World Rivers Day

This day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday in September, and celebreates the world’s waterways. It highlights the many values of our rivers, strives to increase public awareness, and encourages the improved stewardship of all rivers in the world. Rivers in virtually every country face an array of threats, and only through our active involvements can we ensure their health in the years ahead. In 2005 the United Nations launched the Water for Life Decade to help create a greater awareness of the need to better care for our water resources. Following this, World Rivers Day was established, based on the success of BC Rivers Day, which Mark Angelo had founded and led in Western Canada since 1980.