Denielle Perry

Free Rivers for Life
I love free flowing rivers! The goal of protecting them and the communities they sustain has long inspired my professional and educational pursuits. For 14 years I've worked to save the Rio Pacuare - from establishing the group Amigos del Rio Pacuare in 2001 to pursuing gradutate degrees in Geography to better understand the drivers behind hydropower development - I've dedicated my life to saving this amazing river. I hope you enjoy the journey as much as I have.

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Troubled Waters: Costa Rica's Rio Pacuare| 40mins
Director: Denielle Perry | Producer:
Focus Years: | Country: United States
Subject Tags: americas, costa rica, ecology, environment, indigenous rights, resources, united states, water
Quality Tags: Optimistic, Slow, Activating, Harmonizing
Synopsis:
The time has come to move forward with plans to permanently protect the Rio Pacuare. For decades the Cabecar Indians that live in the Rio Pacuare basin have worried about whether their lands will one day be submerged under a series of dams and reservoirs, changing their way of life forever. For 15 years, the group Amigos del Rio Pacuare has worked to ensure that those dams will never come to pass. In 2005, in a plebiscite (a constitutionally recognized mechanism for citizens to make decisions about their communities) the people of Turrialba voiced their desires to save this river in a landslide vote – 97% said no to any dams on the Rio Pacuare. Since then, the citizens of Costa Rica have waited for the government to designate the famed river a national park. Today, instead of celebrating on the river, which is rated as one of the “Top 5” in the world by National Geographic, locals are worried as chainsaws cut trees and heavy machinery moves in on the river banks that should otherwise be off limits to any development. We are hopeful that the new government administration, under President Luis Guillermo Solís, will finally make the permanent protection of this river a reality. Troubled Waters in Paradise was filmed on the premise that the people whose lives are most influenced by the Rio Pacuare and those already impacted by dams should tell the story. During this 40 minute-journey through the splendid river canyon and its riparian communities, key interviews with Cabecar Indians, whitewater boaters, politicians, activists, and energy company representatives illuminate the many issues surrounding the standoff between permanent protection and dam development on the Río Pacuare.
Troubled Waters: Costa Rica's Rio Pacuare | 40mins

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