This is a collective post written by: Ana Elisa Cascão; Alvar Closas; Emanuele Fantini; Goitom Ge... more This is a collective post written by: Ana Elisa Cascão; Alvar Closas; Emanuele Fantini; Goitom Gebreleul; Tobias Ide; Guy Jobbins; Rémy Kinna; Flávia Rocha Loures; Bjørn-Oliver Magsig; Nate Matthews; Owen McIntyre; Filippo Menga; Naho Mirumachi; Ruby Moynihan; Alan Nicol; Terje Oestigaard; Alistair Rieu-Clarke; Jan Selby; Suvi Sojamo; Larry Swatuk; Rawia Tawfik; Harry Verhoeven; Jeroen Warner; Mark Zeitoun. There is a recent and worrying trend towards a renewed “water wars” narrative in some ..
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam both as an outcome of shifts i... more ABSTRACT This article analyzes the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam both as an outcome of shifts in the regional hydropolitical dynamics in the past decade and as a catalyst of future cooperation developments in the Nile Basin region. First, it analyzes the GERD in the context of changing power relations, including a critical discussion of the role of multilateral cooperation process and norms. Second, it examines the GERD as a shaper of future hydropolitical dynamics, and how the complex trilateral cooperative process around the GERD (2011–2015) can represent a constructive step towards wider institutional transboundary cooperation and regional economic integration in the Nile Basin.
This article looks at the issue of resources-based conflicts in the Horn of Africa region, examin... more This article looks at the issue of resources-based conflicts in the Horn of Africa region, examining two different case-studies – the newly independent country of South Sudan and the Gambella region, the westernmost in Ethiopia. It analyses how natural resources may have been or are at the core of the conflicts that have been affecting the two regions in recent decades. It is well documented that oil (a valuable natural resource) has been a main factor of competition and contention in the long-lasting conflict between North and South Sudan. But if we look at the internal conflicts within South Sudan, other natural resources appear as key elements of a complex puzzle of conflicts, where access to land and water for livelihoods figure prominently as main bones of contention. Similar patterns of conflict can be observed just across the South Sudan-Ethiopian border, in the Gambella region. The article assesses how the management and allocation of water and land resources has been the basis for both conflict and cooperation between different societal groups
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Nile Basin
After providing factual background to the Nile and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) iss... more After providing factual background to the Nile and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) issues and articulating the key arguments and approaches considered in the multi-disciplinary chapters, it is submitted that the findings and insights set forth in this volume shall inform policy both in the short and medium terms, with respect to the ongoing talks and studies related to the GERD, and in the longer term, efforts needed to foster and strengthen basin-wide cooperation, integration and economic development throughout the region.
The Nile basin experiences wide spread poverty, lack of food and land and water degradation. Beca... more The Nile basin experiences wide spread poverty, lack of food and land and water degradation. Because poverty is linked to access to water for crop, fish and livestock based livelihoods, improving access to water and increasing agricultural water productivity can ...
This is a collective post written by: Ana Elisa Cascão; Alvar Closas; Emanuele Fantini; Goitom Ge... more This is a collective post written by: Ana Elisa Cascão; Alvar Closas; Emanuele Fantini; Goitom Gebreleul; Tobias Ide; Guy Jobbins; Rémy Kinna; Flávia Rocha Loures; Bjørn-Oliver Magsig; Nate Matthews; Owen McIntyre; Filippo Menga; Naho Mirumachi; Ruby Moynihan; Alan Nicol; Terje Oestigaard; Alistair Rieu-Clarke; Jan Selby; Suvi Sojamo; Larry Swatuk; Rawia Tawfik; Harry Verhoeven; Jeroen Warner; Mark Zeitoun. There is a recent and worrying trend towards a renewed “water wars” narrative in some ..
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam both as an outcome of shifts i... more ABSTRACT This article analyzes the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam both as an outcome of shifts in the regional hydropolitical dynamics in the past decade and as a catalyst of future cooperation developments in the Nile Basin region. First, it analyzes the GERD in the context of changing power relations, including a critical discussion of the role of multilateral cooperation process and norms. Second, it examines the GERD as a shaper of future hydropolitical dynamics, and how the complex trilateral cooperative process around the GERD (2011–2015) can represent a constructive step towards wider institutional transboundary cooperation and regional economic integration in the Nile Basin.
This article looks at the issue of resources-based conflicts in the Horn of Africa region, examin... more This article looks at the issue of resources-based conflicts in the Horn of Africa region, examining two different case-studies – the newly independent country of South Sudan and the Gambella region, the westernmost in Ethiopia. It analyses how natural resources may have been or are at the core of the conflicts that have been affecting the two regions in recent decades. It is well documented that oil (a valuable natural resource) has been a main factor of competition and contention in the long-lasting conflict between North and South Sudan. But if we look at the internal conflicts within South Sudan, other natural resources appear as key elements of a complex puzzle of conflicts, where access to land and water for livelihoods figure prominently as main bones of contention. Similar patterns of conflict can be observed just across the South Sudan-Ethiopian border, in the Gambella region. The article assesses how the management and allocation of water and land resources has been the basis for both conflict and cooperation between different societal groups
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Nile Basin
After providing factual background to the Nile and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) iss... more After providing factual background to the Nile and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) issues and articulating the key arguments and approaches considered in the multi-disciplinary chapters, it is submitted that the findings and insights set forth in this volume shall inform policy both in the short and medium terms, with respect to the ongoing talks and studies related to the GERD, and in the longer term, efforts needed to foster and strengthen basin-wide cooperation, integration and economic development throughout the region.
The Nile basin experiences wide spread poverty, lack of food and land and water degradation. Beca... more The Nile basin experiences wide spread poverty, lack of food and land and water degradation. Because poverty is linked to access to water for crop, fish and livestock based livelihoods, improving access to water and increasing agricultural water productivity can ...
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