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7/27/2019 International Rivers 2012 Annual Report
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AnnualReport 2012
AmazniaViva
Wrong
Climate forDammingRivers
Growing the movement for healthy rivers & human rights
Save theMekong
Released September 2013
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Jason Rainey
Executive Director
Deborah Moore
Chair, Board of Directors
In 2012, International Rivers continued to detly navigate
the struggles to deend rivers at risk around the world.
We strengthened our regional oces in dam-building hot
spots and added sta and resources to better support our
movement and local partners in Brazil, India, South Aricaand Thailand. Highlights o our regional initiatives included:
Fighting or ood security or millions o people on the
Mekong River in Southeast Asia;
Creating awareness o the climate risks o dams on the
Zambezi;
Providing training workshops and policy advocacy
to advance environmental fows or healthy r ivers in
India; and
Working in solidar ity with indigenous people in
the Amazon to protect their r ivers rom destructivebig dams.
At the heart o International Rivers work is our belie that
the health and vitality o rivers and communities is inextricably
connected. Part o what makes us unique is that we ocus
on protecting rivers and the rights o communities all over
the world who are suering rom the same patterns o
destructive development. We doggedly pursue solutions
that will work or both people and the planet, working
hand-in-hand with the vulnerable communities whose
rights and livelihoods are most aected by the damagingconsequences o mega-dams.
As Amazonian indigenous leader Valdenir Munduruku
recently said in Brazil:
They [the government] want to say that they will build
dams on our land and then see what we want in return.
And we do not want anything in return. We want ourriver free and our nature preserved. The Minister says
he wants to consult with indigenous peoples, but that the
governments decision to build the dams has already been
made. What kind of consultation is that?
International Rivers is working or a just and sustainable
uture where local communities rights and aspirations
like those o the Munduruku in Brazil and the Turkana
people o Kenya are ully part o the democratic process
o managing our shared r iver heritage. This past year,
we added six new members to our Board o Directors,injecting new expertise and enthusiasm into building
the nancial strength and strategic eectiveness o
International Rivers. Our collective success is only
possible with the crucial support o our community o
engaged river deenders.
Thank you or all that you do!
Dear River Lovers and Defenders,
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International Rivers protects rivers and deends the rights
o communities that depend on them. We work to stop
destructive dams and promote water and energy solutions
or a just and sustainable world.
Rivers are vital to sustaining all lie on earth. We seek
a world where healthy rivers and the rights o local
communities are valued and protected. We envision a
world where water and energy needs are met without
degrading nature or increasing poverty, and where
people have the right to participate in decisions that
aect their lives.
Mission
Vision
International Rivers protects rivers and rights while
promoting real solutions or meeting water, energy and
food management needs. We believe in the power o
people to make change happen and to champion the
movement or healthy rivers and human rights. To dothis, we work towards the ollowing:
Empowering civil society
We have long played a key role in building the global
river-protection movement and we continually strive to
broaden and strengthen its reach. We oster grassroots
organizations in more than 60 countries and build the
capacity o our regional par tners by providing technical
and strategic advice to activists and aected people.
Changing the terms of the debateWe work to reorm the top-down, opaque decision-
making processes that accompany large dam projects.
We seek to ensure that important social and
environmental issues are not swept under the rug and
that all communities have the opportunity to
meaningully and eectively participate in local
decision-making processes.
Stopping destructive projects and addressing
legacy dams
We discourage nancial, government and industry support
o harmul r iver projects. We hold responsible parties
accountable or the damages rom dams by advocatingor social reparations and ecological restoration.
Raising awareness
Through social media, publications, presentations and
media work, we raise awareness about the deplorable
environmental, economic and human rights impacts o
big dams and the viability o better options. By ampliying
the voices o the people directly aected by large projects,
we ensure that their opinions are included in the ongoing
public debates about alternative models o development.
Promoting solutions
We promote ecient, decentralized and just solutions
to meeting our water and energy needs that will alleviate
poverty and protect our planet. We help partners nd
viable alternatives to destructive big dams through
in-depth research and then support them as they present
such analyses to decision makers.
