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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...
International Rivers' 2018 Impact Statement: A Milestone Year for Rivers
Field trip to Brazil’s Rio Tocantins, June 2018Brent Millikan, International Rivers We know that to succeed we need a resilient,...
Protecting Freshwater Biodiversity: How International Rivers is addressing one of the great conservation challenges
Freshwater biodiversity has been called the “ultimate conservation challenge” due to its complex interweaving of upstream and downstream river ecosystems...
Reflections on World Water Week 2018: Water, Ecosystems and Human Development
World Water Week is an annual conference convened in Sweden by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). Over nearly three...
River Defenders Rise Today!
Rios Libres gathering for the 2018 Day of Action for Rivers in Batía Acantilada, Puerto Aysen, Patagonia, Chile. Rios Libres...
Celebrating Women and Rivers
They say that women hold up half the sky. We think they hold half the water too. All over the...
Save River Dolphins on #GivingTuesday
Our rivers – many now dammed, polluted, and diverted – are in critical need of our protection and support. Today...
Hydropower Is Not the Answer for Climate Resilience | Devex
This piece was originally publsihed in Devex. The Itaipu hydroelectric dam located between Brazil and Paraguay. Photo by Deni Williams...
Why Harvey Will Keep Happening – And What We Can Do About It
Soldiers with the Texas Army National Guard move through flooded Houston streets as floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey continue to rise,...
River Defenders Gather Forces in Georgia
This article originally appeared on Open Democracy. This week, activists from across the world are meeting in Tbilisi to share...