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Samba Parade Spotlights Threats To Rivers, Forests and Indigenous Rights at Rio's Carnival

  Parade’s message angered agri-business lobby, but provided an important opportunity for participants to highlight the importance of indigenous rights...
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Parade’s message angered agri-business lobby, but provided an important opportunity for participants to highlight the importance of indigenous rights and...
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Dams With Big Reservoirs | The Globalist

Government rendition of Belo Monte DamVia Wikimedia This article originally appeared in The Globalist. Brazil’s hydroelectric plans threaten its Paris...
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New Hope for Patagonian River: Dams in Argentina Suspended

Río Santa Cruz, in Argentinean Patagonia.Pablo HernándezOn December 21, Argentina’s Supreme Court delivered a win to Argentina’s environmental groups, suspending...
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River Defender Murdered in Guatemala

The January 17 march to the site of Pojom I before the march was targeted by armed paramilitaries.Santiago Button Another...
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The End of a People: Amazon Dam Destroys Sacred Munduruku “Heaven” | Mongabay

This article originally appeared in Mongabay. Four dams are being built on the Teles Pires River — a major tributary...
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Dams Be Damned, Let The World's Rivers Flow Again | The Guardian

Visitors gather to watch giant gushes of water released from the Xiaolangdi dam on the Yellow river in Jiyuan, China.STR/AFP/Getty...
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Raising Voices and Strengthening Alliances in the Amazon

Two weeks ago, at the 20th anniversary celebration of Democracy Now!, Noam Chomsky reminded the crowd that, despite the astounding...
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It’s Time to Protect Our World’s Rivers

Munduruku in Brasilia in 2013.Ruy Sposati Fifty years ago, environmentalists and dam builders in the United States were locked in...
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A Time for Rivers: The Tide Is Turning

My friends, we are winning. I don’t say that lightly. This past year has been fraught with challenges for the...