International and regional RiverPrizes awarded

The International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine River was the 2014 recipient of the Theiss International RiverPrize, awarded in Canberra, Australia in September as part of the 16th annual International Riversymposium. The 2014 Australian RiverPrize was awarded to the Lake Eyre Basin at the same event. The River Mur was the recipient of the European RiverPrize, awarded in Vienna in October, and will automatically be a finalist for the 2015 Theiss International RiverPrize. Applications for the inaugural North American RiverPrize are now open. All of these river prizes celebrate best practice in river management and provide inspirational models of achieving demonstrable progress in spite of significant obstacles. A book that chronicles the achievements of RiverPrize recipients (River Journeys 3) was recently published.

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