How We Work
As you read this report, you will learnmore about our work rom the global and locallens, including our 2012 agship campaigns:
Amaznia Viva Page 4
Save the Mekong Page 6
Wrong Climate for Damming Rivers Page 8
ALL IMAGES IN THIS PUBLICATION BY INTERNATIONAL RIVERS STAFF UNLESSOTHERWISE NOTED
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Amaznia Viva
From our ofce in Brazil, International Rivers has been working or nearly 20 years to protectthreatened rivers, biodiversity and indigenous communities. Our Amazon Program aims tostrengthen grassroots mobilization, support innovative communications and advocacy strategies,and increase the accountability o Brazilian public and private institutions.
From the headwater rivers in the Andes to the orest plains o Brazil, there are more than150 dams planned or the Amazon Basin, including 60 large dams. Brazils industrial growthmodel is driving this new dam boom, which would electriy the extractive industries in the
Amazon rainorest and threaten the livelihoods and cultures o the thousands o indigenouspeople who rely on healthy rivers.
Ashaninka women on the shores o the Ene River in the
Peruvian Amazon.
What are we campaigning for in the Amazon?
To halt construction o the most destructive dams in
the Amazon, particularly in the Xingu, Tapajs and
Maran river basins
To shit Brazils energy plans to reduce hydropower
dependency and to capitalize on abundant wind and
solar resources
To increase transparency and accountability o key
nancial institutions and the Brazilian government
To strengthen and connect regional movements to
eectively resist on-r iver energy projects, advance
the rights o indigenous people and other
river-dependent communities, and protect the
biodiversity o the Amazon Is home to 60% o the planets remaining tropical rainorests and the source o the Earths greatest biodiversity
Drains an area nearly the size o the continental US
Is the worlds largest source o reshwater, contributing 20% o global river ows into our oceans
Is threatened by 60 new large dams including the Belo Monte Dam, which would divert the ow o the Xingu River,devastate an extensive area o the Brazilian rainorest, and displace over 20,000 people
Ashaninka children watch the Ene River in the Peruvian Amazon in ront o their village
an area that would be ooded by a dam.
TOMS
MUITA
TOMS
MUITA
The Amazon Basin:
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Other Latin America Program Highlights
In 2012, our Latin America team worked closely with
dam-aected communities in Mexico, Colombia, Peru,
Guatemala and Chile to raise awareness about threats
to their rivers and support community resistance to
destructive projects. InPeru, we supported a legal
injunction by the Ashanika people o the Ene River
against the Peru-Brazil Energy Agreement.We released
an alternative power development plan orGuatemala
that ocuses on energy eciency and renewables while
maintaining the health o the countrys rivers, and worked
closely with Chixoy Dam-aected communities seeking
justice and reparations.
Working with partners in thePatagonia Sin Represascampaign, we continued to stall the HidroAysn project
in Chile through legal challenges, public scrutiny and
widespread opposition. In May, Chilean company Colbn
indenitely suspended work on the transmission line EIA
due to a lack o public and political agreement,
leaving HidroAysns uture uncer tain.
Patagonia, Chile, Rio Baker Sin Represas.
On June 15, 2012, demonstrators opened a channel across
an earthen coer dam to symbolically ree the Xingu River.
2012: The State of the Campaign
International Rivers continued to work closely with
indigenous people, social movements and NGOs to raise
awareness and public pressure or accountability o the
Brazilian government. Despite gross violations o domestic
and international legislation on human rights and
environmental protection, the government orged ahead
with the Belo Monte Dam and a series o other
destructive dam projects in the Amazon. Our work
with local partners ocused largely on strengthening
grassroots education and organizing, support or legal
strategies in deense o human rights, and calling or
transparency and eective saeguards o the Brazilian
National Development Bank.
In June, we helped organize Xingu+23, a large gathering
o indigenous people and other aected groups
along with activists rom Brazil and around the world
to protest the Belo Monte project. The gathering included
the symbolic breaching o a coer dam and reeing o the
Xingu River 23 years ater the historic rst meeting o
indigenous people in 1989. The action was carried out
on the eve o the UN Conerence on Sustainable
Development (also known asRio+20). Days later in Rio
de Janeiro, a series o public events and protestsdenounced attempts to market Belo Monte and other
destructive dams as clean energy or a green economy.
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Save the Mekong
International Rivers has been at the rontline o eorts to protect the Mekong River Basin,the lieblood or millions o people who rely on this river or their livelihoods and ood security.
