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For nearly three decades, International Rivers has been at the forefront of research and communications on issues surrounding large dams and their impact on rivers and communities.

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PR: With Inga Dams, Donors Set to Repeat Past Failures

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Berkeley/Pretoria: The Congolese government will today announce plans to move forward with the Grand Inga Dam at a...
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NGO Letter on the World Bank's Return to Mega-Dams in Africa

In May 2013, civil society organization and networks from Africa, Europe and the United States sent a letter to World...
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Greenwashing Dams Factsheet

A dam industry effort threatens to greenwash dams and undermine the recommendations of the World Commission on Dams (WCD). The...
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Malaysia: Authoritarian Leader Lures Investors With Promise of “Responsible” Dams

Photo by: SAVE Rivers Network The Malaysian state of Sarawak is the new star of the global hydropower industry. Located...
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China: High and Dry

Originally published in The Financial Times Devastating water shortages are putting a brake on economic growth and stirring political discontent...
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Gathering Along the Upper Tigris River

I’m heading to the Tigris River next week with a bundle of recent news articles under my arm that sets...
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Won't you Rendezvous?

Bay Area River People  – it’s time to put on your dancing shoes, grab a few friends and join us...
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Update from the Amazon: the Struggle Continues

Late at night on May 8, a federal judge declared that the peaceful protestors from seven Amazonian indigenous groups could...
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Chinese Hydrodam Remains a Concern, Mystery to Locals

Originally published in VOA Khmer KOH KONG – Villagers in the coastal province of Koh Kong say they are being...
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Call for Peace and Respect in the Amazon

On May 2, representatives of eight indigenous groups from around the Amazon began an occupation of the construction site of...