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Article: Privy Council will hear appeal on Belize Dam.
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- August 1, 2003
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M2 PRESSWIRE-1 August 2003-FOE: Privy Council will hear appeal on Belize Dam(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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The Privy Council today ruled that an appeal should go ahead against the building of the Chalillo Dam in Belize [1], as urged by environmental NGOs, at a hearing in Downing Street.
BACONGO, a coalition of Belizian environmental groups [2], had submitted a petition to the Privy Council to stop the preliminary construction of the Chalillo dam until the legality of the environmental impact assessment for the dam carried out by UK firm AMEC was determined. The Privy Council, which sits as the Supreme Court of Belize, ...