Creating a web of green

What is Twinning?

Twinning provides the basis of partnerships between catchments, individuals and NGOs worldwide to improve river management, environmental care, sustaining of natural resources and the well being of communities.

Twinning is an initiative of International Riverfoundation (IRF) that supports collaborative partnerships to restore rivers. This unique program enables Riverprize winners and finalists (Riverprize Alumni) to exchange their valuable expertise with other river organisations that are in need of skills and knowledge. B4C has won the National Thiess Riverprize in 2005 and is a proud member of the Riverprize Alumni. B4C is the only prize winner that engages both in international and national twinning.

For more information on B4C's twinning partners & projects:
Twinning in the Gulf of Carpentaria
Twinning in France
Twinning in Thailand

Twinning at grass-roots level
This differs from the large international projects with substantial budgets and resources. Our twinning is at a grass-roots level with community inputs and low or non-existent funding. There are community benefits, costs & risks involved.
 
This is basic information for future twinners to provide advice and cost/risk awareness if they wish to embark on twinning at a grass roots level.
 
Benefits of twinning:Resources, skills and experiences are pooledKnow how, knowledge and wisdom transferRehabilitation of degraded catchmentsCross-cultural awareness and enrichmentNew and unexpected knowledge gained for all groups based on their exchange

To date, B4C works on projects based in Southern Thailand, Far North Queensland (Southern Gulf Catchments) and France.