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Opportunities for Regional and International Cooperation in the Nile Basin
Prospects for the Upper Nile basin states of Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia point to increasing competition for Nile water resources as population and development pressures intensify for all involved. In this paper we argue that it is in no one's best interest to maintain the lack of coordination in river basin development that persists in the Nile valley Decisions made today about investments in water development projects, new irrigation schemes, and industrial projects will have consequences far into the future when water resources are in much greater demand. Furthermore, the unanticipated environmental and climatic changes of the 1980s have accelerated the need to make economic, political, and legal adjustments in the existing Nile management and allocation regime.
All countries in the basin stand to gain from cooperation in the development and management of Nile water resources. Water allocation need not be a zero sum game for the riparian countries; cooperative water development efforts can lead to increased usable water supplies for everyone. To illustrate this point, we examine three possibilities for cooperation in river basin development, with an emphasis on the importance of taking a basin-wide perspective on future water planning and investment.
Opportunities for Regional and International Cooperation in the Nile Basin
Prospects for the Upper Nile basin states of Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia point to increasing competition for Nile water resources as population and development pressures intensify for all involved. In this paper we argue that it is in no one's best interest to maintain the lack of coordination in river basin development that persists in the Nile valley Decisions made today about investments in water development projects, new irrigation schemes, and industrial projects will have consequences far into the future when water resources are in much greater demand. Furthermore, the unanticipated environmental and climatic changes of the 1980s have accelerated the need to make economic, political, and legal adjustments in the existing Nile management and allocation regime.
All countries in the basin stand to gain from cooperation in the development and management of Nile water resources. Water allocation need not be a zero sum game for the riparian countries; cooperative water development efforts can lead to increased usable water supplies for everyone. To illustrate this point, we examine three possibilities for cooperation in river basin development, with an emphasis on the importance of taking a basin-wide perspective on future water planning and investment.
Opportunities for Regional and International Cooperation in the Nile Basin
Whittington, Dale (Autor:in) / McClelland, Elizabeth (Autor:in)
Water International ; 17 ; 144-154
01.01.1992
11 pages
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