
Naturdrohung
bei Kárahnjúkar (Island) Die Naturwacht 6.
janúar 2006
Hast
du gewusst... Guðmundur Páll Ólafsson
3. janúar 2006
Millionenkredit
der LBBW für Staudammprojekt in Island.
Pressmitteilung von Fraktion Grüne im Landtag von Baden-Würrtemberg.
Nr. 209/2003, 26. August 2003"
Das
zweitgrößte Wildnisgebiet Europas wird zerstört
- Steht die Prüfung der Umweltverträglichkeit
bei Kreditvergaben nur auf dem Papier?"
Islands
Natur soll der Wirtschaft weicher - deutche banken fördern
mit von Margot Wilhelms. EcoNautix 15. August
2003.
Umweltschützer
fürchten Artensterben für Getränkedosen
Ngo-online 23. Juli 2003.
Island:
Land unter am Vatnajökull von Reiner Klingholz.
GEO no. 7 2002
"Wasserbau-Ingenieure und Naturschützer streiten
um die Zukunft des Osten Islands. Die Regierung will das
Biotop einem Wasserkraftwerk opfern, um ein gigantisches
Aluminiumwerk anzusiedeln. Die Befürworter hoffen auf
einen neuen Boom. Die Kritiker rechnen im schlimmsten Fall
mit einer Staatspleite und einer ruinierten Wildnis von
unschätzbarem Wert "
Karahnjukar
darf nicht vergevaltigt werden
In Italian
Il
paradiso non puo attendere by
Susan de Muth [italian translation of Power Driven] in
La
Repubblica delle Donne -
D Magazine Febuary 21st
2004 (bls. 96-102) [on weekends]
Questo
progetto fa proprio acqua
di Marina Forti. Amici dell´Islandia
Ciò
che l'Islanda sta perdendo per sempre
Appello
dall'Islandia
by Sigríður Þorgeirsdóttir
In Swedish
A
story on Kárahnjúkavirkjun in svt aktuellt
October
24th 2004. Begins 8:22 minutes into the program
Minister
försvarar kraftprojekt Helsingborgs Dagblad
September 18th 2004
Kraftverksbygge
splittrar Island
Dagens Nyheter September 17th 2004
Torgny
Nordin om Islands regerings planer på bygga kraftverksdammar
och aluminiumsmältverk i känslig natur
Göteborgs-Posten
January 25th 2004
Kontring
Island måste få utnyttja sina naturtillgångar.
Islänningarna
bryr sig visst om sin natur. Det skriver energiföretaget
Landsvirkjuns miljöchef i en replik till Torgny Nordin.
By Ragnheiður Ólafsdóttir from The National
Power Company. Göteborgs-Posten
March 22nd 2004
Nationalistiskt
utbrott från makteliten. Torgny Nordin
menar att frågan om exploateringen av det isländska
höglandet är långt mer komplicerad än
Ragnheidur Ólafsdóttir framställer den.
Göteborgs-Posten March 23rd 2004
