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International Rivers to host first Women and Rivers Congress in March 2019
A woman waters her riverbank garden on the Mekong River. Pai Deetes, International Rivers International Rivers is honored to announce...
Visualizing Our Water and River Relations Workshop for Women
Exploring Women’s Water-Based Literacies through Alternative Storytelling with 20 Indigenous Women from Sikkim and West Bengal “Years ago, at the...
The Teesta: A Hungry River
This article originally appeared in The Third Pole. Fishing along the Teesta River. Samir Mehta/International Rivers. A series of dams...
Living With Floods
Last month, floods in the Teesta River ravaged several habitations. The Teesta, much like other rivers that drain in to...
Scare Tactics of Hydropower Developers
Last month, a line of houses and shops along the Teesta River were demolished by the district administration in the...
Listen to the People of the Land
The people’s struggle in the Teesta River basin in Sikkim (India) has gone through a change of guard recently. Tseten...
Run-of-River Hydro: Green Energy or Greenwash?
It’s a little strange to write a fact sheet about a term that actually has no meaning. That’s right –...
Film: Protecting the Teesta River
Teesta river: the lifeline of Sikkim. Samir Mehta During a recent field visit, freelance multimedia journalist Thomas Clement produced a 5:45 minute...
Latest Report Restores Hope for Indigenous Communities Fighting to Save River Teesta
Earlier this year, in March, the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) asked four members of its Standing Committee comprising wildlife...
Make Your Voice Count on Human Rights Day
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted on December 10, 1948, and now commemorated each year on Human Rights Day,...