Art + Conservation

22 November - 1 December 2022 Marañón Waterkeeper is running a 9 day Art + Conservation Expedition down the Marañón River. Guests are invited to join the trip, participate in workshops and co-create a mural with artists and locals in Tupén Grande. Thanks to collaboration with: Conservamos por Naturaleza, Marañón Experience, Coast 2 Coast Movement. [...]

By |October 24th, 2022|News|0 Comments

World Premiere ‘The Roar of the Marañón’ and Motion 013 accepted at IUCN World Conservation Conference

September 9, 2021 - Marseille France:The IUCN World Conservation Congress approved Motion 013 “Protection of Andes-Amazon rivers of Peru: the Marañón, Ucayali, Huallaga and Amazonas, from large-scale infrastructure projects”. We also took this opportunity to make the world premiere for our new film ' The Roar of the Marañón. https://vimeo.com/514016411 Trailer: The Roar of the Marañón [...]

By |September 10th, 2021|News|0 Comments

Rock Art in the Marañón Valley

It is incredible to think that one valley can house so much human and ecological history, and be the source of the largest river on the planet. There really is no other river like the Marañón!Peruvian archeologist Daniel Castillo Benitez has written this amazing book, a piece of art in itself, published in Awajún, Español [...]

By |August 26th, 2020|News, Press Releases|0 Comments

2020 Marañon River Tour Cancelled

The Marañón River tour has been cancelled in 2020 due to covid risk and movement restrictions within Peru. We hope to complete a similar project in 2021! See the festival homepage for more information. Learn how you can be a part of the festival or provide support.

By |February 23rd, 2020|News|0 Comments

The Bountiful or the Dammed

Bruno Monteferri will do whatever it takes to put an end to the massive scheme to dam, and destroy, the magnificent Marañón River. By Lisa W. Foderaro. Originally published in Volume 15, Issue 2 of Waterkeeper Magazine; republished with permission from Waterkeeper Alliance. Photos by ©Tui Anandi, courtesy of Culture Trip; Jessica Halter and Walter [...]

By |January 19th, 2020|News|0 Comments

Dams Put Peru’s Cultural Heritage at Risk

Update: See formal documentation of the pictographs here!By Bruno Monteferri and Benjamin WebbPhotos by Benjamin Webb The energy company that’s been planning the Veracruz dam on the Marañón River for almost a decade invested a great deal in pitching the project to Peru’s most powerful people. But what it didn’t do is talk much with [...]

By |December 22nd, 2019|News|1 Comment

August 2019 News from the Rio Marañón

Dam Updates. The first Peruvian National Park for Rock Art? Creation of Conservation Areas. August 2018 Survey of Fish Biodiversity in the Upper Marañon. CITA-UTEC A Baseline Study of four major Amazonian Tributaries & Hidrovia Amazonica. Local News:Rafting in Lonya & Meetings with Community. Positive Tourism: New Sport Uniforms and Stretchers for Tupén and Mendán. [...]

By |August 21st, 2019|News|0 Comments

2018, and looking ahead!

2018 was huge year on the Marañón, here are some of the highlights and a look ahead to whats in store for 2019! Launch of Confluir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo2Qgp2JuPM   We launched short film Confluir at the beginning of 2018, with both English and Spanish language versions. Since then it has toured through more than a dozen different [...]

By |January 5th, 2019|News|0 Comments

News from the Marañón #1 – First year of Marañón Waterkeeper

December 2016 marks the one year anniversary of Marañón Waterkeeper, we would like to thank all of you for your support over the past year. What a year it was, and what a year the next one will be! Amazonian Dams put on hold, Growing the team, New report on status of Marañón Dams and [...]

By |December 8th, 2016|News|0 Comments

What does it take to save a river?

The Marañón River is under threat from hydroelectric projects, International Coordinator of Marañón Waterkeeper shares some thoughts on what it takes to protect a wild river like this. What does it take to save a river? I think it’s simple. It takes people who care about it, moving and agitating and working towards its protection; [...]

By |June 19th, 2016|News|0 Comments