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A tribute to Ajaan Kraisak Choonhavan, a champion for the Mekong and Salween Rivers

Senator Kraisak playing music (2015)International Rivers Last week we lost a champion for the Mekong and Salween Rivers, Kraisak Choonhavan,...
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Covid-19 Impacts in the Amazon and Patagonia | Crisis to Opportunities Series

The global COVID-19 crisis has shed a light on the deep-seated inequities in the way our rivers and the people...
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An urgent call to protect Brazil’s human rights and environmental defenders

In response to the brutal assassination of Dilma Ferreira Silva, a leader of Brazil’s Movement of Dam-Affected Peoples (MAB) in...
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Lives lost and more under threat in the wake of Colombia’s largest dam crisis

To provide immediate assistance to Ríos Vivos and community activists on the ground, visit Ríos Vivos Colombia.  A convergence of forces...
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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...
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NGOs Denounce Tapajós Basin Intimidation, Violence, Brazil Inaction | Mongabay

 Published originally in Mongabay on April 4th, 2018 Thirty-eight national and international civil society organizations (CSOs), including social movements and...
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Head of Dam Company Arrested for Murder of Berta Cáceres

Manifestación Berta Cáceres en las puertas de la OEA en Washington DC el 5 de abril de 2016.Daniel Cima via...
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River Defender Shot Dead in Kenya

Police remove the body of a man who was shot dead in Bonyunyu, Nyamira County on January 9, 2017 as...
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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...
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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...