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

By Maureen Harris, Senior Advisor June 24, 2025, marks a grim anniversary: four years since environmental lawyer Dang Dinh ...

Four years ago this month, environmental lawyer and climate justice advocate Dang Dinh Bach (Bach) was unjustly arrested in ...

Banks and developers are the main benefit from hydropower. Communities are urging the World Bank to prioritize people over profits.

Released in partnership with GegenStrömung, Rivers, Rights, Resistance is a compendium of stories about the legacy of the World Commission on Dams. In response to fierce grassroots opposition to large ...

Fighting False Solutions April 6, 2022 April 7, 2022. Originally published in Alternet by Josh Klemm and Eugene Simonov . Not only does hydroelectric power fail to prevent catastrophic climate change, ...

In a historic milestone for the protection of the Marañón River, led by indigenous Kukama women of Peru, the Peruvian Mixed Court in Nauta ruled to protect the rights of the Marañón River FOR ...

Corporate Accountability June 25, 2024 June 26, 2024. by Pai Deetes, Phairin Sohsai and Tanya L. Roberts Davis. Today, International Rivers is releasing a map illustrating sites of struggle along the ...

After conducting an extensive study, Colombian Constitutional Court ruled to protect the fundamental rights of Anchichayá Dam affected communties Final judgment will be released no later than ...