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 ...

Two key trends undermine free-flowing rivers: large-scale dams and climate change. Globally, construction of large dams fell ...

International Rivers stands in solidarity with communities in Upper Siang District in India’s Arunachal Pradesh as they peacefully protest the deployment of armed personnel in their villages. Members ...

Last fall, Indigenous communities in northern California noticed a surprising new development in the Klamath River: a sudden abundance of salmon. Less than a month earlier, the final remains of four ...

Today, International Rivers is releasing a map illustrating sites of struggle along the Mekong River where communities and allied civil society groups have been able to hold their ground ...

Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt—Today, a global river and human rights coalition at the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP27) called both on governments to avoid including new large hydropower ...

Peru – In a landmark decision in favor of rivers in Peru, the Mixed Court in the City of Nauta ruled that the Marañón River, one of the country’s most significant rivers and water sources and the ...

Brazil – After more than a decade of community mobilization and resistance, the Brazilian State Department of Environment of Mato Grosso (SEMA) halted this week the environmental licensing process for ...