News from IFGR and the rivers of the world

Prayer to Rain, a documentary by Franco-Kyrgyz filmmaker Janyl Jusupjan, takes us on a cinematic journey along the disappearing rivers of Central Asia and the Aral Sea. Janyl and her colleague Christian Lelong document the lives of the inhabitants of the Amudarya River, which once flowed into the Aral Sea. Their 3,000-kilometer journey begins in […]

The river project launched by the Assam State branch of the Indian Red Cross is set to tackle a range of themes vital to the well-being of communities residing along the Brahmaputra River. At the heart of the effort is the imperative of flood management, aimed at ameliorating floods that pose a recurring threat to […]

Bangladesh’s dynamic river landscape, defined by over 300 nationally-named rivers, has a significant impact on its ecology and communities, particularly those of the chars (river islands) in the northern part of Bangladesh. These areas are under constant threat from river erosion, flooding and climate change-induced disasters. Friendship‘s initiative addresses these challenges through a holistic development […]

The RAW association offers a cross-section of the world’s major river deltas, based on their specific geographical features at the interface between land, sea and river. The “Delta Lab” initiative aims to improve territorial resilience and adaptation to climate change through culture, heritage and exchanges between deltas facing the same issues in different international contexts. […]

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 […]

Bangladesh le 20/10/2023 Some information and figures about Bangladesh * This south Asian country located at the north of the Gulf of Bengal is almost an enclave of India. * More than 90% of its territory is occupied by the Ganges Delta (formed by the confluence of the Ganges, the Brahmaputra, and the Meghna), a […]