Working closely with partners on the ground, International Rivers helps coordinate the Save theMekong campaign, mobilizing regional and international responses to the threat posed by largedam schemes on the mainstream and tributary rivers.
2012: The State of the Campaign
In March o 2012, ater years o advocating or robust
and transparent scientiic evaluation o the impacts o the
proposed Xayaburi Dam, our campaign reached a major
milestone: the downstream nations o Cambodia and
Vietnam called or a ve-year moratorium on dam
construction until urther studies could be completed.
Months later, International Rivers conducted a act-
nding visit to the dam site and exposed that Laos was
continuing to build the dam despite the lack o a regional
agreement. Subsequently, this led to high-level statements
by concerned governments including US Secretary
o State Hillary Clinton urging Laos to postpone
construction on the project.
Most villagers near the Xayaburi Dam site fsh daily, and
consider fsh to be a central part o their diets. There are over
50 migratory species at risk o extinction because o the dam.
Thai villagers protest against the Thai government buying electricity rom the Xayaburi Dam
in Laos. Laos continues to build the dam, despite the lack o an agreement between the our
Mekong River Commission countries o Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia.
Our vision for success in the Mekong:
Xayaburi Dam construction is cancelled, which would create a precedent o protection
Mekong River Commission member governments work together to protect the Mekong River including needs o the people and to cancel plans to build mainstream dams
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Other Highlights from Southeast Asia
In addition to our Save the Mekong campaign,
International Rivers expanded our support or civil
society partners who are working to protect theIrrawaddyand Salween rivers in Burma and an indigenous peoples
movement that is campaigning against a cascade o dams
in Sarawak,Malaysia.
We documented testimonials o villagers who have been
negatively impacted by Mekong tributary projects insouthern Laosand are using these cases to pressure the
regional decision-makers and international nancial
institutions responsible or these dams. Our role is
especially important as hydropower issues inside Laos
remain politically sensitive. This prevents Lao civil society
and citizens rom holding project developers accountable
or the ar-reaching social and environmental consequences
o destructive dam projects.
The Mekong River is the mainlieline or past and uturegenerations in Thailand.
In an era when countries areopening up to ree trade and tryingto boost trans-border investment,corporate giants in the regionscramble to reap benefts romsmaller, resource-rich countries likeLaos, Cambodia and Burma.
As investors with support rom
their governments seek onlyto maximize profts, they paylittle attention to the impacts onlocal villagers and river ecology.They orget that environmentalproblems have no boundaries andthat they, too, cannot avoid thenegative consequences o theirown projects.
I hope Thais can show a bigheart and help protect the naturalresources o the region as i they
were ours. Environmental protectionhas no boundaries ater all.
The Save the Mekong campaign has inspired actions
throughout the region, including on the Salween River in Burma.
Thai villagers protest Laos illegal construction o the Xayaburi
Dam during the Asia Europe Summit. 60 million peoples
livelihoods and cultures are connected with the Mekong
Rivers natural cycles.
The Xayaburi Dam site, taken during a feld visit in
October 2012.
Pianporn DeetesInternational Rivers Thailand
Campaign Coordinator
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Wrong Climate forDamming Rivers
Climate change is oten used as a justifcation or the new global dam-building boom. Hundredso large dams are proposed in areas likely to ace great hydrological uncertainty, including in theHimalayas, Arica, the Amazon, the Mekong and China. Dams also prooundly harm the ecologicalservices provided by the worlds major rivers, making it harder or societies to adapt to a changingclimate. Large dams especially in the tropics are also a major source o greenhouse gasemissions, which is oten not actored into their impact assessments. While there is uncertaintyin hydrological orecasts, one this is clear: its the wrong climate or damming our rivers.
Thats why International Rivers advocates or national and international strategies that promoteinnovative approaches to meeting energy, water and poverty reduction goals without sacrifcingthe health o rivers and river-dependent communities. We counter the dam industrysgreenwashing o destructive dams and encourage more sustainable river basin managementpractices and policies.
In the ace o an uncertain climate, healthy rivers are more important than ever beore or thehealth o our planet.
Protesting the Barro Blanco Dam, Panama.
Why is it the wrong climate for big dams?
Big dams are at huge risk rom climate changes impactson river ows
Healthy rivers are key to successul climate adaptation especially or the worlds poorest, who are at greatest riskrom climate change
Large reservoirs can be signifcant sources o greenhousegases
The Mekong River near the construction site or the Xayaburi Dam.
