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Farewell to Patrick McCully
Appropriately, my strongest memory of Patrick McCully is from a river. Rushing down the spectacular Bujagali Falls in Uganda, our...
Day of Action For Rivers: A Retrospective
A brief retrospective to take us forward and inspire more powerful actions in 2011. When March 14 was named the...
Brazil Green Lights Amazon Dam Disregarding Environmental Laws and Local Opposition
New Dilma Government approves fast-track forest clearance and commencement of controversial Belo Monte construction site Brasília, Brazil (January 27, 2011)–The...
The Tug of War Over Brazil's Belo Monte Dam
For people opposing the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in Brazil, the blockbuster film Avatar struck a chord....
Ethiopia's Gibe III Dam: Sowing Hunger and Conflict
Updated factsheet The Omo River is a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of indigenous people in southwest Ethiopia and northern...
The Pandora's Box of Mekong Dams
When Zeus warned Pandora never to open the box given to her, the temptation proved too strong and Pandora forever...
Why We Fight – Dam Injustices in Africa
This is my farewell from International Rivers, but not from the struggles for justice across Africa. Working from Cameroon over...
Foretelling the Mekong River's Fate
Key Findings of the MRC’s Strategic Environmental Assessment on Mekong Mainstream Dams This International River’s fact-sheet is on the Mekong...
The Xayaburi Dam
A Looming Threat to the Mekong River This International River’s fact-sheet provides information regarding the threat the planned Xayaburi Hydropower...
Comments on the La Yesca Large Hydroelectric Dam (Mexico)
Submitted to Spanish Association for Standardisation and Certification La Yesca is a business-as-usual dam project that has already secured almost...