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ILO Says Brazil Violated Convention 169 in Belo Monte Case

International Labor Organization confirms government violated indigenous rights Altamira, Brazil – A report released by the Committee of Experts on...
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Regional Judge Overturns Ban on Construction of Controversial Belo Monte Dam

Decision allows for forest clearance and start-up of dam construction to begin, despite violations of human rights and environmental legislation...
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The Final Countdown to March 14

The call to action has gone out far and wide, whispers have spread from Mexico to Colombia, crossing oceans to...
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No Plot of One's Own

How Large Dams Reinforce Gender Inequalities From March 2011 World Rivers Review Large dams have enormous consequences for people’s lives...
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Why We Cannot Keep Silent

Women Speak Out for Rivers From March 2011 World Rivers Review How do women feel when their rivers are dammed,...
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China's Dam-Building Will Cause More Problems Than It Solves

Originally published in The Guardian Under pressure to cut emissions, China risks irreversibly destroying its great rivers and biodiversity hotspots...
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A Journey to the Hotspots of China’s Environmental Crisis

China may be the epicenter of the global environmental crisis. Along the Yangtze, Yellow and Pearl rivers, fragile ecosystems meet...
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A Real Life "Avatar" in Brazil

International Rivers featured on NHPR radio. Listen now! "Clean energy will be a major topic when President Obama tours South...
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Artists Respond to Three Gorges

Join us for the International Day of Action for Rivers on March 14 with an evening of music, dialogue, art...
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Brazil Dam Energises Environmentalists

Originally published in Financial Times Those passing by the London office of Brazil's development bank, BNDES, on Wednesday would have...