News from IFGR and the rivers of the world

The 15th Festival of the Camargue at Port Saint-Louis took place from 17 to 21 May. On the programme: 5 days to discover the Camargue and the Rhone Delta with round tables, a conference-concert, event stands, photo exhibitions, etc.! For more information: Click here to view the video summarising the 15th edition of the festival: IFGR […]

  The APVF organised its National Conference on 1 June in Millau. On this occasion the APVF reasserted its determination to “build bridges for tomorrow” so that mayors can provide concrete and immediate responses to climate and environmental issues. The APVF is a partner of the Plastic-Free Rivers Charter with IFGR and CNR. It was […]

  The second session of negotiations for an international Treaty on Plastic Pollution took place in Paris in May. Some member states, notably those of the High Ambition Coalition, were mobilised and contributed essential points to this treaty, especially the global production of plastics and the banning of the most toxic formulas. Other countries were […]

Many of you came to ask for a replay of the conference that IFGR and its partners organised at the UNO last March on the subject of preserving Fouta Djallon. Here it is: https://lnkd.in/ecJ39vVV Thanks once again to The Bridge Tank, the Senegal River Development Organisation, the Niger Basin Authority, the French Development Agency, and […]

It is the number of challenges composing our new pedagogical kit on rivers. Do you know the sources, deltas and discharges of the world’s rivers? Would you know where to situate the main great rivers on a map of the world? Would you like to discover the fauna and flora that populate our rivers? If […]

  Rios On Line: a project carried out by and for the people of the Amazon     During IFGR’s journey to Brazil in April 2023, Sophie Gardette and Clémence Aubert met Naziano Filizola, a teacher-researcher at the Federal University of the Amazonas and coordinator of Rios On Line, a community project that fired their enthusiasm. Between […]