News from IFGR and the rivers of the world

Overexploited downstream on the Chinese side, the discharge of the river Ili is no longer sufficient to ensure the level of Lake Balkash. Overexploitation of the water of the river Ili accused   Lake Balkash, located in southeast Kazakhstan, stretches for more than 600 kilometres from east to west. It is the world’s 15th largest […]

A river that looks like a desert… the Parana, the second largest river in South America after the Amazon, is suffering from severe low flow conditions and its secondary tributaries have either dwindled or else dried completely in Brazil and Argentina. At the end of July, the Argentine government declared a state of hydric emergency […]

A study published in the British scientific journal Nature and relayed by the radio station Franceinfo sounded the alarm on the important role played by the reservoirs of both large and small dams in mosquito reproduction and the transmission of malaria. Dams at the heart of development in sub-Saharan Africa   Dam building is the […]

Gil Mahé, director of research at the Institute of Research and Development (IRD) is a specialist in the great African rivers. Here, he shares his knowledge to provide better understanding of the mechanisms in play in the Inner Niger Delta, an extraordinary wetland. He also sets out its perspectives, with the predictable impacts of climate change on this habitat and above all on human activities.

Last May, on the occasion of the operation to manage sediments on the Upper Rhone, French Swiss cooperation acted in the field to perform a mission that brought together the authorities and industrial operators of both countries.

Albania, its plains, mountains and above all, the Vjosa, Europe’s last wild river. Preserved over the centuries, this 272 kilometre-long river is threatened by dam projects and poor protection of water resources and habitats.