Learn more Loire Sentinelle : the Natexplorer Expedition has started 3 May 2022 AgendaOur actionsVeille France Loire Natexplorers are launching a cultural and scientific expedition along the Loire River to investigate the relationship between micro-plastics and biodiversity. Led in partnership with IFGR, this experiment is a chance to reflect on the future of this emblematic river. Chalonnais biologists Barbara Réthoré and Julien Chapuis began their expedition at Mont Gerbier-de-Jonc, where the Loire […]
Learn more World Wetlands Day: wetlands action for people and nature 1 February 2022 EvénementEventsOur actions 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 […]
Learn more 10th international IFGR session: A wide angle on lakes and the outlook for future twinning projects 7 December 2021 EvénementOur actions Lake GenevaRhone The 10th international IFGR session took place in Switzerland on 27 September. The association’s members had not seen each other face to face for two years! The hybrid format allowed the participants from Oceania and Asia, subject to health restrictions, to attend by videoconference, and thus join the participants from Europe, American and Africa to […]
Learn more A new guide of good practices to fight against plastic pollution 22 November 2021 CorporateInstitutionnelOur actions On the occasion of the European Week for Waste Reduction, a new guide of good practices coordinated by the Tara Ocean Foundation completes the toolbox that the initiators of the Plastic-Free River Charter propose to mayors to implement the Plastic-Free Charter with effective field actions. Initiators and leaders of the Charter, IFGR, the Tara Ocean […]
Learn more COP26 : Replacer les fleuves au cœur des négociations internationales ! 3 November 2021 InterviewOur actions On the occasion of COP26, the United Nations Information Service in Geneva welcomed Erik Orsenna, President of IFGR, as a guest for its podcast of the week. Why is it essential to put rivers back at the heart of international negotiations, as COP26 opens in Glasgow? Considered as the Conference of the Parties of “the […]
Learn more World Conservation Congress: the IUCN wants to orient action against the climate and biodiversity crises 16 September 2021 EvénementOur actions The World Conservation Congress ended on Friday, 10 September, with the publication of the “Marseille Manifesto”, an appeal to the IUCN’s members for a post-pandemic recovery based on nature and for a strong commitment from governments in favour of biodiversity. This appeal completed the adoption by the Assembly of Members of the IUCN’s programme for 2021-2024, […]