ASAMCHI
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2012: The State of the Campaign
Our international network o climate champions put
out a call or major policy reorms within the Clean
Development Mechanism, identiying why destructive
dams in the Amazon and Southeast Asia should not
receive carbon osets. We also produced a strong
analysis o the climate risks o dams on the Zambezi
entitledA Risky Climate for Southern African Hydro,
which included a short video about the key risks. Further,
our Climate Team worked with our regional programs to
raise awareness at the local and national levels about the
wrong climate or damming r ivers.
Other Policy Program Highlights
International Rivers Policy Program works to strengthen
the social and environmental policies o institutions,
corporations and banks responsible or unding and
building destructive dams.
We advocate or transormations in inrastructure
development strategies o institutions with an emphasis
on poverty reduction, climate change mitigation and
adaptation, and environmental protection. We supportour regional programs, civil society and dam-threatened
communities through policy analysis and capacity-building.
Inga Station 1 on the great Congo River.
Kariba Dam let Tonga communities in upheaval; the Kariba
Dam-displaced people are some o the poorest in Southern
Arica.
KAREN
RETIEF
In 2012, International Rivers worked globally to draw
attention to the risks o dam building and greenwashing.
At the6th World Water Forum in France, we workedwithpartners to protest greenwashing rom the dam industrys
Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol, and
participated in high-level debates on the role o water
storage in climate resilience. At theG20 Summit in
Mexico, we drew media attention to the olly o the
worlds major economies promoting the Grand Inga
Dam as a singular solution to energy poverty in Arica.At the Rio+20 conerence in Brazil, we partnered with
local activists to protest the government and corporations
ramming through construction o destructive hydropower
dams on the Amazons key rivers.
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Africa Program
International Rivers Arica Program works to encourage
Arican governments to diversiy their energy sources to
avoid becoming excessively hydropower-dependent,
to reduce energy poverty, and to develop decentralizedclean energy where possible.
Working within ourWrong Climate for Damming Rivers
campaign in 2012, the Arica Program published a
comprehensive report on the hydrological and inancial
risks o building more large dams on the Zambezi River
in the ace o climate change (see page 6 or more details).
This report continues to be used in our campaigns against
the Mphanda Nkuwa and Batoka Gorge dams. I built,
these dams would ail to meet long-term electricity
production goals, while irreversibly impacting the peopleand wildlie o the Zambezi Delta and fooding the
magnicent gorges and r iver habitat below Victor ia Falls.
In East Arica, International Rivers worked in partnership
with the Kenyan organization Friends o Lake Turkana to
apply pressure on the Ethiopian government or pushing
ahead with construction o the Gibe III Dam.Thisprojectwould dam the Omo River, choking the lieline o Lake
Turkana, a World Heritage Site in Kenya that supports
a quarter o a million people.
Ikal Angelei, ounder o Friendso Lake Turkana (FoLT) in Kenya,received the prestigious GoldmanEnvironmental Prize in April 2012.A long-time partner o InternationalRivers, FoLT led the successul
campaign to halt internationalunding or the Gibe I II Dam, whichwould choke the Omo River anddry up Lake Turkana.
Other Program Highlights
A
LLISON
M.JONES
IKALANGELEI
On the upper Nile River, we monitored Ethiopias plans
to build the largest dam on the continent theGrand
Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. These dam developments
are shrouded in secrecy and linked to poor human r ights
records. Working with our partner organizations in Arica
and our Policy Program, we have put the US government
as one o Ethiopias major nancial aid sources and
the World Bank on notice or their roles in abetting
non-compliant dam developments that are intensiying
regional conficts in the Nile Basin.
For the International Day o Action or Rivers 2011, Friendso Lake Turkana held public meetings along the lake in Kenya
where they worked with partners to create awareness about
the destructive Gibe III Dam.
Nyangatom herdsmen leading their cattle to drink rom the
Omo River in Ethiopia.
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China Program
China has emerged as the worlds biggest dam builder
and nancier both domestically and internationally.
Since the government lacks strong commitments to
environmental and social protection, the Chinesedam-building industry is one o the largest threats to
sustaining reshwater ecosystems.
