Welcome to the website of International Riverfoundation!

The International Riverfoundation fosters, promotes and encourages the restoration, protection and sustainable management of the world’s rivers, lakes and wetlands to improve the health of these precious resources and the communities dependent upon them.

International Riverfoundation is involved in a number of activities including identifying and rewarding best practice in river management; informing, empowering and building capacity of river managers worldwide, and educating and inspiring governments, companies and communities around the world to protect our river systems for future generations.

The Riverfoundation is financed by donations given by concerned individuals, companies and governments. its work being restricted only by the amount of funds it can raise.

From the Danube River in Europe to the Mekong River in South-East Asia and the Murray-Darling Basin in Australia, International Riverfoundation (IRF) is working in partnerships around the world to drive the protection and restoration of the world’s rivers, lakes and wetlands.

As an international dynamic NGO we have a meaningful, measurable and life-changing impact on individuals and communities by helping them restore and sustainably manage their rivers for improved health, ecological, economic, and social outcomes.

Our key objectives are knowledge brokering, rewarding and championing those who are making significant achievements in sustainable river management and protection, and building capacity of river managers worldwide.