The Derwent estuary lies at the heart of the Hobart metropolitan area. This beautiful and diverse waterway is an integral part of Tasmania’s cultural, economic and natural heritage. The estuary is an important and productive ecosystem and supports a wide range of habitats and species....
The International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) won the Thiess International Riverprize in 2007 for significant achievements and excellence in river management recognising the work undertaken for the past 15 years to overcome political and economical obstacles. The ICPDR and Orange-Senqu River...
In September 2011, following 20 years of successful river restoration on the Charles River, Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) won the Thiess International Riverprize. In January 2013, CRWA officially launched their Twinning partnership in Jarabacoa, a small city in the highlands of the Dominican Republic. The City...
Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee (B4C), Queensland, won the Australian Riverprize in 2005. The area is dominated throughout by residential development. Whilst large scale industrial activities continue in the lower catchment, the upper catchment has some peri-urban areas. Fed by limestone springs, the immense Gregory River...
The Tweed Kenya Mentoring Program (TKMP) was initiated and formally adopted by the Tweed Shire Council (TSC) in 2004. This twinning project is unique in that the TSC have never been a Riverprize winner, though they have been selected as a finalist in multiple years,...
Following winning the 2003 Thiess International Riverprize, the Alexander River Restoration Administration (ARRA) from Israel established in 2004 a twinning project with the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries in Burkina Faso, West Africa. The aim was to share knowledge and together plan how...