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Press Release | Brazilian Indigenous Resistance Movement Wins Prominent UN Environmental Prize
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2015 2015 Equator Prize recognizes Munduruku efforts to defend the Tapajós River from new...
Brazil Lawsuits Aim to Impede Authorization of Water Use Rights for Dam Developers
Tapajós RiverPhoto by International Rivers Reproduced with permission from Water Law & Policy Monitor, 2014 WLPM (Nov. 27, 2014). Copyright 2014...
PR – Amazon Assembly Unifies Resistance to Dams on Brazil's Tapajós River
Historic gathering builds opposition to government’s plans for new mega-dam complex Munduruku warriors and children arrive at São Luiz do...
Brazil Cancels Tapajós Dam Auction Due to Indigenous Concerns
This article originally appeared on mongabay.com Tapajós RiverPhoto by International Rivers Brazilian authorities have suspended the auction of the centerpiece...
PR: Federal Judge Suspends Construction of Controversial Teles Pires Dam
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 17, 2013 Federal Judge Suspends Construction of Controversial Teles Pires Dam in Brazilian Amazon Proponents...
Letter from Indigenous Peoples of the Xingu and Tapajós
(Translated from Portuguese)We are the people who live in the rivers where you want to build dams. We are the...
Brazil: Operation Tapajós Suspended
This article was originally published by the Latin American Bureau Born and raised in Mangabal, a traditional community to be...
Court Suspends Military Operation For São Luiz do Tapajós Dam Studies
Judge Calls for Free, Prior, and Informed Consent of Affected Munduruku Indigenous People Brasilia, Brazil: A federal appeals court (TRF-1)...
Our Rivers Feed Millions
From June 2012 World Rivers Review River systems support the Earth’s highest biological diversity – and the most intense human...
Map of Planned Dams in the Tapajós Basin
More information Click here to download a high-resolution version of the map above (courtesy of archive.org)