News from IFGR and the rivers of the world

Friendship is a not-for-profit and non-governmental organization founded by Runa Khan in Bangladesh in 2002. It works in the Char islands and riverbanks of northern Bangladesh, the coastal belt in the south, and the Rohingya refugee camps in Ukhia. It aims at empowering people through a sustainable, integrated development approach. It started out with a […]

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Postponed twice, IFGR’s mission to Brazil at last took place in April 2023. For six days, Clémence Aubert, general secretary, and Sophie Gardette, director, accompanied by Julien Denormandie, former Minister of Agriculture and Food of the French government, went to Brasilia, then to Santarem, on the banks of the Amazon, and finally to Belem. Their […]

  The Sapopema, which IFGR met during its mission to Brazil (cf. headline article) is a non-governmental organisation whose mission is to promote scientific research, encourage sociopolitical training in view to conserving the environment, the sustainable management of natural resources and improving the quality of life of traditional peoples in the Amazon region. It also […]

Again some weeks for visiting the temporary exhibition “We, the Rivers at the Musée des Confluences, in Lyon (France) of which IFGR is a partner: https://www.museedesconfluences.fr/fr/expositions/expositions-temporaires/nous-les-fleuves  

The One Sustainable Health for All Forum was launched in Lyon in July 2021. It gathers more than fifty professional and civil society organisations working around the world on a holistic approach to health, that considers human, animal, and environmental health. Its main objective is to contribute to an operational approach aligned with principles of […]