Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper has leveraged hundreds of millions of dollars in cross-sector partnerships to place freshwater systems at the heart of the community, which now values and maintains the integrity of these systems. Years of hard work has seen the transformation of the Niagara River from a historical rust belt region to a newly restored ecosystem for the Great Lakes.
Previous prize winners
Thiess International River Prize
Mara River
With a clear vision and in anticipation of potential conflict arising over scarc...
Thiess International River Prize
River Rhine
The International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR) received the...
Thiess International River Prize
Lake Eyre Basin
The Lake Eyre Basin Partnership drove the protection of the Lake Eyre Basin, hav...