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A boat cannot go forward if each rows his own way
Be it to improve irrigation, manage floods and droughts or generate energy; dams have played a significant role in humanity’s progress. But the dam-building development model also has its flaws. The Niles journalists tackle the sensitive dam topic and self-aware that they all are in the same boat, they agree that it is time to start rowing the same way.
The Niles #15
The dam issue
Correspondents from the Eastern Nile riparian countries take a closer look at dams and dam cascade management in the region.
22.02.2021
Map
The Niles 15: Eastern Nile Basin dams
A map of the existing and planned Eastern Nile Basin dams featured in The Niles, Issue 15.
16.03.2021
Editorial
The dam conundrum: to build or not to build?
The ancient technology of dams has fuelled human progress. Yet countries building and managing dams, especially in transboundary river systems like the Nile, face complex and difficult challenges.
22.02.2021
Interview
Why dams matter
Nile Basin countries are in a race for time as growing populations require significant amounts of electric power. Dams are a solution but also pose new challenges.
22.02.2021
The cascade effect
Sharing information, knowledge and experience
The interdependency of dams in a river system demands coordination, so all dams have an optimal configuration that, in the interplay with all others, minimises risks and maximises benefits for all riparian states.
22.02.2021
