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Police Kill Two Anti-Dam Protesters in North India

Tawang GateBy Dhrubazaan Photography, via Wikimedia Commons We’ve received terrible news about dam fighters in India today. According to our...
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Campaign in Poetry

Arun Tiwari, journalist and poet, has written extensively on rural development, ecological democracy and water related issues in India. Writers...
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Ten Years of Injustice

It has been more than ten years since the 260-meter-high Tehri Dam was commissioned on the Bhagirathi River, a headwater...
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The Mortal Danger of Opposing a Dam

In Sudan last week, dozens of peaceful protesters were injured when Sudanese police used force to break up a protest...
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Cry Me A River

This article originally appeared in the New Internationalist.  An elegy for a wounded planet and a plea for its protection,...
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Don't Hinder the Pinder

The Pinder is the last free-flowing tributary of the Alaknanda, one of two headwater streams that come together to form...
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The World’s Forests Will Collapse If We Don’t Learn to Say ‘No’

This guest blog originally appeared in The Conversation. An alarming new study has shown that the world’s forests are not...
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River Guardian Phil Fearnside: "Stay Focused on the Action"

Philip Fearnside holds forth.Rios Vivos Brasil You could be forgiven for thinking Philip Fearnside’s a bit of a curmudgeon. Within...
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A Guide to Dam Sanctioning in Nepal

(Update: December 6, 2019 The laws in Nepal have changed. The guide on this page is no longer current. It...
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"Keep Religion Out of River Movements": An Interview with Indian Activist Vimal Bhai

Vimal Bhai is the Convener of Matu Jan Sangathan, a collective that has been advocating for rights of communities impacted...