International Rivers | People, Water, Life
International Rivers | People, Water, Life
Description: We work to protect rivers and rights, and promote real solutions for meeting water, energy and flood management needs around the globe.
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Free-flowing rivers work like arteries, providing the world’s ecosystems with critical freshwater resources that sustain a higher biodiversity per square mile than almost any other ecosystem. Rivers are crucial to the food security, livelihoods, and cultural traditions of millions, especially indigenous and traditional peoples around the world. Yet freshwater ecosystems are being fragmented, diverted and polluted.
Only one-third of the world’s rivers remain free-flowing, and less than 10% of the world’s river basins are protected.
International Rivers | People, Water, Life
International Rivers | People, Water, Life