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Letter to the World Bank on climate change and dams for the revision of the Safeguard Policies
In April of 2013, we sent a letter to the World Bank and the U.S. Treasury signed by 24 international...
The Eyes of the World are Once Again on Temaca
The newly elected Governor of Jalisco Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval brought a renewed sense of hope to the communities of Temacapulín,...
Thai Dam-Affected Communities Continue to Call for Fair Compensation
On 7 February 2013, thousands of villagers impacted by the Rasi Salai Dam on the Mun River in Northeast Thailand...
The Lower Mekong Dams Factsheet Text
A TRANSBOUNDARY WATER CRISIS The governments of Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam are planning to build eleven large hydropower dams...
Hydropower
Hydropower in numbers Water power has been used for grinding flour and other purposes since ancient times. The world’s first...
China-backed Dams Escalating Ethnic Tension in Burma
Originally published in chinadialogue A Christian reverend concludes a ceremony on the banks of the Salween at the International Day...
Karen Message: No Big Dams
On March 14, 2013, about 2,000 internally displaced people and villagers from the Wei Gyi dam area gathered at Ei...
The Lower Mekong Dams: A Transboundary Water Crisis
Updated Factsheet The governments of Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam are planning to build eleven large hydropower dams on the...
Film Screening in Washington DC
“A River Runs Through Us,” International Rivers’ film about the movement to protect rivers and rights, has been selected to...
U.S. Urged to Reject New World Bank Focus on Large Infrastructure
Originally published in Inter Press service (IPS) WASHINGTON, Mar 19 2013 – A group of environmentalists, gender activists and international...