International Rivers plays a catalyzing role or policy
reorm and strategic advice to grassroots organizations
campaigning against destructive overseas dam projects by
Chinese corporations.
As a result o several years o policy dialogue between our
China Program and Sinohydro Corporation, the worlds
largest dam builder adopted company-wide environmental
and social standards in late 2011. The new policy meets
the highest international standards, including a commitment
to the World Bank saeguard standards. International
Rivers published a report in 2012 called The New Great
Walls: A Guide to Chinas Overseas Dam Industry, which
summarizes key aspects o Sinohydros environmental
policy or communities impacted by Sinohydro projects.
Our China Program also supports communities
throughout Asia, Arica and Latin America advocating
or alternatives to destructive dams on their home rivers.
The suspension o Burmas destructive Myitsone Dam in
late 2011 prompted the Chinese overseas dam industry to
reassess their practices in 2012 and marked a shit in that
countrys path toward more inclusive governance. We
also assessed impacts to communities and their local
environments threatened by proposed Chinese-backed
dams in Laos, Ethiopia and Colombia.
South Asia Program
The Himalaya Mountains are the tallest in the world and
host the greatest biodiversity on the Indian sub-continent.
There are more than 500 dams planned or under
construction in the Ganges and Brahmaputra river basins,which threaten reshwater environments and the cultural
survival o indigenous people in the region.
With so many threats to r iver health, International Rivers
has been organizing with local partners on upstream
policy reorms. With a strategic ocus on improving the
laws in India that sanction new dams and by integrating
the leading science and best practices on environmental
fows and coordinated river basin management throughout
the region International Rivers has shited the public
policy dialogue in the region.
In 2012 we commissioned aground-breaking report
on environmental lowsor South Asia, characterizing
the negative impacts o dam operations on downstream
aquatic communities and identiying key policy
recommendations or the operation o existing and new
dams. Through workshops with national partners and
public ocials in India, some key recommendations rom
the report have been accepted and implemented by the
Ministry o Environment and Forests.
Further utilizing our g rassroots approach to river
protection, we worked closely with local partners to:
Advance public-interest legal actions against high-prole
hydropower schemes that violate existing laws and
procedures to bring scrut iny to Indias ast-tracking o
large hydro dams without adequate consultation and
environmental review
Other Program Highlights
Mobilize opposition to destructive dam projects on theTeesta River a key biologicial and cultural diversityhotspot in northeast India and Bangladesh
Document unique natural and cultural sites threatenedby new dams and advocate or declaring reaches o
the Teesta River in the Indian state o Sikkim as aUNESCO World Heritage Site
Coordinate civil society groups and other stakeholdersto advance their strategies in advocating or trans-boundarywater sharing on the Indus River in Pakistan and Indiaand or protecting rivers in Nepal; and or engaginggovernment oicials in Bhutan, which is rapidlydeveloping hydropower projects or exportingelectricity to India
A Snapshot of Chinas Dam Boom
300+ Number o overseas dam projects that Chinasstate-owned companies, like Sinohydro Corporation,
and banks are currently involved in.70 Number o countries in which the above dams are being
planned, fnanced or built.
6 Number o the worlds great rivers that are at risk,including the Amur, Yarlung Tsangpo, Lower MekongMainstream, Salween, Nile, and Magdalena rivers.
