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X-WR-CALNAME:Nile Talk Forum: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD): U
 nder-Reported Issues on GERD Impacts on Sudan
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DESCRIPTION:This forum brings experts in Nile and other transboundary river
  issues of the world to discuss experiences in diffusing tensions\, sharin
 g the common good\, build trust and develop collaboration and cooperation.
 \n\nSPEAKER\nDr. Asaad Y. Shamseldin | The University of Auckland\, New Ze
 aland\n\nTITLE\nThe Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD): Under-Reported
  Issues on GERD Impacts on Sudan\n\nABSTRACT\nThe Grand Ethiopian Renaissa
 nce Dam (GERD) is regarded as the largest hydropower project in Africa and
  the seventh largest hydro-power project in the world. It is constructed o
 n the Blue Nile River near the Sudanese-Ethiopian border. The Blue Nile Ri
 ver is a major tributary of the River Nile contributing around 59% of the 
 Nile River annual flow. The average annual flow of the River Nile is aroun
 d 84 billion m3. The Blue Nile River is a transboundary river which origin
 ates from Ethiopia and flows through Sudan until it joins the White Nile (
 one of the main tributaries of the River Nile) at Khartoum (the capital of
  Sudan) to form the River Nile which eventually flows to Egypt. The GERD h
 as a storage capacity of around 74 billion m3 and this approximately equat
 es to 1.5 times the average annual flow of the Blue Nile. The GERD can hav
 e profound effects on the downstream countries given its large storage cap
 acity relative to the average annual flow of the Blue Nile. This presentat
 ion will discuss several under-reported issues with regards to the GERD im
 pacts on Sudan. These issues include the dam safety in terms of acceptable
  risks as well as the negative environmental and socioeconomics impacts on
  Sudan. These issues pose serious risks to Sudan and if these risks are no
 t adequately managed this may lead to massive internal displacement of the
  Sudanese population. It has been noted in the report by the International
  Panel of Experts for GERD that some of the essential studies related to t
 hese issues have not been completed. Therefore\, there is an urgent need t
 o complete these studies.
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SUMMARY:Nile Talk Forum: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD): Under-
 Reported Issues on GERD Impacts on Sudan
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.fiu.edu/event/nile_talk_forum_the_grand_ethi
 opian_renaissance_dam_gerd_under-reported_issues_on_gerd_impacts_on_sudan
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