From October 12 to 18, the World Bank hold their Annual Meetings in Bangkok. Finance ministers, central bankers, and the Bank ...

International Rivers protects rivers and defends the rights of communities that depend on them.

Date: Tuesday, 13 October 2026 Time: 13h00-14h30 (UTC+7) Format: In person only (Ambassador Hotel, Orchid 4, 3rd floor, 171 Sukhumvit Road, Soi 11, Khlong Toei Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110, Thailand.

World Bank hydropower financing is putting rivers and communities at risk. Explore the evidence on mega-dams, climate risks, human rights and sustainable alternatives.

International Rivers mourns the loss of our friend and compañero, Patricio “Pato” Segura, journalist, environmental defender, and tireless voice for the rivers, communities, and territories of ...

Dear friends, colleagues and international organizations, I’m grateful to be back home and reunited with my family. Thank you to everyone who has reached out and shown support. Right now, my priority ...

Rucalhue Dam is a 90 MW hydro project on the middle Biobío River in Chile, now under construction despite years of community resistance, serious concerns about Indigenous and river rights, and the ...

Emblematic of these threats, in Vietnam, six high-profile climate leaders and energy experts have been arrested and imprisoned since 2021 on politically motivated charges after advocating for ...

In our work around the world, International Rivers partners with people on the frontlines of ecological crisis, defending rivers, ecosystems, communities, and ways of life from destruction. For many ...

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 ...

In a new study, International Rivers and Irigaray e Associados, Análise Juridica da Legislação Ambiental Brasileira, reveal a potentially transformative legal approach to protecting Brazil’s Tapajós ...