News from IFGR and the rivers of the world

Interview with Mirdad Kazanji, Director of the Pasteur Institute of Guiana Mirdad Kazanji is the Director of the Pasteur Institute of Guiana and a member of IFGR. On the occasion of the session he will host, he presented to us the major challenges of managing water in this region and the advantage of bringing the […]

Every year, 2.6 million men, women and above all children die from waterborne diseases and insalubrious environments. Water, the element of life, can also be a danger, when drinking water is lacking for domestic consumption and there is no adequate drainage. Malaria, cholera, dengue, etc. are among the many diseases linked to water. Sometimes friend, […]

Invasive species have been degrading the quality of the water and the biodiversity of the Great Lakes for several years and threaten the drinking water of certain North American cities. The authorities and communities are taking action, the former by using financial levers while the second make use of judicial procedures. The Asian carp, a […]

In February, the FAO (the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation) published a new type of report on the state of the biodiversity of our food systems , on the basis of data supplied by 91 countries. The result is frightening: this biodiversity is disappearing and once lost, can never be recovered. There is still time […]

On 25 February 2019, the Heads of State of 17 African countries* adopted a climate investment plan for the Sahel region. Scheduled over a period of 12 years, it has been allocated funds amounting to €350 billion. A priority programme for the period 2020-2025, and decided at the Paris Agreement, identified six projects to limit […]

Constant interaction between fresh and salt water, the atmosphere and human beings is turning water pollution into a major issue with myriad consequences. It can be summed up in a single phrase: human health depends on the health of rivers. In October 2017, IFGR focused on this issue and particularly on the analytical methods and […]