News from IFGR and the rivers of the world

The Yellow River faces persistent environmental problems such as soil erosion, water pollution, and fragile ecosystems. While China’s River Chief System has strengthened governance, community involvement, particularly through Women River Stewardship, plays a crucial complementary role. These women participate in river inspection, pollution control, and ecological restoration, despite obstacles such as lack of technical training […]

  Following directly after the health crisis caused by the coronavirus, China was faced with another disaster, during the rainy season. Repeated and exceptionally heavy rains caused floods in the basins of the Yangtse (the Blue River) and the Yellow River. Other Asian countries were also hit.   As early as June, torrential rain fell […]

Thomas Galewski, project manager at the Tour du Valat (France), was a member of the delegation present in China, for our conference devoted to rivers and biodiversity. He was able to meet the IFGR’s international experts and many Chinese actors of the Yellow River and water resources, with the Yellow River Conservancy Commission. The following […]

IFGR gathered for the first time its experts in Asia, at the invitation of the Yellow River Conservancy Commission (YRCC) last October. At the head of a delegation of forty people, the chairman Erik Orsenna, applauded  the high-quality of the discussions about biodiversity and the extremely rapid progress made in China to preserve the environment. Known […]

Interview with Sun Yangbo, from Yellow River Conservancy Commission Sun Yangbo is the Division Director of International Cooperation at  Yellow River Conservancy Commission and IFGR member. From 21 to 25 October, YRCC will host our 9th international session dedicated to biodiversity, in the perspective of the COP15 that China will welcome in 2020. He explains […]

Initiatives for the Future of Great Rivers (IFGR) decided to organise its first international session held in Asia, at the invitation of the Yellow River Conservancy Commission, a member of its Rivers Committee. Beijing / Zhengzou le 21/10/2019 By taking the example of the Yellow River – the cradle of Chinese civilisation and the country’s […]