Click here for access to a database of global freshwater protection capacity-building resources. This database offers an organization looking to protect a river’s environmental or humanitarian values an opportunity to learn about a variety of approaches that might be successful on their own freshwater system.
Supplemental Reading
For more information on riverine biodiviserity see:
For more information on river degradation caused by agricultural practices see:
For more information about policy mismatches between river conservation, economic development, and climate change mitigation policies see:
For more information on conflicts related to river defenders and Indigenous peoples see:
The many-headed Hydra: Assessing the Indigenous-hydropower cycle in Costa Rica.
FERC, hydropower, and tribal rights: Confrontations at the Little Colorado River
For more information about river conservation as Nature-based Solutions to Climate Change see:
For more information on guidelines and targets aimed at protecting, restoring, and managing rivers see:
For examples of existing river protection, restoration, and management see:
Safeguarding Free-Flowing Rivers: The Global Extent of Free-Flowing Rivers in Protected Areas.
Sustainable Management Options for Healthy Rivers in South Asia: The Case of Brahmaputra.
Legal Protection Schemes for Free-Flowing Rivers in Europe: An Overview.
How to Protect Free Flowing Rivers: The Bita River Ramsar Site as an Example of Science and Management Tools Working Together. Identifying Riparian Areas of Free Flowing Rivers for Legal Protection: Model Region Mongolia.
For more information on environmental flows see:
Environmental Flow Assessments Are Not Realizing Their Potential as an Aid to Basin Planning
Re-Thinking Environmental Flows: From Allocations and Reserves to Sustainability Boundaries
A three-level framework for assessing and implementing environmental flows
How much groundwater can we pump and protect environmental flows through time?
Water for the Environment: From Policy and Science to Implementation and Management
Listen to the river: Lessons from a global review of environmental flow success stories