Impacts of grand renaissance dam on economic development. The design of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd, also called millennium dam or hidase dam, was developed under a veil of secrecy 1 and without provide public information on the development plan. An independent technical analysis kevin wheeler, p. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam and the nile basin. Disputes over the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd. Assessment of grand ethiopian renaissance dam impacts using. This unique volume discusses various aspects of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd and the aswan high dam ahd including their positive and negative impacts. In 2011, ethiopia began building the grand ethiopian renaissance dam project gerdp on the blue nile river in a place called guba, 60 kilometres from sudan, which hold 74 billion cubic meters bcm storage capacity and about 60 bcm live storage which will produce 6000 mw electric generation. Located in the western part of the country, near the border with sudan, the dam. Environmental impacts the grand ethiopian renaissance dam. Outline overview of the eastern nile region characteristics of the gerd longterm impacts of the gerd shortterm impacts and approaches. Dadsong aenvironmental change institute, university of oxford, uk. Analysis of energy and revenue losses dr mintwab bezabih1 and dr belachew tesfa2 1. The development of great ethiopian renaissance dam gerd is causing political escalation of tensions between ethiopia and egypt based on current issues and the expectations for requirements that must be met before the completion of the dam construction.
Evaluating its sustainability standard and geopolitical significance. Pdf impacts of grand ethiopian renaissance dam researchgate. Sustainability assessment in transboundary context. Impacts of grand ethiopian renaissance dam on different water. Pdf construction of dams results in both positive and negative environmental impacts. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam, its impact on egyptian agriculture and the potential for alleviating water scarcity. Impacts of grand ethiopian renaissance dam on different. Below is draft version of a map i am working on to show where the renaissance dam is located and the extent of the expected reservoir. Managing risks of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam on egypt. It is the primary water resource and the life artery for its downstream countries such as egypt and sudan. Michael hammond, university of exeter, united kingdom. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd is constructed in a mountainous area where limited information has been collected on key environmental factors and which is lacking of information about site condition, hazards and environmental impacts.
It presents uptodate research findings by egyptian scientists and researchers covering. Although, the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd is essential to ethiopias development, many research pointed out its negative impact on egypt. International experts analyze impacts of ethiopian dam. However, with the number of dam developments ever increasing globally, significant global problems with the fresh water resource, and concerns of wildlife are increasing. The final report of the international panel of experts ipoe on the gerd project that submitted to the governments of ethiopia. Ethiopia denies that the dam will have a negative impact on downstream. This book compares the impacts of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd and the aswan high dam ahd and discusses the environmental impacts of the ahd.
Adopting the suggested strategies could reduce or eliminate the impact of gerd on egypt. The paper questions the argument of the hydrohegemony framework that counterhegemonic mechanisms used by nonhegemons in transboundary rivers lead to a more equitable order of water and benefitsharing, using the case of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd. In this study, we have combined automated and manual methods to map. Economic and hydrological impacts of the grand ethiopian. Pdf a large scale dam named as grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd is under construction on the blue nile river in ethiopia. With the largest area under cereal production in the nile basin, agricultural water withdrawal constitutes 97% of the total water withdrawal in the sudan. Dams and reservoirs ethiopia began construction of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd on the blue nile river. Pdf on may 4, 2015, fahmy abdelhaleem and others published impacts of grand ethiopian renaissance dam find, read and cite all the. The gerd is currently in the midst of a largescale political battle between ethiopia, sudan, and egypt. In ethiopia which is one of most important water sources of. Scientific perspectives on the grand ethiopian renaissance dam.
Gigantic nile dam prompts clash between egypt and ethiopia. Benefit of grand ethiopian renaissance dam project gerdp. Grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd filling scenarios. The nile river nr is an international river shared by eleven riparian countries. The construction of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd in ethiopia poses new opportunities and uncertainties on agricultural production in. Geopolitical importance the eastern nile basin is of critical geopolitical importance to the niles overall hydropolitical regime.
Egypt is concerned that ethiopia is moving too fast to complete the grand ethiopian renaissance dam and that its timetable will create water and food scarcity, and put millions of egypts. Reflections on the grand ethiopian renaissance dam. Grand ethiopian renaissance dam versus aswan high dam. Remote sensing of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam. The environmental impact of the implementation of the grand ethiopian. Ethiopias determination to build a major new dam, the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd, for hydropower purposes has been the flashpoint of current conflicts in the eastern nile basin gebreluel, 2014. In may 2011, it was announced that ethiopia would share blueprints for th e dam with egypt so that the downstream impact could be examined. Pdf environmental impacts of great ethiopian renaissance dam. To deal with problems, the shuttle radar topographic mission srtm dem and advanced land. On an international scale the environmental impacts of the construction of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam are minimal and relatively unexplored.
