Planning with Water, Part 3

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    In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill continues a discussion about the most important issue facing the world today: the global water crisis. This week he highlights the Nile River Basin and a multi-institutional planning initiative on that massive and complex waterway which could be adapted as a tool for managing water assets on other interstate and trans-national waterways around the world. This episode is part of an ongoing series that looks toward building a new value premise and societal change around water as the most valuable commodity on earth, essential to our future survival.

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About World Ocean Radio:
Peter Neill, Director of the World Ocean Observatory and host of World Ocean Radio, provides coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy and exemplary projects. World Ocean Radio, a project of the World Ocean Observatory, is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for syndicated use at no cost by college and community radio stations worldwide. A selection of episodes is now available in Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Swahili. In 2015 we will add Mandarin to our roster of global languages, enabling us to reach 75% of the world's population. For more information, visit WorldOceanObservatory.org/world-ocean-radio-global.

Resources from this episode:
< UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
< Nile Basin Initiative
< Swedith International Development Agency (SIDA)
< Danish Hydraulic Institute
< Adaptation to Climate-change Induced Water Stress in the Nile Basin: A Vulnerability Assessment Report (PDF)

"Planning with Water" Series
< Part I
< Part II
< Part IV
 

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Bujagali Falls, the Nile, Uganda (used courtesy of UNEP)

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