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Amazonian Tribe Brings an Epic Battle for Indigenous Rights to the United Nations

After fighting destructive Amazon dams at home for many years, indigenous leader Ademir Kaba Munduruku brought his people’s struggle to...
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Amazonian Tribe Brings Struggle to International Stage

When Brazilian energy planners proposed to choke the Amazon’s Tapajós River and its tributaries with dozens of large hydroelectric dams,...
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Powerful Miniseries Depicts Struggles to Protect Sacred Indigenous Sites

Fisherman in the shadow of Basamuk refinery in New GuineaSacred Land Film Project A four-part miniseries called Standing on Sacred Ground makes...
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Communities Worldwide Mobilize to Protect Rivers and Defend their Rights

From April 2015 World Rivers Review Around the world, the proponents of large dams consistently downplay or simply ignore the...
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Amazonian Tribes Unite to Demand Brazil Stop Hydroelectric Dams

The Munduruku, Apiaká, Kayabi and Rikbaktsa release joint statement as Brazil steps ups efforts to exploit power of the rivers...
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In Solidarity for Protection of the Areng Valley

Dam affected villagers from the Sesan and Srepok rivers support Alex A few years ago, Alejandro “Alex” Gonzalez-Davidson, a Spanish...
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Sustainable Hydropower Pitch for Burma Difficult to Swallow

A Karen displaced family fleeing armed conflict in a temporary shelter on the bank of the Salween River, near a...
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PR – Siemens Linked to Major Rights Abuses Across Americas

  German Technology Giant Confronted With Proof of Wrongdoing at Annual Shareholder Meeting  Munich, Germany: Dozens of protestors from a...
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Healing Begins for the Maya Achi People of Guatemala

Portrait of Carlos Chen at the Pacux resettlement village in the outskirts of Rabinal.Photo by James A. Rodríguez/MiMundo.org. Cannot be...
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PR – Defying Brazilian Government, Indigenous Group Demarcates Amazonian Territory

Munduruku people ‘auto-demarcate’ lands threatened by Tapajós River megadams FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Brasilia, Brazil: In response to the Rousseff government’s...