SPLASH LANDING
( Sketchplations, n/a ) That’s a wrap! Throughout my 7 blogs I have explored the effects of dam construction on food in Africa as exemplified by the fragile and variable Nile and Omo-Turkana Basins, alongside an undeniable overlap on the impact of hydropolitics on transboundary water basins. Both basins hyper-dependence upon their waters to provide reliable flows to water-stressed and food-insecure regions, together with controversial colonial legacies and a herd of selfish foreign leaders has made them perfect examples to unpack the complexities in achieving food security through dam construction within transboundary basins. The Tragedy of the Commons perfectly sums up the self-interest dam construction creates, with countries resorting to violence, all in hopes of food security. There’s a shared pool of limited resources, thus the construction of dams to increase food security in one region, can jeopardise security somewhere else. What I’ve Learnt When I began this blog, like most, I
