Dams are often touted as being green, but a deeper looks uncovers some dirty truths about their environmental impact.

The indigenous people had no voice in losing their land to the Barro Blanco dam.

Appeal to the UN seeks to stop eviction of Panamanian community

Acción urgente busca detener el desalojo de una comunidad indígena en Panamá

A longstanding goal of Earthjustice and the Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA) has been to sound alarms at the United Nations, in national courtrooms and in international fora such as the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about environmental and human rights violations associated with mines and dams. Indigenous peoples are particularly vulnerable to the…

Supporting a lawsuit filed by the Environmental Advocacy Center, Panamá (CIAM), the Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA), the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and Earthjustice argued that the Panamanian government violated international law by approving the Barro Blanco hydroelectric dam project without adequately consulting or obtaining the free, prior and informed consent of…

Amicus brief highlights unlawful consultation process

Call to halt the dam’s construction threatening the rights of indigenous people