The study is published in analyzing the economywide impacts on egypt of alternative gerd filling policies, the seventh chapter of the new book the grand ethiopian renaissance dam and the nile basin. Hydrological and environmental impacts of grand ethiopian renaissance dam on the nile river abdelkader t. Ethiopia is building one of the largest dams in the world, the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd, on the river nile near the sudan border. Map showing the full extent of the nile with its two main branches, the white nile, which flows from lake victoria, and the larger blue nile, which originates in the highlands of ethiopia. Although, the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd is essential to ethiopias development, many. Grand ethiopian renaissance dam dam project, ethiopia. Cooperative filling approaches for the grand ethiopian. Grand ethiopian renaissance dam project, benishangulgumuz. Fears over ethiopian dams costly impact on environment. Managing risks of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam on. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd, formerly known as the millennium dam, is under construction in the benishangulgumuz region of ethiopia, on the blue nile river, which is located about 40km east of sudan. This chapter focuses on the impacts of constructing the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd on three main parts of the nr.
The grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd is constructed in a. Beijer institute of ecological economics, royal swedish academy of sciences. The environmental impacts of grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd and its reservoir may be classi. A large scale dam named as grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd is currently under construction on the blue nile river in ethiopia. Environmental impacts of great ethiopian renaissance dam on the egyptian water resources. Although previous researches addressed the problem of gerd using stochastic data, they used deterministic methods. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam, its impact on egyptian agriculture and the potential for. The nile river nr is the primary water resource and the life artery for its downstream countries such as egypt and sudan. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam generated international media coverage during. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam formerly known as the millennium dam and. The construction of renaissance dam directly or indirectly will affect many parts of the economy. On 15 april 2011, the council of ministers r ename d it grand ethiopian renaiss a nce dam. Ahmed 1and mohamed helmy elsanabary 2 1 civil engineering department, faculty of engineering, aswan university, egypt. Management scenarios of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam.
T he dam was originally called project x, and after its contract was announced it was called the mil len nium dam. These effects include changes in surface water level, groundwater levels in shallow and deep aquifers, saltwater intrusion, and increases in soil salinity, which could affect crop yields. The ethiopian government surveyed the site in october 2009 and august 2010. Impacts of ethiopian grand renaissance dam on economic development.
The book is part of the earthscan studies in water resource management series. Grand ethiopian renaissance dam international rivers. The anonymity afforded by pseudonyms favors excessive diatribe. Introduction in 2011, ethiopia began building the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd on the blue nile river in a place called guba, 60 kilometres from sudan mainly for the electric power generation. Pdf environmental impacts of great ethiopian renaissance. In 2011, the ethiopian government announced plans to construct a hydroelectric dam on the blue nile, 45km east of its border with sudan, which has been named the grand ethiopian renaissance dam. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam, its impact on egyptian. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam, its impact on. The dam will flood 1,680 square kilometers of forest in northwest ethiopia an area about four times the size of cairo, displace approximately 20,000 people in ethiopia, and create a reservoir that.
The grand ethiopian renaissance dam and the blue nile. Alaa alzawahiri, a member of the egyptian national panel of experts studying the effects of the renaissance dam says that ethiopias construction of a dam able to hold 74 billion cubic meters of water was a catastrophe for his country. The final report of the international panel of experts ipoe on the gerd project which was submitted to the governments of ethiopia, sudan and egypt, reported that the aswan high dam ahd will reach the minimum operational level during 4 consecutive years. Economic and hydrological impacts of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam on the eastern nile river basin volume 21 issue 4 getachew nigatu, ariel dinar. Request pdf hydrological and environmental impacts of grand ethiopian renaissance dam on the nile river the nile river nr is an international river shared by eleven riparian countries. The location of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd, now under construction near ethiopias border with sudan, is shown in red. A large scale dam named as grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd is under construction on the blue nile river in ethiopia. If gerd seems not to provide substantial economic, social or environmental benefits to. Several studies have reported that the construction of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd could have severe effects on the water resources in downstream countries, especially egypt. The eventual site for the grand ethiopian renaissance dam was identified by the united states bureau of reclamation during a blue nile survey conducted between 1956 and 1964. Revisiting hydrohegemony from a benefitsharing perspective. Impact of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd and.
Remote sensing of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam taylor. Ethiopias gibe iii dam has been labelled the worlds most controversial dam due to environmental and social impacts and. Assessing the potential impacts of the grand ethiopian. Environmental impacts of grand renaissance dam on the nile river pdf. One of the factors that play the broad and wide range in the economic development is the provision of energy supply. This huge dam will flood 1,680 square kilometers of forest in northwest ethiopia, near the sudan border, and create a reservoir that is nearly twice as large as lake tana. A large scale dam named as grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd is. Ethiopia announced in april 2011 that it intends to build four large dams on the nile, including one of the largest in the world, the grand ethiopian renaissance dam formerly known as project x or the grand millennium dam. The border project which is known now as the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd is a hydropower project being built recently on the.
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