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Sustaining the Nile Basin Water Resources for Posterity

04 Jun 2014 | by nilebasin.org
The Nile Basin is blessed with natural resources; but how can the 11 Nile riparian countries (Burundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda) that share this common resource ensure that they do not become resource scarce?
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Tree planting along Nyangores River bank in Tanzania, in commemoration of Nile Day 2011. Forests absorb about 15% of the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions.