International Rivers is working with frontline communities to explore legal protections for the Tapajos and Arapiuns rivers.

Four years ago this month, environmental lawyer and climate justice advocate Dang Dinh Bach (Bach) was unjustly arrested in ...

By Maureen Harris, Senior Advisor June 24, 2025, marks a grim anniversary: four years since environmental lawyer Dang Dinh ...

We are immensely grateful to share our 2024 Annual Report and celebrate what supporters like you made possible. From the historic legal recognition of Peru’s Marañón River as a subject with inherent ...

Meet our vibrant and powerful International Rivers Staff and Board! We have staff members across the world from Bangkok and New Delhi to Pretoria and Brasilia. Each member of our team brings a unique ...

Our Rivers, Our Water Future. Since 1985, International Rivers has been at the heart of the global movement to ensure river-dependent communities’ voices are heard and their rights are respected.

Corporate Accountability June 25, 2024 June 26, 2024. by Pai Deetes, Phairin Sohsai and Tanya L. Roberts Davis. Today, International Rivers is releasing a map illustrating sites of struggle along the ...

We work to protect rivers and rights, and promote real solutions for meeting water, energy and flood management needs around the globe. Based on five continents, our staff work closely with a global ...

In 1985, a small group of volunteers formed International Rivers Network. Their vision was simple and yet remarkably ambitious: to develop a worldwide network to protect rivers and promote just and ...

International Rivers and our global networks are actively engaged in calling on decision-makers to preserve our precious rivers, protect our human rights, and implement truly sustainable solutions to ...