News from IFGR and the rivers

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

As the IUCN World Conservation Congress opens in Marseille, IFGR joins this major international organization dedicated to the protection of biodiversity as a new Member. This is an acknowledgement of the important commitment led by our collective to reconcile uses and protection of these environments so necessary to mankind: rivers.   What is IUCN? IUCN […]

Monday 26th May sees the start of the free 5 week on-line course “(Re)imagining port cities: understanding space, society and culture” developed by the PortCityFutures team at the University of Delft (Netherlands). IFGR has been asked to contribute to this project, bringing its multi-disciplinary approach and the experiences of its experts.   The PortCityFutures team […]

On 15 March, Suriname and France officially recognised the border drawn between the two countries on the Maroni, along more than 400 km. For both sides of the river, this agreement puts an end to four centuries of ambiguities and relaunches cooperation for better govern