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On the Road from the Xingu to Rio
Indigenous Brazilians call on President Dilma Rousseff to cancel the Belo Monte Dam during the Xingu+23 gathering, June 2012Photo by...
Thank You for Helping to Protect World Heritage Rivers
Thanks to everyone who voted in our World Heritage photo contest and took action earlier this month. Not only do...
Letting the Xingu Run Freely
Early this morning, hundreds of people began an occupation of the Belo Monte Dam site near Altamira, Brazil, in the...
Amazonian Communities Occupy the Belo Monte Dam Site
Amazonian Communities Occupy the Belo Monte Dam Site To Free the Xingu River On the Eve of the Rio+20 UN...
Our Rivers Feed Millions
From June 2012 World Rivers Review River systems support the Earth’s highest biological diversity – and the most intense human...
Putting Rivers on the Agenda in Rio
Commentary: June 2012 World Rivers Review In the preparations for the twentieth anniversary conference of the Earth Summit, the word...
World Bank to Fund Gibe III Dam through the Backdoor?
Indigenous people affected by Gibe III. Alison M. Jones for www.nowater-nolife.org Some projects are so destructive that no reputable actors...
World Bank Needs to Make Infrastructure Work for the Poor
Kikwit is a town of almost one million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Its inhabitants have no...
Protestors Target Mining Giant Vale in Brazil
Activists attend Rio shareholder meeting, call out company’s severe labor, human rights and environmental violations Rio de Janeiro, Brazil –...