Water: Preventing Conflicts over Transboundary Dams

Dec 30, 2024 | Carrieann Stocks, International Water Power
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The planning, development, and management of dams in transboundary basins needs to be governed in an effective and cooperative manner to ensure limited negative environmental and socioeconomic impacts, and the mitigation of any potential conflict. Studies across the Mekong, Zambezi, and Senegal river basins have assessed the role of institutionalised cooperation in transboundary basins, when mitigating potential conflict over hydropower dams.