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Sacrificing Human Rights for Development on Lake Turkana
Selina Akiru, pastoralist. International Rivers “Whoever is cutting off the source of water to the lake is being selfish and...
Brazilian Public Prosecutors denounce ethnocide and call for judicial intervention in Belo Monte
After extensive investigations, federal public prosecutors conclude that the Brazilian government’s development model promotes the destruction of the social organization,...
Visionary Environmentalist Doug Tompkins Passes Away
Doug Tompkins and his wife Kris in Patagonia. Tompkins Conservation Environmental activists in Chile and around the world mourn the...
PR - Brazilian Indigenous Movement Receives Prominent UN Environmental Prize at COP 21 in Paris
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2015 Equator Prize recognizes Munduruku people’s struggle to defend the Amazon from a new wave of...
Dam on Ethiopia’s Omo River Causing Hunger and Conflict | National Geographic
Herders lead their cattle to the Omo River to drink. Alison M. Jones This article first appeared in National Geographic....
Why Rivers on #GivingTuesday
I spent the past weekend in Yosemite National Park with my family. It was snowing, and the roaring Merced River...
Fighting for Nubia's Rich Culture
“We will never allow any force on the earth to blur our identity and destroy our heritage and nation. Nubians...
Help Stop the Raising of Shasta Dam
Chief Caleen Sisk. Sacred Land Film Project The Winnemem Wintu tribe of Northern California are once again faced with the...
Myanmar Elections Call into Question Thailand’s Ambitious Power Development Plans
Karen ethnic Thai villagers at the Salween River will be affected by the planned Hat Gyi Dam in Burma’s Karen...
Two killed after dams burst at Brazil iron mine, many missing | Reuters
Dam break at Mariana, BrazilReuters (See the original Reuters story here.) At least two people were killed and 30 others...