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Workshop: The Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Project: An opportunity for regional cooperation and improved water management in the Jordan River Basin?
The Dead Sea is presently undergoing major changes. The excessive use of water
from the Jordan River and the Dead Sea itself has led to a continuing drop in
its sea-level. Damages of the decline include the loss of freshwater springs,
occurrence of sinkholes and river bed erosion. As part of international efforts
to save the Dead Sea, the transfer of water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea –
referred to as the “Red Sea-Dead Sea (RSDS) Water Conveyance Project” – has been
proposed and approved feasible by the World Bank.
The workshop aims at
discussing the technical, ecological, political and economic aspects of the
planned RSDS project as well as its potential alternatives. In particular,
possible effects of the project on regional cooperation and transboundary water
management in the Jordan River Basin will be analysed. It includes presentations
from experts from Israel, Jordan, the Palestinian Territories and Germany. For
further information please refer to the attached flyer.
To secure one of
the limited places please register at dinter@bbaw.de (Yvonne Dinter). Please feel
free to forward this invitation to other interested parties.
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Yvonne Dinter Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften Interdisziplinäre Arbeitsgruppe "Gesellschaft-Wasser-Technik" / Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Interdisciplinary Research Group "Society-Water-Technology" Jägerstraße 22/23 10117 Berlin
(email: coordination@glowa.uni-tuebingen.de ; dinter@bbaw.de) Phone: +49 (0)30 20370 643 |
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| Event type | Seminar |
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| Source | Yvonne Dinter, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften Interdisziplinäre Arbeitsgruppe "Gesellschaft-Wasser-Technik" / Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Interdisciplinary Research Group "Society-Water-Technology" Jägerstraße 22/23 10117 Berlin |
| Subject(s) | DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFRASTRUCTURES , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , WATER DEMAND |
| Relation | http://www.bbaw.de |
| Geographical coverage | Germany |
| Address | GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Building H (Room V1-V3) Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam |
| Organizer | The interdisciplinary research group „Society – Water – Technology“ at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities |
| Target audience | International |
| Duration | 9:00 – 18:00 |
| Period | 03/12/2013 |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
