总部位于美国的国际河网(International Rivers Network,IRN)成立于1985年,是一个非营利,其成员完全由自愿者组成的非政府组织。1989年,国际河网开始发展一批有经验,受过经济、生物、工程水利、人文和环境科学培训的工作积极分子。20多年来,河网增加了永久工作人员,并创建了由支持者、赞助人、顾问、实习生和志愿者组成的全球网络。 Founded in 1985, the U.S.-based International Rivers Network (IRN) is a not-for-profit, non-profit organization whose members are exclusively volunteers. In 1989, ITRI began to develop a group of experienced work activists trained in economic, biological and engineering water conservancy, humanities and environmental sciences. For more than two decades, River Networks has added permanent staff and has created a global network of supporters, patrons, consultants, interns, and volunteers.