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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,...
Letter to Industrial and Commercial Bank of China regarding to Gibe 3 project
Mr. Jiang Jianqing Chairman and Executive Director, ICBC No.55 FuXingMenNei Street, Xicheng District Beijing 100140, China May 13 2015 Concerns...
New Film Gives Voice to the People of Costa Rica's Río Pacuare
The following is a guest blog by geographer Denielle Perry from Amigos del Pacuare. Troubled Waters: Costa Rica’s Río Pacuare Río Pacuare...
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)...
World Bank’s Broken Promises to Displaced Communities Exposed
As ministers, business leaders, NGOs and policymakers descended on Washington last week for the World Bank’s semi-annual high-level meetings, the...
Because the River Told Me So: Stories of two 2015 Goldman Prize winners and their rivers
“When we started the fight for Rio Blanco, I would go into the river, and I could feel what the...
2015 Goldman Prize River Defenders
Meet Myint Zaw and Berta Cáceres – the 2015 Goldman Prize Winners who are being honored for dedicating their lives to protecting rivers...
Mounting Evidence of Corruption in the Brazilian Dam Industry
Last Sunday, millions of citizens in dozens of cities throughout Brazil took to the streets to protest rampant corruption, erroneous...