2025年1月23日 · Since 1985, International Rivers has protected rivers and defended the rights of communities that depend on them. See our work and get involved.

2025年1月7日 · 2024 has been a transformative year for rivers, thanks to you—our incredible supporters, partners, and river champions. Together, we’ve advanced protections, restored ecosystems, and amplified the voices of river defenders worldwide. Your support has fueled incredible progress, and we’re excited to share the highlights in our 2024 Year in Review. As we look ahead to...

Asia’s rich tapestry of cultures and unparalleled ethnic diversity are connected by important transboundary river basins, including the Mekong, Salween, Indus, and Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna. These rivers originate in the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau, connecting ecosystems fed by glaciers and snowmelt to floodplains and major river deltas downstream. They support rich biodiversity, and ...

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

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 network of river communities, dam-affected people, environmentalists, human rights advocates and experts to fight destructive river projects and promote better alternatives.

Healthy rivers are critical to sustaining life on earth. They’re also at the nexus of the climate crisis and long-standing legacies of environmental injustice. As part of a global network of river defenders, we promote water, energy and food production systems that protect communities, regenerate river health, build social and ecological resiliency, and bring equity...

A global survey of the rapidly developing Rights of Nature jurisprudence pertaining to rivers Background A new report by the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice, Earth Law Center, and International Rivers finds that a movement to grant legal rights to rivers and nature is rapidly gaining momentum globally. The report examines how the...

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 sustainable energy development. For over 35 years, we have successfully supported river defenders as leaders in the global movement. Our work has included catalyzing...

As it passes through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, the Mekong River bursts with color and life. Boasting one of the world’s most diverse and productive inland fisheries the Mekong supplies communities within the basin with up to 80% of their animal protein needs. It also provides fresh water, fertile silt, transportation, recreation,...

Learn more about our work by exploring the audio recordings, videos, and maps featured on this website. We produce a variety of multimedia resources to further our mission of protecting rivers and the rights of communities that depend on them. All of our work is licensed under the Creative Commons, so you are free to...