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Ilinisa Hendrickson*Ben Zuckerman
$100 TO $499
Anonymous (2)Russ Abbott*Monti AguirreKathryn AlexanderMichael AlphersManu AmpimMarsha AngusDavid Arkin & Anni TiltMary ArnoldSally Arnold & Christine WeirJohn Arthur & Joni SutherlandIngvar BackeusKimberly BakkesMarilyn Bancel & Rik MyslewskiBill Barclay & Cathy FogelPaul Beach*Martha Belcher & Martin WagnerStephen BergerTeresa BeynartDavid J. H. BlakeMaria Tara BlascoElisabeth BloomfeldPeter BrackeWarren BrockelmanToni & Philip BrooksDorian Brooks & Malcolm KottlerJayme Faith Cadiz SagisiDeb Callahan & Ken CookHal CandeeAndr CarothersSteven & Martina ChapmanAtessa ChehraziSarah ChesterChuong ChungPeter Coyote & Steanie PleetMichael & Nancy DanielsDavid & Doris DawdyCandace S. DekkertThomas J. DeMarcoBarbara Des RochersRaj & Helen Desai*Gary DeskinsZephyr DetranoMarta Drury & Kerry LobelKendall DunkelbergKathleen Ecker & John MackieLydia Edison
Claire B. Feder
Mary FelleyTeresa Ferrari & Jo SaarmanAnne-Lise FrancoisClaudio Gilberto FroehlichJune GarciaJohn & Heidi Gerstle
Leah M. Gibbs & John D. JansenSally Goodwin & Kurt Hoelting*David GordonJo Anne & John GottcentGemma Grott*Sophie Hahn & Eric BjerkholtRobert & Donna HalcombStephen Hamilton &
Suzanne SippelDavid Hankin & Nancy DiamondFaye HarasackKathryn Harlow & Hans HolznagelDavid L. HarrisonRobert Hass & Brenda Hillman
Christine HayesDonald & Louise HeynemanMartha Hodgkins &
Brian D. RichterMary HooperMary HoughtelingKristin HullMarion HuntAlred & Bonnie JanssenHuey JohnsonDavid JosephCindy & Mike KammMike KappusJonathan Kempsey
Lauren T. KleinJane Kramer & Dr. Mitchell FeldmanJennier KrillKarl KroothDaniel & Laura LeavertonBrigitte LeBlancMichael LeDuc & Sarah ShieldsGlen LeverichJoanna LevittCharlton LewisStephen LinaweaverWarren LinneyChristopher LishRenewable Energy
Engineering, LLC
Frank LorchLapoe LynnKent MacDougallEllen Manchester & Robert DawsonJun-ichiro Matsuda*Thomas & Dorothy Mayer
Miah McClintonNion McEvoyDan McNevinDavid MillerFlavia MillikanDonald MillikanStephen Monroe*Patricia MuozAdela MyersKevin OHalloranJenny ParkBo PerssonSandra PostelBill & Lori Pottinger
Angus & Janet PowelsonJohn PrestonJason Rainey & Tania CarloneBonnie RaittTory ReadDaniel Roemer & Eve CominosAndre RollingerLorrae RomingerDiane RosenburgDr. Brian & Judith RossRaaella Rossi & James FordJessica RothhaarZbigniew RozbickiRobert Rutemoeller
Elizabeth SabelManojkumar SaranathanDaniel SchneiderThayer & Mary ScudderAntoinette SebastianCaroline Seckinger &
Gustave CarlsonAndrea ShallcrossJason & Lisa SkaggsLadan SobhaniScott Spann & Nicole GnutzmanRaphael Sperry & Laura JuranSusan StrasserPetur Thorleisson*
Brian TownsThomas Van Dyck
Thank you to the supporters and members of the movement for healthy
rivers and human rights.
All o the people and organizations below are a critical part o the movement weve
helped to build over the past quarter century a movement o river deenders who are
standing their ground to protect livelihoods, oppose destructive dams, and advance energy
and water solutions.
* Monthly Sustainer
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Richard Vanden Heuvel*Luis VeraMark VermeulenFrancesca VietorMeeta VyasLaurie Wayburn
Bernhard WehrliSteven WeissMargaret WelkeMichael WhitsonCharles WilkinsonMateo Williord & Becky TarbottonJonathan & Susan WittwerSusanne Wong & Craig LatimerSally WoodbridgeMary Woolsey
$35 TO $99
Anonymous (5)Laura Allen
Stephen AmorinoPeter AmschelCliord AndersonKarolo & Rosa AparicioJeanne AppelbaumSimone AthaydeDevin BakerWendy BardsleyVivian BarronCarl Bauer & Brooke BedrickVickie BellCatherine BernerDavid BernsteinBertrand Bouchard
Lothar BrockPedro Bruao CurielZoe Katherine & Thomas BurkeRuth BusbeeRay CageJosiah CainCatherine CaufeldMichelle ClanahanJo ClitonBrent E. ClothierBruce CohenKen ConcaJohn Conner*Lacadio Cortesi & Joanne Welsch
Hilary CostinAlasdair Coyne
