International Rivers in the Media
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Friday, September 8, 2017
This article originally appeared on RewardExpert.com. Step into many major cities of the world, and chances are there will be a river at its heart. Think about the Hudson in New York, the...
In the Media, Statement - Declaration
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Tuesday, August 8, 2017
International Rivers strongly condemns the arrest of the celebrated Indian activist Medha Patkar and calls for her immediate release.
In the Media
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Monday, August 7, 2017
This article was originally published on Mongabay. With mega-dams planned globally, especially in the Amazon and Mekong, the Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF), an NGO, has developed a new...
In the Media
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Thursday, August 3, 2017
As the waters rise behind Lower Sesan II Dam in Cambodia, villagers struggle with the future.
In the Media
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Tuesday, July 25, 2017
This article originally appeared on Medium. Munduruku people confirm they will return to occupy dam construction sites in the Amazon if indigenous rights continue to be violated A...
In the Media
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Tuesday, July 25, 2017
This week, Mongabay's podcast features our communications director talking about threats facing the world's rivers and river communities. Listen in!
In the Media, Letter
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Monday, July 24, 2017
The Santa Cruz River. Fernando de Gorocica, via Wikimedia Commons On July 19, 2017, a large group civil society organizations submitted a letter to Argentinean decision-makers detailing...
In the Media
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Thursday, July 20, 2017
Last week, the Austrian National Contact Point (NCP) concluded a lengthy and ultimately disappointing OECD Guidelines mediation process between Andritz, the turbine supplier for the...
In the Media, Press Release
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Saturday, July 15, 2017
At dawn on Sunday, July 16th, 200 representatives of the indigenous Munduruku nation occupied the main work camp of the São Manoel hydroelectric dam on the Teles Pires River in the...
In the Media, Press Release
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Tuesday, July 18, 2017
On Saturday, the gates of the Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower Project in Stung Treng, Cambodia, were opened to commence filling of the reservoir for operations testing. Despite the near completion...
In the Media
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Saturday, July 15, 2017
Researchers say Southeast Asian governments must shift their policies away from hydropower because of the environmental and social fallout of large-scale hydropower development.
In the Media, Press Release
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New report finds that DRC likely to suffer financial losses, continuing energy poverty if hydropower project advances Tuesday, June 27, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, International...
In the Media
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Monday, June 19, 2017
A new study, published last week in Nature, finds that 428 existing, under construction, and planned Amazon basin and Andes headwaters dams could disturb ecosystems on an enormous scale.
In the Media
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Friday, June 16, 2017
Corruption has helped fuel some of the world’s most significant acts of environmental devastation — and now it's behind the destruction of the Patuca River in Honduras.
In the Media
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Monday, May 22, 2017
A year ago, the cabinet issued a resolution recognising an obligation to protect human rights in Thai outbound investments. With Thai companies increasing their operations in neighbouring...
In the Media
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Sunday, May 14, 2017
Brazil's government plans to roll back regulation for construction projects. Critics say proposals threaten indigenous groups and cultural heritage.
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Peru's indigenous Wampís people have formalized their right to self-government. Will the move help them save their lands and waters from unwanted development?
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Monday, May 1, 2017
This Friday, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) will hold their second Regional Stakeholder Forum under the Prior Consultation procedure for the Pak Beng Dam, the third hydropower project...
In the Media
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Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Three rivers were recently granted "human" status by their governments. This conservation approach holds great promise -- but is it coming too late to save the Mekong?
In the Media
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017
A new study finds that reservoirs emit significant greenhouse gases planet-wide. Researchers urge that new hydropower projects not be christened with "green energy" label.
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Sunday, February 12, 2017
Kate Horner, Executive Director, says "We’re deeply concerned by reports of the deteriorating conditions at California’s Oroville Dam. We pray for the safety of all those affected."
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Sunday, January 29, 2017
Researcher Phil Fearnside explains how Brazil’s hydroelectric plans threaten its Paris climate commitments.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017
A cascade of six dams being built in southern China has caused significant changes to water levels in the Mekong River as far downstream as Cambodia, according to a study released by...
In the Media
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Friday, January 13, 2017
Grassroots mobilization has successfully pressured Chinese dam operators to adopt social safeguards in countries like Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, but there's still room for improvement.
In the Media
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Thursday, January 12, 2017
Brazil dynamited an indigenous sacred site, the equivalent of Christian “Heaven,” to make way for the Teles Pires Dam; the desecration is devastating the Munduruku culture.
In the Media
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Monday, January 9, 2017
Executive Director Kate Horner explains why it’s time to give permanent protection to free-flowing rivers, after a century of runaway dam building.
In the Media
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Monday, December 12, 2016
China’s decision to shelve hydropower projects presents an important opportunity for Myanmar to re-evaluate their planned dams on the Salween. This includes the implications of these...
In the Media
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Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Brazil is forging ahead with plans to build a vast hydropower dam complex in the heart of the Amazon that scientists and NGOs say will threaten Amazonian biodiversity, ecosystems,...
In the Media, Press Release
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Thursday, December 1, 2016
New plans show that the Chinese government no longer intends to dam the Nujiang, China's last free-flowing river. This marks a great success for the country's environmental movement.
In the Media
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Monday, November 21, 2016
More than 300 indigenous people in communities on the Teles Pires River, a tributary of the Tapajós River, have been impacted by an oil spill of unknown origin. Investigation is ongoing.
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