Restoring the Nile Basin

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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Entebbe 2015-05-01
Subjects:	FLOODING, WATER QUALITY, FOREST DEGRADATION, FISH, WETLAND MANAGEMENT, COVERING, CONSERVATION EFFORTS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, FLOW, FLOOD EVENTS, FOREST MANAGEMENT, DAMS, DEGRADED LANDS, WATERWAYS, STORMS, RIVER FLOW, WETLAND CONSERVATION, EQUITABLE UTILIZATION, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WATER QUALITY MONITORING, PROGRAMS, WATER SUPPLY, MICRO-WATERSHED, CATCHMENTS, MONITORING, RESERVOIRS, PLANTING, WATERSHED RESTORATION, RESOURCE MONITORING, QUALITY, TREES, WATER HARVESTING, WATER RESOURCES, WATER STORAGE, HUMAN ACTIVITIES, SEDIMENT, CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT, AGROFORESTRY, RIPARIAN COUNTRIES, RESERVOIR, FLOODS, BASINS, INVASIVE SPECIES, RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, SOIL EROSION, DOWNSTREAM RIVERS, CONSTRUCTION, WATER USE, WATER, BIODIVERSITY, SPECIES, PROJECT WATERSHED, LAND DEGRADATION, POLLUTION, FORESTRY, LAND RESOURCES, IRRIGATION WATER, TREE SPECIES, WETLANDS MANAGEMENT, PLOTS, NATURAL RESOURCES, LAKE LEVELS, CROPS, FISHING, LAND USE, NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION, DROUGHTS, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, ECOSYSTEM, WATERSHEDS, VEGETATION, STUDIES, LAND-USE, UPLAND FORESTS, CLIMATE CHANGE, POLICIES, AGRICULTURAL WATER USE, SOCIAL SERVICES, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, CLIMATE, DEFORESTATION, FORESTS, CANALS, WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS, FRUIT, CATCHMENT, OXYGEN LEVELS, DRAINS, AGRICULTURE, FOREST, WATERSHED PROJECTS, HIGHLANDS, RIVERS, SEDIMENT LOAD, FODDER, NAVIGATION, FOOD, FISHERIES, LAND CONSERVATION, BAMBOO, DEGRADATION, EROSION, LAKES, LAND, LAND PRODUCTIVITY, ECOSYSTEMS, HYDROELECTRIC POWER, ANALYSIS, WATER FLOWS, DRINKING WATER, REGIONAL WATERSHED, IRRIGATION, NATURAL RESOURCE, WATERSHED, CONSERVATION, WETLAND, MICRO WATERSHED, POLLUTION CONTROL, RESTORATION, PRESSURE, CATCHMENT AREA, AGREEMENT, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, WETLANDS, IMPLEMENTATION, LAND MANAGEMENT, RIPARIAN, RIVER,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25712689/restoring-nile-basin https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23583
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