... interest groups that came together in Spokane, Washington on 20 May 1999. 60 people attended, a press release was issued, and the final scoping paper (July 1999) reflected the comments made at the meeting. The final scoping paper provided the broad terms of reference for the second phase of the study. The Draft Final Report of the Grand Coulee case study was completed in December 1999 and was discussed at a final meeting of stakeholders organised by WCD on 13 January in Portland, Oregon. The final report was released in November 2000. If completed, the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze will be the largest hydroelectric dam in the world. It would stretch nearly a mile across and tower 575 feet above the world's third longest river. Its reservoir would stretch over 350 miles upstream and force the displacement of close to 1.9 million people. Construction began in 1994 and is scheduled ...

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