This policy brief presents an economic and environmental argument for incorporating the population within the Kavango Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) region into the tourism value chain. It gives an overview of this project that aims to help KAZA communities develop agricultural products that can be sold into the tourism industry.…
Year: 2017
File size: 384 KB
This peer-reviewed paper uses a systematic, global assessment of transboundary watersheds to identify regions where hydropolitical tensions are most likely to occur over the next decade and beyond. Physical, institutional, political and economic indicators are used in this assessment. Several basins in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central America,…
Year: 2017
File size: 2.5 MB
This PowerPoint presentation gives an overview of a project in the Limpopo Basin which aims to share near real-time flow data in the upper reaches of the basin, and establish an early warning flood forecast system (EWFFS) to determine the likely extent and timing of floods downstream. It is estimated that the total costs avoided due to an EWFFS would range from…
Year: 2017
File size: 2.4 MB
This report presents the findings of the pilot test of the Climate Resilient Development Pathways project for the Cubango-Okavango River Basin. The purpose of the project is to help understand and address the implications of climate change on large-scale development programmes in transboundary river basins. This is done by assessing the vulnerability…
Year: 2017
File size: 3 MB
This report introduces a refined Climate Resilient Development Pathways approach, informed by existing tools and methods relevant for assessing climate resiliency in Southern Africa’s transboundary watersheds. The report explains the approach and provides a brief overview of the knowledge that informed the tool’s design.…
Year: 2017
File size: 1.2 MB
This document provides guidance for the use of the evidence base produced for the Climate Resilient Development Pathways project. It provides insight into the development of the evidence base under the Multi-Sector Investment Options Analysis program for the Okavango Basin.…
Year: 2017
File size: 985 KB
This report summarises the feasibility study undertaken to provide improvements to the existing water supply and sanitation infrastructure at the Mchinji Border Post in Malawi. Access to reliable and safe facilities at border towns has emerged as a major challenge for the Southern African Development Community that requires urgent action to ensure continued…
Year: 2016
File size: 4.4 MB
This technical report describes Mulobezi, southwest of Kafue National Park in Zambia, and potential interventions for water provision to support livelihoods in the community. As part of efforts to secure more sustainable livelihoods for residents, the Secretariat of the Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area has partnered with CRIDF on water…
Year: 2016
File size: 4.5 MB
This report guided CRIDF’s involvement in Phase III of the Water Infrastructure for Livelihoods Intervention of the Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area Secretariat. Since 2013, CRIDF has worked with the Secretariat to improve the livelihoods of local communities in and around Kavango–Zambezi by establishing permanent water provision…
Year: 2016
File size: 5 MB
This 42-page document sets out the overall procurement policy of CRIDF and the procedures to be applied.…
Year: 2016
File size: 1 MB