With today’s announcement that the Mekong River Commission will require further study of environmental and social impacts, the governments of the Mekong region have taken an important step [...]
Construction on the controversial US$11 billion Xingu River dam construction project — the so-called Belo Monte dam — was temporarily halted by a Brazilian federal judge last month due to [...]
Last week, James Anaya, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous People, delivered a written report and statement to the UN General Assembly, summarizing the first three [...]
Civil society groups have been consistent with their advice to deciding governments on the Xayaburi dam project: evaluate all risks before proceeding, and get the people who stand to be affected [...]
I was thrilled to hear yesterday that the Cerro de Oro Hydroelectric Project, near Oaxaca, Mexico, has been temporarily suspended while its financier, Conduit Capital Partners LLC, addresses [...]
The EarthRights School Mekong (ERSM) brings together students from China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam to learn about the impacts of large-scale infrastructure and commercial [...]
EarthRights International and the Korean Federation for Environmental Movement (KFEM-FOE Korea) issued letters to Daewoo and KOGAS regarding their concerns for the Shwe Gas Project in [...]