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Energy Poverty: The Hidden Energy Crisis
From September 2013 World Rivers Review More than1.3 billion people – almost a quarter of humanity – have no electricity....
Sex Trafficking Ringmaster Busted on Belo Monte
Construction continues at the Belo Monte Dam work sites, outside of the towns of Altamira and Vitória do Xingu. Police...
The Struggle Over Riverbed Mining in India
This is a guest blog by Kanchi Kohli* Humans have always had a special relationship with rivers. They provide fresh...
Mining, Dams, Other Threats to Unprotected Futaleufu River
SANTIAGO, 08/21/2013 – The latest edition of the bilingual magazine Patagon Journal exposes several threats to the Futaleufú River, a...
Defensores de los Rios
Los peruanos están enfrentando propuestas para la construcción de grandes represas en su territorio, las cuales traerían impactos fuertes e...
Sarawak’s Murum Dam: What Has Changed Since the Indigenous Blockade?
Villagers blockade the Murum Dam (Sept. 2012)© SAVE Sarawak’s Rivers Network Last September, indigenous villagers living in a remote area...
The Bullet That Killed Tomás Garcia
Tomás Garcia. By Colectivo Ocote Drug trafficking, organized crime, corruption and institutional dysfunction are some of the major causes of...
Justice for Tomás Garcia in Honduras
On Monday, July 15th, indigenous Lenca leader Tomás Garcia was killed and his son Alan was seriously wounded when members...
Honoring Glenn Switkes
When I first started at International Rivers almost a year ago, I could feel the passion that staff had for...
India’s Himalayan Floods a Man-made Disaster
The following is a guest blog by Himanshu Thakkar, South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People Homes, farms and...