The project is to set up a river monitoring scheme on the Kafue River in Zambia north of the Itezhi-Tezhi reservoir. The Kafue river is a tributary of the Zambezi and drains the intense copper mining operations in the Copperbelt region in northern Zambia. Our project would provide critical data for a modelling effort to...
With a collaborator from Romania, The Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG) are measuring greenhouse gas emissions from the Iron Gates Reservervoir, the largest dam on the Danube river. The project just started and will run until the end of the year, with an analysis phase afterwards. It addresses the question how...
Which are the most important wild rivers of the world and why did they survive? What can we learn from the hydropolitical history of conflict and cooperation in international river basins for future conservation and rewilding efforts? For more information about this project, please contact: Prof. Bernhard Wehrli bernhard.wehrli@eawag.ch
