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Rivers at Risk: Dam Boom Threatens A World of Rivers
From June 2012 World Rivers Review See the full map 1. Dams support unsustainable industries: Iceland uses more energy per...
An Alternative Power Development Plan for Guatemala
In 2008, International Rivers’ staff visited communities that would be affected by Xalala Dam in Guatemala. We began documenting threats...
Eleven Belo Monte Activists Criminalized
Note of Support Victims of Belo Monte are not criminals Original text (Portuguese) From the moment they were conceived during...
Lawful Belo Monte Protestors Threatened with Imprisonment
Father Alirio Bervian, 65 years old, is among those threatened with a prison order Leaders of Brazilian movement opposed to...
World Heritage Rivers Under Threat
More than 900 of the world’s most amazing natural and human-made wonders have been declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO....
Wrapping Rio
By Jason Rainey/International Rivers I’m now back in California after the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development that played out...
Ch. Karnchang Plows Forward with Xayaburi Dam Construction
For Immediate Release Bangkok, Thailand – A recent investigation of the Xayaburi Dam site by International Rivers revealed that Thai...
Amazonian Indigenous Peoples Occupy Belo Monte Dam Site
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Altamira, Brazil – Indigenous peoples affected by the controversial Belo Monte Dam complex now under construction along...
Stirring up the Streets of Rio
At the global march of the People’s Summit, signs and chants against Belo Monte were a central themeBy Brent Millikan/International...
No Surprises in G-20 Declaration, Progress Report
G-20 leaders settled on an uneventful final declaration in Los Cabos. Tuesday’s G-20 Leaders’ Declaration, and a progress report from...