News from IFGR and the rivers of the world

In the framework of the 20th anniversary of the TARA Foundation, partner with IFGR, the schooner Tara will sail up the Rhone from the Mediterranean Sea to Lyon to stop off between two phases of the Tara Europa expedition. This provides the occasion to concretise and shed light on the link between the earth, human beings, rivers, […]

An exceptional stopover, an occasion for all members of the public to discover the boat, its scientific mission !

  In June, IFGR is launching an original international action dedicated to rivers. Over five months, it is giving pride of place for this first edition to the rivers Rhone, Saint Lawrence and Senegal. An event with a unique format to bring together the general public and experts to combine emotion and knowledge, and science […]

On 11 May IFGR organised a dialogue with Emma Haziza, hydrologist, PhD, graduated from the Ecole des Mines de Paris, specialist in territorial resilience strategies against climatic risks and expert in managing risks linked to floods and drought. A lecturer and founder of the research centre Mayane and the start-up Mayane Labs, she answered our […]

The River Rhone is given pride of place in the city of Lyon, with several events to celebrate it organised for the general public. Following the railings of the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris last summer, the exhibition of Camille Moirenc’s photos, “Facets of the Rhone, king of rivers”, has been hung on the railings of […]

Wednesday, February 2 is celebrated World Wetlands Day, whose campaign this year is an appeal to invest financial, human and political capital to save the world’s wetlands from disappearing and to restore those we have degraded. Indispensable wetlands   Wetlands are valuable ecosystems in many ways: they can mitigate the effects of climate change, storing […]