News from IFGR and the rivers of the world

Interview with Sébastien Lubert, Treasurer, Director of Finance and Development of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.   Founded in 2006, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation acts to protect the environment and promote sustainable development around the world. It supports public and private initiatives in research, technological innovation and responsible economic practices. […]

From the Côte-d’Or, where it springs, to Le Havre where it flows into the Channel, the Seine crosses no fewer than 400 municipalities. Its basin covers 12% of the surface area of France and accommodates a mostly urban population of 18 million, in other words a quarter of the French population. 40% of France’s industry and […]

IFGR met in April at Saint-Louis and Dakar at the invitation of the Organisation for the Development of the River Senegal (OMVS), one of its members. The objective was to review its river navigation project in the light of the various competences and experiences provided by the association. “A remarkable contribution to improving the structural […]

The Ganges is one of the most polluted rivers in the world. More than 1,500 million litres of untreated water and 500 million litres of industrial wastewater (from 700 highly pollutant industries) are discharged into it every day. That’s without counting the solid waste and cadavers. The weight of religious beliefs also presents another problem: […]

The Moderlieschen or Heckel is a species of fish that lives in the Seine. What makes it special is that it appeared in the river as recently 2017, one of the impacts of improving the quality of fish life in the Seine over the last twenty years. The Seine is now classed in the category […]

Save the Niger. This was the watchword exclaimed in 2015 on the occasion of the COP21. Africa’s third longest river (4,200 km) after the Nile and the Congo, its basin covers almost 2 million km² at the heart of West Africa and part of Central Africa. A vital resource for Mali, it feeds 85% of […]