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Press Release | Era of Mega Hydropower in Brazilian Amazon Appears to Be Over
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 4, 2018 Statements by Brazilian Officials Indicate Major Shift in Policy The era of mega-dams in the...
Brazil Announces the End of Mega-Dams in the Amazon | International Rivers Statement
Protesters in the AmazonPhoto courtesy of Amazon Watch The Brazilian government has announced it will stop building mega-dams in the...
Excerpt From "Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity" by Sandra Postel
From Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and ProsperityBy Sandra PostelIsland Press 2017www.islandpress.org/book/replenish Excerpted from “Water Everywhere and Nowhere,” Chapter...
Year in Review: 2017
Celebrating Loy Krathong in Lumpini Park, Bangkok, Thailand.Robertpollai via Wikimedia Commons In 2017, events moved at a breakneck speed. It...
Honduras: COPINH Members Face More Intimidation
As Honduras remains in suspended animation in the wake of a contested presidential election, the military is continuing to intimidate...
Iran Cancels 50 Planned Dams
Drought in KhuzestanRadio Farda Iranian news is reporting that the country’s Ministry of Energy has canceled 50 planned dams, due to...
Working Transboundary: Building Resilience and Democratizing Governance in the Brahmaputra Basin
The Brahmaputra River has repeatedly been the centre ground of diplomatic hostility between China, India and Bangladesh. With no transboundary...
2016 Annual Report: Our Impact
In 2016, our campaigners worked tirelessly to protect rivers and river communities, and we met with striking success. In Chile,...
Remembering Latha Anantha
The late Latha Anantha We were deeply saddened to learn that Latha Anantha, the Indian river activist, passed away yesterday....
Energy Companies Relinquish Water Rights to Two Patagonian Rivers
In a fitting end to an extended struggle, energy companies Endesa and Colbún have agreed to return water rights to...