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

For decades, the western United States was ground zero for one of the greatest experiments humans had ever undertaken: replumbing the world’s rivers. As Marc Reisner cataloged so forcefully in the ...

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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 ...

News March 19, 2024 In a historic milestone for the protection of the Marañón River, led by indigenous Kukama women of Peru, the Peruvian Mixed Court in Nauta ruled to protect the rights of the ...

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 ...

Fighting False Solutions April 6, 2022 Originally published in Alternet by Josh Klemm and Eugene Simonov Not only does hydroelectric power fail to prevent catastrophic climate change, but it also ...

“Everything. Gone.” Mueda’s village is the first upstream of a planned reservoir; part of a contentious project to divert water across Thailand to the Ping River and Bhumibol Dam. The project affects ...

“As director of Forum Solidaridad de Peru, and on behalf of this institution as well as personally, I want to salute Monti Aguirre’s 25 years of effort and work at International Rivers. Here we call ...

Asia December 8, 2021 By: Jiten Yumnam, Nalori Dhammei Chakma and Petro Kotze The Meitei people call the Loktak Wetlands in India’s North East region Loktak Lairembi or, the mother goddess. The ...

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 ...