UNEP-DHI provides technical assistance to strengthen climate-resilient transboundary water governance and management in Eastern Africa. The project is funded by the Danish Foreign Ministry (DANIDA) and is implemented in partnership with UN Environment Programme and IUCN.
UNEP-DHI is providing technical assistance to the Reversing Ecosystem and Water Degradation in the Volta River Basin (REWarD) project in 2023-2026. Funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) through UNEP and IUCN, the five-year project is being implemented by the Volta Basin Authority (VBA) and the Global Water Partnership-West Africa (GWP-WA) between 2023-2028.
Coordinating water, land, and ecosystem management to underpin social and economic development objectives within UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks in each country.
Riparian countries worked together with UNEP towards improving the scientific understanding of the hydrological regimes and ecosystem services of the Omo-Turkana and D’aua-Juba-Shabelle basins, creating tools for decision support of sustainable management of the transboundary water resources.
Improving the scientific understanding of the hydrological regimes and ecosystem services of Lake Turkana and its river basins will inform decision making on the sustainable management of the transboundary water resources.
Promoting cross-border collaboration on sustainable ecosystems services in the Omo-Turkana basin along the Ethiopia-Kenya border.
The Horn of Africa region faces numerous challenges with regard to water resources management. UNEP-DHI supported regional stakeholders to enhance collaboration for management of cross-border surface water and aquifers by mapping the situation and developing internal knowledge briefs.
This project assessed the status and trends of the world’s 286 transboundary river basins, shared by 156 countries. The assessment included 15 key indicators on water quantity, water quality, ecosystems, governance and socioeconomics.
The aim of the work is to reverse ecosystem and water degradation and support integrated ecosystem-based development in the Volta basin.
This publication is the final technical report of the GEF Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme River Basins component (TWAP RB) assessment.
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