International Rivers is working with frontline communities to explore legal protections for the Tapajos and Arapiuns rivers.

Congo June 3, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 3, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTS: Siziwe Mota, Africa Program Director of International Rivers, [email protected], +27 608351354 Emmanuel Musuyu, ...

Protecting Free-Flowing Rivers When we lose a free-flowing river, we lose so much more–a critical food source, clean water, climate regulation, our connection to the Earth, cultural and spiritual ...

San Francisco, Calif.–Today, the Goldman Environmental Prize announced its 2025 slate of winners, including Mariluz Canaquiri Murayari, a grandmother, community organizer, and Indigenous Kukama leader ...

Asia November 8, 2024 By Rin Sohsai In early October, the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRC) sent a letter to Thailand’s Prime Minister expressing serious concerns about the plans for ...

The Tapajós River, a lifeline in Brazil’s Amazon basin, has reached historically low levels this year amid an unprecedented drought. The urgent situation made the National Water and Sanitation Agency ...

Photos here (credit: Defensa Ambiental) Download the press release here: English Version For Immediate Release September 25, 2024 MEDIA CONTACTS: Isadora Armani, Communications of International Rivers ...

By Monti Aguirre, Director, Latin America Program For the Spanish version, click here. The Biobío River was Chile’s first major river protection campaign, which later helped shape and inform efforts ...

Tribal and conservation advocates celebrate as river is returned to historic channel; restoration activities to continue for several more years FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 28, 2024 CONTACT Ren ...

News July 24, 2024 With immense gratitude, International Rivers is proud to share our 2023 Annual Report and celebrate what supporters like you made possible. From defending the free-flowing Salween ...

Community member affected by the construction of the Souapiti Dam in Guinea, speaks about the consequences and negative impacts of their displacement and the broken promises. Displacement has often ...

by Pai Deetes, Phairin Sohsai and Tanya L. Roberts Davis Today, International Rivers is releasing a map illustrating sites of struggle along the Mekong River where communities and allied civil society ...