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

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

By Maureen Harris, Senior Advisor June 24, 2025, marks a grim anniversary: four years since environmental lawyer Dang Dinh Bach was unjustly arrested in Vietnam. Bach’s imprisonment — deemed arbitrary ...

25 years after its publication, the World Commission on Dams remains the most significant benchmark in international dam building and the de facto standard against which policies are compared.

June 24, 2025 – Four years ago this month, environmental lawyer and climate justice advocate Dang Dinh Bach (Bach) was unjustly arrested in his home and imprisoned by the Vietnamese authorities. As we ...