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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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Our River Protection Campaigns

We’ve already begun laying the groundwork for legal river protection in Latin American countries including Peru, Chile and Colombia; read...
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The Global River Protection Movement

Freshwater is critical for life on earth, yet faced with tremendous threats. Permanent legal protections that ensure rivers’ critical ecosystem...
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World Bank Reneges on Its Promise to Protect Key Biodiversity Site on Uganda’s White Nile

Previously protected stretch of the White Nile that will be submerged by Isimba Dam. Eli Reichman Last month, after a...
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China Commits to Protecting the Yangtze River

After decades of rapid development, China commits to protecting the Yangtze Notes from a February 2018 field trip Headwaters of...
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World Bank Refinancing of Uganda's Bujagali Hydropower Scheme Under the Spotlight | Devex

This article originally appeared in Devex. The Bujagali Falls in Uganda. Photo by Michell Zappa CC BY-SA LONDON — The...
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Concerns Over Laos Dam's Environmental Impact | Al Jazeera

The controversial Don Sahong dam in Laos has people arguing that its environmental impacts have not been studied well enough....
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Congo Powers Tech Revolution While Mired in Energy Poverty

I traveled across Katanga in southeastern DRC, and all I found were transmission lines and a string of broken promises....
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Silent Waterworld: Cambodian Village Submerged by Floodwater from Chinese-Built Dam | Independent

Srekor village is now fully submergedPhoto courtesy of a Srekor resident This article first appeared in Independent. Farms, temple, ancestral...
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Global River Cleanups Grow | Christian Science Monitor

This article first appeared in The Christian Science Monitor. How communities from Portland, Ore., to Paris are cleaning and playing...
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Press Release | Cambodian Village Now Fully Submerged by Lower Sesan 2 Dam

Homes, land, school, temple, ritual sites, riverbank gardens and fishing grounds all underwater 2 February 2018: Srekor village in Stung...