Recognizing the Rights of the Biobío River: A New Era of Environmental Stewardship

Recognizing the Rights of the Biobío River: A New Era of Environmental Stewardship

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 to protect iconic rivers in Patagonia. The lessons learned from the Biobío campaign laid the groundwork for future advocacy, driving the successful movements to safeguard rivers…

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Reconociendo los Derechos del Río Biobío: Una Nueva Era para la Protección Ambiental

Reconociendo los Derechos del Río Biobío: Una Nueva Era para la Protección Ambiental

Por Monti Aguirre, Directora, Programa América Latina For English version, click here El Río Biobío fue la primera gran campaña de protección de ríos en Chile, y marcó un precedente que luego inspiraría e informaría los esfuerzos para proteger ríos icónicos en la Patagonia. Las lecciones aprendidas en la campaña por el Biobío sentaron las bases…

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PRESS RELEASE: Breaking News: The Biobío River becomes the first ecosystem in Chile to have a Declaration of Rights

PRESS RELEASE: Breaking News: The Biobío River becomes the first ecosystem in Chile to have a Declaration of Rights

Photos here (credit: Defensa Ambiental) Download the press release here: English Version For Immediate Release September 25, 2024 MEDIA CONTACTS: Isadora Armani, Communications of International Rivers,iarmani@internationalrivers.org (English, Portuguese) Dario Cuellar, Communications of Defensa Ambiental, dario@ongdefensaambiental.cl (Spanish) CONCEPCIÓN, CHILE – The Biobío River is now the first ecosystem to have a Declaration of Rights in Chile. …

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PRESS RELEASE | Vietnam Climate Defenders Coalition Statement on Release of Hoang Thi Minh Hong

PRESS RELEASE | Vietnam Climate Defenders Coalition Statement on Release of Hoang Thi Minh Hong

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 23, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: v4climateleaders@gmail.com The Vietnam Climate Defenders Coalition,  a group of over 30 international and regional environmental, climate justice, and human rights organizations, celebrates the early release from prison of climate advocate and environmental defender Hoang Thi Minh Hong.  Hong was released in the early hours of 21 September…

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Asia Pacific Feminist Forum Event | Asserting rights to rivers, territories and life in the face of authoritarian crack-downs: lessons from cross-border organizing

Asia Pacific Feminist Forum Event | Asserting rights to rivers, territories and life in the face of authoritarian crack-downs: lessons from cross-border organizing

Date: Thursday, September 12th Time: 11am Location: Asia Pacific Feminist Forum, Chiang Mai, Thailand Hydropower continues to be promoted as part of the energy transition, backed by vested interests across the region, including energy, construction and consultancy companies, bankrolled increasingly in the context of ‘climate finance’ schemes. However, damming our rivers creates sacrifice zones, causing…

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STATEMENT | International Rivers statement on Teesta-V hydropower station destruction in Sikkim

STATEMENT | International Rivers statement on Teesta-V hydropower station destruction in Sikkim

On August 20, 2024, the world witnessed another major landslide that badly damaged a hydropower project in the fragile Himalayan ecosystem along the river Teesta. This latest landslide caused major destruction of the 510 MW NHPC Teesta-V hydropower power station in Sikkim, India. Fortunately, no casualties have been reported but the region is still reeling…

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Event: UN Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum Event: Asserting Remedies, Justice and Corporate Accountability: Grounds for Local, National, Cross-border and Transnational Organizing

Event: UN Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum Event: Asserting Remedies, Justice and Corporate Accountability: Grounds for Local, National, Cross-border and Transnational Organizing

Event at the Regional UN Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum Event Time: Tuesday, September 24th at 9:00 am ICT Event Hosts: EarthRights International, International Rivers, Community Resource Centre Foundation, ETO Watch, 3S Rivers Protection Network (3SPN), Mekong Watch (Japan), Defenders in Development Campaign, International Accountability Project (IAP), Just Ground, International Commission of Jurists-ICJ, Asia Indigenous Peoples…

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Placing the Interests of the Public and Planet at the Center of Thailand’s Power Development Plan 2024

Placing the Interests of the Public and Planet at the Center of Thailand’s Power Development Plan 2024

By Rin Sohsai and Tanya Lee Roberts-Davis. Originally published in the Bangkok Tribune. Opinion piece highlights are below. In the coming months, Thailand’s updated draft Power Development Plan (PDP 2024-2037) is due to be submitted to the Cabinet for approval. This master plan underwent limited online public hearings in mid-June. Yet to date, the text…

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2023 Annual Report: Working Alongside River Defenders

2023 Annual Report: Working Alongside River Defenders

With immense gratitude, International Rivers is proud to share our 2023 Annual Report and celebrate what supporters like you made possible. From defending the free-flowing Salween River to leading the call for permanent river protections in Brazil and worldwide to accelerating women’s leadership roles in water governance and more, this work is made possible because…

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Communities Left in Dire Straits After the Construction of the Souapiti Dam in Guinea

Communities Left in Dire Straits After the Construction of the Souapiti Dam in Guinea

By Genny Ngende, Senior Campaign Coordinator, Africa Program Introduction The Africa Program works in partnership with a local organization in Guinea, Centre du Commerce International pour le Développement (CECIDE). Individually and collectively, we conduct research, engage with government and economic actors, publish reports and organize workshops for communities adversely impacted by hydropower projects.  It is…

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