The Gibe III dam on the Omo River in southern Ethiopia will be the tallest of its kind in the world. It will generate a lot of much-needed electricity, but there are fears for its impact on the environment and (agro)biodiversity, and on the pastoralist and fishing lifeways of the peoples living downstream of it. Richard Leakey has come out forcefully against the project. The BBC puts it all beautifully in context on a map.
