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 sedim...

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Entebbe 2016
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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23583

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Summary:	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.

Restoring the Nile Basin

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