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Water is Life, Rivers are Home

Earlier this year, researchers discovered a new species of monkey, the white-cheeked macaque, in southern Tibet along the Nu River....
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Top Scientists: Amazon's Tapajós Dam Complex "a Crisis in the Making" | Mongabay

The Tapajós River, Brazil.International Rivers This article originally appeared in Mongabay. Brazil is forging ahead with plans to build a...
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Amazon Oil Spill Impacts Indigenous Villages on Teles Pires River | Mongabay

This article originally appeared in Mongabay. An oil spill was detected on November 13th on the Teles Pires River, a...
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From the Field: A Trip to the Amazon's Juruena River Festival

During the last week of October, the third Festival Vivo Juruena took place in the city of Juara, in the...
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"Belo Monte: After the Flood" | A New Film About Dams in the Amazon

We are thrilled to announce the November 2016 launch of “Belo Monte: After the Flood” a new film directed by...
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Headwaters of the Amazon Protected!

The Marañón River.Rocky Contos The good news keeps coming from Latin America. Last week, the Peruvian government publicly declared that...
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PR | New Study Confirms Large Dams to Be a Principal Source of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Researchers from the Washington State University found that the world’s reservoirs generate 1.3 percent of all greenhouse...
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Famed Actor Drowns Downstream from Brazil’s Xingo Dam

Domingos Montagner, who died on September 15 near the Xingo Dam.TV Globo/Divulgação Just a couple of weeks ago, tragedy struck...
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Why Rivers, Why Now? A Message from ED Kate Horner

For over ten years, I’ve worked on campaigns to protect forests and secure land rights for communities around the world....
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Controversial Dams on 5 Chilean Rivers Scrapped After Years of Campaign | Mongabay

This article originally appeared on Mongabay. On August 30, Spanish energy company Endesa announced that it was revoking all claims...