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Dirty Business: Unraveling Corruption in Brazil’s Dam Industry
For over a year, Brazil has been immersed in an unprecedented corruption scandal centered on state-owned oil company Petrobras. While...
PR – Broken Promises at Belo Monte
Indigenous activists occupying Belo Monte in 2012International Rivers Document highlights consequences of disregard for required mitigation and compensation measures, as...
PR – Amazonian Tribe Brings an Epic Battle for Indigenous Rights to the United Nations
Amazonian Tribe Brings an Epic Battle for Indigenous Rights to the United Nations Munduruku leader denounces lack of consultation and...
Brazilian Indigenous Leader to Address UN Council in Effort to Stop Dam | The Guardian
This article originally appeared in The Guardian Ademir Kaba Munduruku will argue Brazil is violating indigenous rights by failing to...
Amazonian Tribe Brings an Epic Battle for Indigenous Rights to the United Nations
After fighting destructive Amazon dams at home for many years, indigenous leader Ademir Kaba Munduruku brought his people’s struggle to...
Amazonian Tribe Brings Struggle to International Stage
When Brazilian energy planners proposed to choke the Amazon’s Tapajós River and its tributaries with dozens of large hydroelectric dams,...
Communities Worldwide Mobilize to Protect Rivers and Defend their Rights
From April 2015 World Rivers Review Around the world, the proponents of large dams consistently downplay or simply ignore the...
Amazonian Tribes Unite to Demand Brazil Stop Hydroelectric Dams
The Munduruku, Apiaká, Kayabi and Rikbaktsa release joint statement as Brazil steps ups efforts to exploit power of the rivers...
Peru's Mega-Dam Projects Threaten Amazon River Source and Ecosystem Collapse
This article was originally posted on Mongabay. Peru is planning a series of huge hydroelectric dams on the 1,700-kilometer (1,056-mile)...
PR – Massive Corruption Scandal Implicates Brazil’s Amazon Dam Builders
Testimony from jailed operators of Petrobras scandal point to similar corruption scheme involving politicians and major construction firms FOR IMMEDIATE...