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Belo Monte Dam Suspended by Brazilian Appeals Court
Project was illegally authorized by Congress without prior consultations with indigenous tribes, judges say Altamira, Brazil: A high-level court yesterday...
Belo Monte Dam Suspended by High Brazilian Court
Federal Judge Souza Prudente of the Federal Tribunal in the Amazon region.Photo courtesy of Agencia Brasil Federal Judge Souza Prudente...
Can Renewable Energy Save Patagonia’s Rivers?
This is a guest blog by our former Executive Director Patrick McCully. It can also be found on the Black...
Letters to World Bank and IDB: Reparations for Chixoy Communities
On July 25, 2012, International Rivers, the Guatemala Human Rights Commission and Rights Action sent a letter to Dr. Jim...
Struggle in the Amazon: The Clash between Energy and the Environment
In July, 2012, the United Nations ran a Web TV story on the Belo Monte Dam, including interviews with Juruna...
Xikrin Response Letter to FUNAI
In response to a letter from FUNAI – the National Indian Foundation of Brazil’s Ministry of Justice – dated July...
FUNAI Threatens to Allow Damming of the Xingu Without Agreement of Indigenous Peoples
This is a translation of a press release from our partners at Movimento Xingu Vivo. Brazil: The controversy over authorization...
Letter from FUNAI to the Xikrin People
Leaders of the Indigenous Land Trincheira Bacajá Sincere Greetings – As you know, the Hydroelectric Plant of Belo Monte is...
Amidst Broken Promises, Indigenous Authorities Detain Belo Monte Dam Engineers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Amidst Broken Promises, Indigenous Authorities Detain Belo Monte Dam Engineers Meanwhile a new lawsuit is filed seeking...
World Heritage Committee Decisions in 2012
Fishing boat by Lake Turkana Below are summaries of all the decisions made on dam-threatened World Heritage Sites that were...