Great Rivers Partnership is a collaboration between a wide array of partners dedicated to the conservation of the world's great river systems for the benefit of the people and the species that depend upon them for life. 

News / Features

• New Initiative Focuses on Water Quality Improvement in the Mississippi River Basin & Gulf of Mexico
• The Conservancy Helps Plan a Colombian River's Future
• Save the Date: First Triennial Symposium for the International Society of River Science, July 12-17, 2009
• The McKnight Foundation Awards $800,000 to The Nature Conservancy for its Mississippi River Work
• The Nature Conservancy and Partners Present at World Water Week
• IBM Teams with The Nature Conservancy to Conserve Major River Systems 

Downloads

View maps of the worlds great rivers or download a video introduction to the Great Rivers Partnership in Chinese,
Portuguese or English.

Spotlight

Perspectives - Partnering to protect Africa's Zambezi River - An interview with Great Rivers Partnership Director, Michael Reuter.

The Rivers

Brazil: The Paraguay-Paraná

China: The Yangtze

United States: The Mississippi

The Partnership

Established in 2005 with the support of Caterpillar, Inc., through its Foundation, the Great Rivers Partnership is an ambitious effort to guide protection of the world's working river systems.

The Science

At the core of this partnership is the Great Rivers Center for Conservation and Learning. The center is a virtual network of scientists, practitioners and other dedicated to sharing information and science.

How We Protect Watersheds

Explore a cool interactive feature to see how the Conservancy protects freshwater resources worldwide.