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Quote: Ethiopia, claimed the Gilgil Gibe Dam III was the “friendliest to the environment” in the world. In March 2009, the head of the Ethiopian Environmental Protection Agency (EEPA), Dr. Tewolde Berhane Gebre, said “I do not care for what you say” when a BBC journalist presented data from Dr. Richard Leaky, a Kenyan ecologist, about Gilgil Gibe Dam III’s environmental impacts, which Dr. Leaky claimed were never fully studied by EEPA (watch video below). The European Investment Bank has decided to pull back its funding for Ethiopia’s hydropower dam following pressure calls by environmentalists that the Gibe 3 Dam threatens the food security and local economies that support more than half a million people in Southwest Ethiopia. According to the banks statement, the Euro 1.55 billion hydropower dam would devastate the ecosystems of Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley and Kenya’s Lake Turkana. The dam which is expected to be Africa’s tallest dam with the height of 240 meters and Ethiopia’s biggest investment, drew criticisms from environmentalists saying the construction will wreak havoc on the Omo River’s natural flood cycle. The Bank’s statement further said in March 2009, Friends of Lake Turkana, a group of affected people in Kenya, urged the EIB not to fund the Gibe 3 because the affected communities could not withstand any more pressure on the little resources along the lake. – Full Story (afrol) RELATED: Kenyan team holds talks on Ethiopia dam A Kenyan delegation has held discussions with their Ethiopian counterparts on the controversial Gibe III dam project. Experts have expressed concern over the environmental impact of the Ethiopian project on River Omo, the main source of water for Lake Turkana in Kenya. The 14-member Kenyan team was led by the director of Water Resources, Mr John R Nyaoro. Ethiopian minister for Water Resources Asfaw Dingamo told the Kenyan delegation not to let outsiders dictate the direction of the relations between the two countries. – Full Story (Daily Nation - Kenya) RELATED: EIB statement on its possible involvement in the Gibe 3 project in Ethiopia Date: 04/06/2009 Following the recent publication of erroneous information regarding the alleged European Investment Bank decision not to finance the Gibe 3 project in Ethiopia, the EIB would like to confirm that, as of today, the Bank has not taken any formal decision on whether to undertake an appraisal of this project. – Full Statement (EIB)