Presentation by Hope Hervilla on the Panay People's Struggle Against Jalaur Megadam During the ILPS Commission 13 Workshop, November 14, 2015

1. Jalaur River is for the People
Not for Big Foreign and Local
Bureaucrat Capitalists

6. Jalaur Dam

7. The Jalaur River Multipurpose
Project II
• 3 dams
• 102-meter main reservoir
• 40-meter afterbay dam
• 24-meter catch dam
• 6.6 megawatt hydropower plant
• 81-km high line canal

8. Government’s Promised Benefits of
the Jalaur mega-dam
• 17,000 jobs
• Increased agricultural production
through improved irrigation services
• Additional power generation
• Potable water supply
• Flood mitigation
• Eco-tourism, etc.

9. LIES and LIES!

10. Death and Debt Trap

11. EIM Results (Oct 2012)

12. People's Struggle

13. What have we done?
• Started campaign since October 2011 (8th TUMANDUK general
assembly) up to the present
• Organizations formed
• Jalaur River for the People’s Network (JRPM)
• Pamatuk-Dam (Oppose Dam) – local anti-dam IP org
• Lobby works
• Dialogues with NCIP
• Audience with the Korean Exim Bank rep in the Philippines
• Lobbying with Korean Exim bank through Korean networks
• Petition forms, and signature campaign (local and international)
• March protests, pickets to government offices
• Alliance formations and network building
• Writ of Kalikasan vs Jalaur mega dam (Nov 2013)

14. Gains
• Delayed the project since 2012,
starting target now is February 2016
• Broadened mass organizations
• Reached alliances and support networks
• Korean friends (KTNZ Watch, KHIS, Green ODA)
• International River Network (IRN)
• SAVE Rivers (Malaysia)
• World Indigenous Summit on Environment
and Rivers (WISER)
• EANP
• Continued IP vigilance

15. Future plans
• More pressure for the Korean Exim Bank
• Writ of Kalikasan continuance
• Expand alliances and networks
• Intensify people’s struggle
10th TUMANDUK Assembly and International Fact
Finding and Solidarity Mission (IFFSM)
March 2016

16. MABUHAY!