River Collective

River Collective is located in Roermond, Netherlands on Roermondsestraat 2. River Collective is rated 3 out of 5 in the category environmental services in Netherlands. OUR VISION River systems are the spark that ignites life across the planet. Flora, fauna and people critically depend on healthy free-flowing rivers. We need rivers to play a vital role in local and international climate debates and biodiversity conservation. OUR MISSION We establish a strong collaboration between the world of science and local river conservation, to protect the remaining free-flowing rivers of Europe and the world, so they can continue being a planetary life-support system. OUR ACTIONS - We organize events where scientists and conservationists meet: Our main event is the Students for Rivers Camp (SRC); a gathering of students from various disciplines, university professors and local river defenders. Here, knowledge exchange supports innovative ideas that are transformed into practical actions for river conservation. - We empower and engage the local science communities: Throughout the year, we motivate scientists to join actions for the river, e.g. through ‘science chats’ or joint fieldwork activities, where they can connect to local river conservationists. - We support innovative and interdisciplinary research concerning threatened watersheds. We motivate Master and PhD students to focus their thesis projects around current river conservation projects, opening up opportunities for citizen science and collaborative action with local river defenders. - We communicate science effectively: We communicate this science effectively to the general public, NGOs and decision-makers to enable problem-solving. Our blog is the place where science comes to life. The collection of stories from our students and river conservationists shows the need to protect free-flowing rivers and provides contextual information explaining the challenges faced globally.