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Press Release | Groups Seek Fundamental Legal Rights for Serbia's Wild Rivers and Ecosystems
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts Grant Wilson (gwilson@earthlaw.org, +1-510-566-1063) Zoe Lujic (zoelujic@earth-thrive.org)Monti Aguirre (monti@internationalrivers.org, +1-707-591-1220) Photo of Studenica River.Photo courtesy of Mihailo...
Lawyer Murdered for Supporting Honduran River Defenders
The Latin American television network teleSUR is reporting that another Honduran river defender has been murdered. Carlos Hernández The lawyer...
South Africa: National Water Act
South Africa’s National Water Act, passed just four years after the country’s first democratic election, was hailed as one of...
Norway: Protection Plan for Watercourses and Master Plan for Hydropower Development
When the water authorities issue decisions applying to a protected river system pursuant to this Act, the interest of its conservation...
Costa Rica: Plebiscites & Wetlands
Costa Rica Votes to Protect the Pacuare Organizing a popular vote on river protection can be a costly and time-intensive...
Colombia: The Atrato River Legal Decision
5.18. En consecuencia, las políticas públicas sobre la conservación de la biodiversidad deben adecuarse y centrarse en la preservación de...
Canada: Canadian Heritage Rivers System
“Canada’s outstanding rivers will be nationally recognized and managed through the support and stewardship of local people and provincial, territorial...
Argentina: Entre Rios
Art. 1 – The province of Entre Ríos is hereby declared free from new works of damming on the Paraná...
United States: The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
“It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States that certain selected rivers of the Nation which,...
Celebrating Our Collective Strength on the Day of Action for Rivers!
Cambodians make an offering to the Mekong River for the 2018 Day of Action for Rivers.Photo courtey of EarthRights International...