Hilary CrosbyJoneil CustodioLieve De KinderJanet DelaneyFabienne DethiollazJohn Downey
Mark DrakeWilliam R. DvorakMichelle EatonGary & Susan ElkoPhyllis FaberYael M. FalicovPhilip FearnsidePilar FierroJonathan FoxErich Franz SchimpsKristen FrattoElizabeth & Guy FulordVictor GalayBrendan Galipeau
Ari GamalSheryl GillespieTom GrahamMaryLou GrahamEfe GreathouseElizabeth HenninRobert Max HolmesPatrick HorsbrughKurt Hotchkiss*Nicolas HuberGary HughesShay HurleyDiana & Warren KarlenzigRichard Kattelmann
William H. KellyRhonda KlevanskyPeter KlostermanCathleen & Brewster KneenRichard & Margaret KnowltonJohn KnoxDoug KudlickJohn LandersRoger & Onelia LeeKenhee LeeDavid LennetteAnna LewingtonGregar LindDoug & Susan Linney
Oskar LugerLucio Marcello
David Marcus & Karen FriedmanWilliam MartensPrudential FoundationTrish McCall & Gary FriedmanJulie H. & Byron T. McKeeMary M. McPherson
Seth MensahEdith MiranteColleen Mlecoch & Janet AndersonLaurel & Grant MoorheadPaul MossAlison G. MurrayGail MyersCarey MyslewskiJean NaplesSuresh NautiyalRael NidessYoko NishidaKimberly OConnorMeaveen OConnor
Wick Pancoast & Carrie WilsonXiaoma PengJudy & David PlottDarlene PrattRichard QuartaroliNorma QuintanaJessie RaederSusan RashkisNancy ReichardNikki ReischCarol ReschkeVincent Resh & Cheryl Haigh ReshSusan & Harold ReynoldsJennier Reynolds
Peter RichardsonIvan Roberts-DavisJames & Gisele RobertsonNoel RoweSrabani RoyKurt SableStewart & Nancy SandersNick SarkisianFred ScatenaMichael SchirmerMarion SchneiderHenry & Louise SchultzKerry Seed & Dan RuanAndre Semenza
Virginius R. Shackelord, IIIVibha & Ashvin Shah
James SheltonTaka ShinagawaDaniel Silver, M.D.David SimonGerard & Nonie SocciDonna Soohoo
Dale SorensenLinda SpanglerSarah B. StewartSusan G. StoneWora SukraroekMarie SwitkesMilton TakeiCatherine TamasikPatricia ToddJane TrechselAnn Leslie UzdavinisMaria van den BergCecile van der BurghTom van Hettema
Quinn Van Valer-CampbellEve VogelPeter VorsterRichard VultaggioGisa WagnerIrene & Howard WheatleySteanie Wickstrom & Rex WirthLawrence F. Williams & Patti PrideWendy WilsonAaron WolAmy YuEddie YuenDeborah ZiertenScott Zimmermann
Helen Zipperlen
UP TO $34
Eileen AdamsMartin ArnouldLars-Olo ArvidsDeborah AustinMarcus BailieJuliaan BakkerBill BardeenBrian BehleMichael BeilerShay BlackRichard Bloom
Margot BreidahlElizabeth Brink
Helena BrykarzFrancis Butterworth &
Patricia RamirezLiz CarltonNancy CarrollErwin Castellino
Ondrej ChaloupkaSampson ChanMichelle ChanDebra CleaverLinda ConnorKate CrusaderJudy de GrootJerey DickemannWilliam DietrichEryn ElashNeil & Barbara ElliotDirk FabianLeanne FarrellAlexander Flemmer*
Lydia GarveySara GibsonRobert John GibsonDiana & Marc GoldsteinMiriam GreenblattGenevieve HathawayJennier HeungRobert K. HitchcockBrenda HolzingerCaroline HopeTom Huntington & Shelly GuyerPierre-Alexandre HurtubiseJames H. JorgensenSteve Kadivar
Megan KeelingMark & Delyth KitchWendy KnittleSteven R. KrolikTerrilyn KruegerLisa La MarUdi LazimyJoseph Lee & Susan EisnerTanja LehmannFlavia LeiteFrank LewinLi Miao LovettCynthia B. LuceSherry Marsh
Terry L. MaulMassimo Mera
Barbara & Gerald MeralMeredith MillTy MooreSarah MumordSarah MunschPeter Nguyen
Michael NorenAnthony Oliver-SmithLisa PayneRodney PeasleyNancy PeierKimberly PikulDaniel RichmanDorian Roe-HammondPauline RosenbergKate RossClaudia Rousseau*Ramona Rubin*Anton RyslingeFumiko Sakoda
Bruno SantosMary SariMaria SauseMark SchapiroAnn SeipReena ShadaanSylvia J. ShermanDaniel & Joanne ShivelySuzanne B. & Laurence ShoupUlla SkoldAnn StewartElizabeth StoryMichael SullivanRebecca Tarvin
Sidsel ThommesenJennier UmbergRichard WalkerLeon WhiteStewart WiggersDavid WikanderCindy Wilson GattenbyGail YoungelsonTheresa ZiadieDominic ZieglerMarc Zimmerman
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Financial Report
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recent audited fnancial statement or IRS 990 orm,
please contact [email protected].
