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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...
New Zealand: The Power of a Lawsuit
You don’t have to change your constitution to protect a river. Often, existing legislation can be used to win permanent...
When A River Becomes A Legal Person: A Short Journey Down New Zealand's Whanganui River
“Our entire outlook is about the health of the river. It took us 175 years. We’re not speaking for us;...
Women Must Be Central to Decisions on Hydropower in Myanmar I Asia Times
Busy morning on the Salween on the Thailand-Myanmar border as women sell their products from riverbank gardens.International Rivers This article...
Dams and Child Rights in the Mekong: Campaigning Across Borders
Mueda Nawanat As a young public interest lawyer working to secure the rights of stateless children, Mueda Nawanat is constantly on the...
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...
"We Will Fight Until We Die, We Will Not Leave" - Dams and Environmental Rights in the Mekong | Human Rights Defender
The rivers of Southeast Asia are increasingly threatened by the construction of cascades of large dams, which will irreversibly alter...
No Price to the Human Rights Violations
Delegates attenting the 4th ACCA General Assembly held in Pretoria, South Africa recently. While the landscape in the extractive industry...
2016 Annual Report: Our Impact
In 2016, our campaigners worked tirelessly to protect rivers and river communities, and we met with striking success. In Chile,...
Remembering Latha Anantha
The late Latha Anantha. We were deeply saddened to learn that Latha Anantha, the Indian river activist, passed away yesterday....