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Good News for Rivers and Rights in the Amazon
Great news! Bishop Erwin Kräutler has just received the Right Livelihood Award, often referred to as the Alternative Nobel Prize....
Bishop Krautler Receives 2010 Right Livelihood Award for Protecting the Amazon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Outspoken Critic of the Belo Monte Dam in Brazil, Bishop Erwin Kräutler, Receives "Right Livelihood Award" for...
Hidrovias en el Amazonia
As part of the South America Initiative for Infrastructure Integration (IIRSA) several waterways, or hidrovias are planned in the main...
Brazilian Delegates Recount Struggles Against Dams at Rivers for Life 3
I've just returned from the Rivers for Life 3 meeting at Temacapulín, Mexico, where 300 delegates from across the world...
Sigourney Weaver Narrates New Google Earth Animation on Brazil’s Controversial Belo Monte Dam
10-minute Tour in 3-D Highlights the Dam’s Harmful Impacts on Xingu River and Greener Alternatives Download the tour or view...
Environmental Impact Studies on Dams Count for Little in Amazon
ALTAMIRA, Brazil, Aug 10 (IPS) – "It's a fait accompli," acknowledges André Villas-Boas, head of the independent SocioEnvironmental Institute (ISA),...
Another Indigenous Tragedy Highlights the Inviability of Amazonian Dams
Headlines around the world this week again brought attention to the impacts of dams in the Amazon on indigenous people....
Belo Monte Fact Sheet
Massive Dam Project Strikes at the Heart of the Amazon The Brazilian government is planning to build what would be...
Fury as Amazon rainforest dam approved by Brazil
Brazil has approved the controversial construction of a giant hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon, defying a 20-year...
Glenn Ross Switkes (1951-2009)
International Rivers is mourning the loss of our Amazon program director Glenn Switkes, a dear friend, respected colleague, and a...