Effective water management strategies for environmental change adaptation. Part II - Transboundary water policy in Southern Africa
Figure 1.1 - Water basins in Southern Africa highlighting transnational supplies - credit (Owens, 2015) Following on from last weeks post on effective water management strategies in Senegal with drip irrigation, this weeks post is going to have a brief look at the effective water management of transnational water resources in southern Africa. Much like last week, having an effective management strategy can help mitigate and adapt to the impacts of environmental change and the pressure that it is putting on Africa's water security. Whilst drip irrigation is an arguably small scale, bottom up approach, working with individual farmers and communities, transnational water policy is focused on national and international governmental agreements. Figure 1.1 highlights the extreme interconnectedness of water resources in southern Africa, with over 70% being a transnational resource (GIZ, 2018). Experience also shows that "trans-boundary water resources are more likely to be a
