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Founded | 1985 |
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Type | Non-Profit |
Focus | People-Water-Life |
Location | |
Area served | Worldwide |
Method | Advocacy, Education, Research |
Key people | Isabella Winkler and Josh Klemm, Interim Co-Executive Directors Melina Selverston, Chair, and Astrid Puentes Riaño, Vice Chair of the Board of Directors |
Revenue | US$1,893,514 (2016)[1]: 16 |
Website | www |
International Rivers is a nonprofit, nongovernmental, environmental, and human rights organization. Founded in 1985 by social and environmental activists, International Rivers works with policy and financial analysts, scientists, journalists, development specialists, and volunteers to combat the adverse effects of dams and their legacies that it has identified in over 60 countries.
The organization has staff in South Africa, Thailand, Brazil, China, India, and the United States, who have expertise in a range of issues and who use research, education, and advocacy to achieve the organization's mission.[citation needed]