News from IFGR and the rivers of the world

  According to Interpol, every year between 30 and 50% of the world’s water resources are pillaged in total impunity. The agricultural sector is accused as the main culprit, in a situation of hydric stress that aggravates the fear of lacking water. But is it the only reason? Although worrying, this phenomenon has hardly been […]

  This summer, melting glaciers again attracted the attention of researchers. From Arctic to Alpine glaciers, the impact of climate change on frozen regions, clearly apparent in summer, is being closely monitored   The ice sheet: the point of no return?   A study published at the beginning of August in the review Nature warned of […]

  Water and clay used to transform desert into farmland: here is the basis of the technology developed by the Norwegian start-up, Desert Control, now in the experimental phase in the Middle East.   Feeding the planet One of the biggest challenges raised by the exponential increase in the population is the capacity to feed […]

Azerbaijanian villagers were concerned this summer by the significant fall in the level of the Koura. This 1,515 km long river, whose source lies in north eastern Turkey, crosses Georgia and Azerbaijan before flowing into the Caspian Sea, is the main water reserve of the south Caucasus. The fall in the river’s discharge highlights the […]

  The UN celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Human Right to Water and Sanitation   On 28 July 2010, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution recognising water and sanitation as human rights. Since then, 193 States have committed themselves to ensuring access to drinking water and sanitation for all from now […]

Why IFGR? What are our objectives and what do we do? In 2 minutes, discover in pictures the original approach of Initiatives for the Future of Great Rivers (IFGR) and our actions to bring the voice of rivers to the international level. Discover the video