News from IFGR and the rivers of the world

The inhabitants of the tidally active lower deltaic plain of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin adjacent to the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest in India and Bangladesh are highly exposed to multiple risks, including cyclones, salinization, pandemics, and socioeconomic marginalization. While exposure to these hazards has built local resilience and relevant knowledge to interact within this particular social-ecological system, […]

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 […]

The NGO Friendship and IFGR have combined to share their knowledge on expertise relating to rivers and deltas to organise together a study trip for IFGR’s members to Bangladesh in October 2023. This study trip will allow the members of IFGR to better understand the global context of the River Brahmaputra and the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta […]

A tributary of the Ganges, the Yamuna is one of the most polluted rivers in India and, undoubtedly, in the world. While devout Hindus celebrated the festival of Chhath Puja in November, a new wave of foam most likely originating from industrial discharges, invaded its waters. This pollution of the water follows on the heels […]

In Bangladesh, a country that has hundreds of increasingly polluted rivers, an unprecedented legal decision was taken at the beginning of July. The Supreme Court granted rights to all the country’s rivers as living beings, and gave them a legal character to better protect them. An essential step for the rights of nature The Court […]

Interview with Mohammad Mozammel Haque, President of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) and member of IFGR   Mohammad Mozammel Haque is the President of the BIWTA, which is the authority responsible for controlling river transport in Bangladesh. He explains the challenges that rivers face in this country, one of the most vulnerable to […]