After a 15-year delay, the environmental licensing process for the Tabajara Hydroelectric Plant has been cancelled, ...

Deep in Brazil’s Amazon flows the vast Tapajós River basin—a network of sacred waterways that Indigenous peoples call the “River of Life.” This massive watershed, spanning 493.000 square kilometers ...

International Rivers is working with frontline communities to explore legal protections for the Tapajos and Arapiuns rivers.

The World Bank today approved $250 million in financing for the first phase of the Inga 3 hydropower project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) despite glaring gaps in project preparation and ...

Today, the Goldman Environmental Prize announced its 2025 slate of winners, including Mariluz Canaquiri Murayari, a grandmother, community organizer, and Indigenous Kukama leader from the Peruvian ...

Mark’s relationship with the Stanislaus River and the influence of river defenders ultimately inspired the founding of International Rivers.

Today is the 9th anniversary of the assassination of Lenca-Honduran activist Berta Caceres, best known for opposing the Agua Zarca Dam.

Asia November 8, 2024 By Rin Sohsai In early October, the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRC) sent a letter to Thailand’s Prime Minister expressing serious concerns about the plans for ...

The Tapajós River, a lifeline in Brazil’s Amazon basin, has reached historically low levels this year amid an unprecedented drought. The urgent situation made the National Water and Sanitation Agency ...

By Joshua Klemm, Co-Executive Director As world leaders gather this week in Washington, DC for the World Bank’s Annual Meetings, over 100 civil society organizations are raising the alarm over the ...

CONCEPCIÓN, CHILE – The Biobío River is now the first ecosystem to have a Declaration of Rights in Chile. The communities of Defensa Ribera Norte Chiguayante, situated downstream on the Biobío River, ...

By Monti Aguirre, Director, Latin America Program For the Spanish version, click here. The Biobío River was Chile’s first major river protection campaign, which later helped shape and inform efforts ...