TOTAL EXPE NSES: $2,330,035
Expenses
Starting Balance: $3,013,339Total Revenue: $1,280,203
Total Expenses: ($2,330,035)
Ending Balance: $1,963,507
74.4%Grants$952,783
74.5%Program Activities$1,736,330
14.0%Administration$327,131
11.5%Fundraising$266,574
4.1%Events$51,8281.9%
Other$24,114
TOTAL INCOME: $1,280,203
Revenue
19.6%Contributions$251,478
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Marilyn Bancel
Martha Belcher
Andr Carothers
Patricia W. Chang
Gigi Coe
Peter Coyote
Christina L. Desser
Huey D. Johnson
Barbara Rose Johnston
Dorka KeehnLauren Klein Hayes
Juliet Majot
Patrick McCully
Nion McEvoy
Sylvia McLaughlin
Mutombo Mpanya
Mayumi Oda
Drummond Pike
Paul Polak
Gary Snyder
Paul Strasburg
Lara TruppelliLori Udall
In 2012 International Rivers welcomed 14 interns and volunteers in ourBerkeley and regional ofces. They helped create useul translations, moreaccessible communication tools and thoughtul research projects, andprovided inrastructure support. Our 2012 interns and volunteers included:
Sabine Johnson-Reiser, who helped to produce an accurate and timelybilingual spreadsheet o major dam projects in China
Jenny Binstock, a public policy Masters candidate, who conductedresearch on climate adaptation and then led a group o UCLA studentsto produce a report on assessing the climate resilience o dams anddam-aected communities
2012 Interns and Volunteers: Simone Adler, Jenny Binstock, KatherineBrousseau, Sinan Chu, Colleen Cowles, Charlie Dubbe, Laney Ennis,Annette Fay, Xin Guo, Carly Patterson, Dan Ruan, Sebastian Thisted,Stephanie Thorne, and Yang Yang.
Intern andVolunteerProgram
AdvisoryBoards
Board ofDirectors
Jane Baldwin
Brent Blackwelder
Margo Blair
Gary Cook
Ken Greenstein
Robert Hass (Honorary)
Jen Kalaut
Susan Kopman
Leslie Leslie
Milan Momirov
Deborah Moore
Cymie Payne
Leonard Sklar
Scott Spann
Rebecca Tarbotton
INTERNATIONAL
ADVISORY BOARD
Clio Bermann
Lila Buckley
Joan Carling
Gustavo Castro Soto
Nga DaoPhilip Fearnside
Liane Gree
Nicholas Hildyard
Carl Middleton
Frank Muramuzi
Astrid Puentes
Lcia Schild Ortiz
SOUTH ASIA
ADVISORY BOARD
Latha Anantha
Shripad Dharmadhikary
Dipak Gyawali
Naeem Iqbal
K. J. JoyAimal Khan
Mohammad Abdul Matin
Janaka Ratnasiri
Ravindranath
Himanshu Thakkar
Neeraj Vagholikar
In Memoriam
Rebecca Tarbotton
July 30,1973
December 26, 2012
Executive Director o
Rainorest Action Network
International Rivers
Board Member
US ADVISORY BOARD
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Samir MehtaSouth Asia Program Director
Brent MillikanAmazon Program Director
Lori PottingerWorld Rivers Review, Editor/Arica Campaigner
Jason Rainey
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Elizabeth SabelFoundations Director
Rudo Angela SanyangaArica Program Director
Ame TrandemSoutheast Asia Program Director
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