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Water Resources: Government Information: Library Guide: River basins

This guide directs you to government sources on water resources from international to local level.

Nile Basin

Nile Basin Initiative (NBI). "an intergovernmental partnership of 10 Nile Basin countries, namely Burundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, The Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Eritrea participates as an observer."

Nile Basin Initiative. Nile Basin Water Resources Atlas

Adaptation to climate-change induced water stress in the Nile Basin :   a vulnerability assessment report.    Nairobi, Kenya :   UNEP,   [2013] GO 494 E.UNEP.13.ADAP

Nile Basin adaptation to water stress :   comprehensive assessment of flood & drought prone areas.    Nairobi, Kenya :   United Nations Environment Programme,   [2013] G 494 E.UNEP.13.NILE

Stock taking of adaptation activities in the Nile River Basin.    Nairobi :   United Nations Environment Programme,   [2009?] G 494 E.UNEP.09.STOC
 

Orange-Senqu River Basin

Orange-Senqu River Commission (ORASECOM) "the institution responsible for managing the resources of the Orange-Senqu River basin, a transboundary resource shared by Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and South Africa."

Orange-Senqu River Commission. Integrated Water Resources Management Plan for the Orange-Senqu River Basin: main report. Centurion, South Africa: Orange-Senqu River Commission, December 2014. (Report no. ORASECOM 019/2014)

"ReNOKA is a multisectoral and multidisciplinary custodial network of critical agents dedicated to the restoration of water, land, and the long-term prosperity of all communities in Lesotho and the wider Orange-Senqu River Basin." (non-government)