News from IFGR and the rivers of the world

  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 […]

For the first time, IFGR gathered its experts in Asia at the invitation of the Yellow River Conservancy Commission (YRCC), last October. At the head of a delegation of about forty people, Erik Orsenna, President of the association, hailed the great progress achieved to control the river in his closing speech at the conference. Known […]

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 […]

Although climate change is a global reality, its effects are not uniform for all the regions of the world or for the same type of environment. This has been revealed by a huge international study published in the journal Nature. Performed in the Himalaya-Hindu Kush mountain ranges and the Tibetan Plateau  – the largest area […]

The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture has announced that fishing in the Yellow River (Huanghe) is prohibited from 1 April to 30 June as of this year. The aim is to protect aquatic organisms in the river basin from overfishing. The decision holds not only for the river itself but also for its 13 main tributaries […]