News from IFGR and the rivers of the world

On 1 March a law came into force in China prohibiting fishing in the entire watershed of the Yangtze river (including its tributaries and lakes) for ten years to preserve biodiversity. A majestic but threatened river The Yangtze flows for 6,300 kilometres, starting its course in the Tanggula mountains on the high Tibetan plateaux and […]

  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 […]