Restoring the Nile Basin

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 631.6 Clearing, drainage, revegetation
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Entebbe, 2016
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 314896
• Chủ đề: 1. FISH; 2. FLOODING; 3. FOREST DEGRADATION; 4. WATER QUALITY; 5. WETLAND MANAGEMENT

Tóm tắt

Watershed management has come to be recognized as a critical issue in the Nile Basin. Upstream land use can cause degradation and soil erosion, resulting in lower agricultural yields locally and causing sedimentation downstream. The increased sediment load causes economic problems by reducing water quality, and irrigation and hydropower potential, as well as increasing flooding. This note shows how, through Basin-wide cooperation, the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) has led efforts to address these problems, developing successful projects to deliver real results to restore the Nile.