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Press Release | Amicus Brief Urges Fundamental Rights for the Anchicayá and All Colombian Rivers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY: Today, a coalition of organizations submitted an amicus brief to the Constitutional Court of...
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Lives lost and more under threat in the wake of Colombia’s largest dam crisis

To provide immediate assistance to Ríos Vivos and community activists on the ground, visit Ríos Vivos Colombia.  A convergence of forces...
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Alternative World Water Forum: Strengthening Alliances to Protect Water, Life and Human Rights

FAMA plenary session Photo credit: Todd Southgate From March 17th to 22nd, thousands of activists from over 30 countries gathered...
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Lawyer Murdered for Supporting Honduran River Defenders

The Latin American television network teleSUR is reporting that another Honduran river defender has been murdered. Carlos Hernández The lawyer...
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NGOs Denounce Tapajós Basin Intimidation, Violence, Brazil Inaction | Mongabay

 Published originally in Mongabay on April 4th, 2018 Thirty-eight national and international civil society organizations (CSOs), including social movements and...
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Costa Rica: Plebiscites & Wetlands

Costa Rica Votes to Protect the Pacuare Organizing a popular vote on river protection can be a costly and time-intensive...
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Colombia: The Atrato River Legal Decision

5.18. En consecuencia, las políticas públicas sobre la conservación de la biodiversidad deben adecuarse y centrarse en la preservación de...
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Argentina: Entre Rios

Art. 1 – The province of Entre Ríos is hereby declared free from new works of damming on the Paraná...
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Head of Dam Company Arrested for Murder of Berta Cáceres

Manifestación Berta Cáceres en las puertas de la OEA en Washington DC el 5 de abril de 2016. Daniel Cima...
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Brazil Shelves Plans for New Megadams to Reassess Strategy | Bloomberg

This article originally appeared in Bloomberg Law’s Infrastructure Investment & Policy Bulletin. Brazil has shelved plans to build more mammoth...