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

Dear International Rivers Community, The Board of Directors wishes to express our gratitude and appreciation to Isabella ...

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 ...

Not only does hydroelectric power fail to prevent catastrophic climate change, but it also renders countries more vulnerable to climate change while emitting significant amounts of methane, one of the ...

The Meitei people call the Loktak Wetlands in India’s North East region Loktak Lairembi or, the mother goddess. The wetlands are the foundation of their socio-economic development and rich cultural ...

In a momentous win for the Mekong River, this week the Thai Cabinet formally called for cancellation of the Lancang-Mekong Navigation Channel Improvement Project, popularly known as the Mekong “rapids ...

The Northeastern region has been dotted with dams following the decades of state ambition to make optimum use of water in the region and from the Mekong River. They, however, have also been marred ...

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 ...

As media attention focused on the dissolution of the parliament to prepare for the upcoming national election, news that a Power Purchase Agreement with Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand ...

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 ...