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Consulting Services for Studies on Identification of Projects Constituting the First Joint Multi-Purpose Program (JMP-1) on Abay/Blue – Main Nile. Draft SSEA (Strategic Social and Environmental Assessment), Stage I.Vol 1: Main Report.
Date Issued
2011
Status
Open Access
Abstract
The Joint Multipurpose Program (JMP) Phase-1 Identification Study constitutes the draft Strategic Social and Environmental Assessment (SSEA) Study organized into two Volumes (Vol 1- Main Report; and Vol 2 - Baseline).
The overall purpose of the SSEA is to provide an inclusive and participatory assessment of cooperative water resources development in the Abbay/Blue Nile and Main Nile. The outcome is an assessment of the environmental and social issues associated with various development options to allow for informed and transparent decision-making in identification and selection of investments for water resources development.
The SSEA compares water resources development alternatives considering a range of investments from a no-investment level up to a full cooperative development of the water resources of the Abbay in Ethiopia, looking at investment in infrastructure for hydropower generation and multipurpose uses like flood control, irrigation and drought alleviation. It broadly examines connections and impacts of potential development scenarios on the physical, biological, socio-economic, and cultural resources of the region and determines thresholds and tipping points where the impacts, positive or negative, start to be felt basin-wide.
The overall purpose of the SSEA is to provide an inclusive and participatory assessment of cooperative water resources development in the Abbay/Blue Nile and Main Nile. The outcome is an assessment of the environmental and social issues associated with various development options to allow for informed and transparent decision-making in identification and selection of investments for water resources development.
The SSEA compares water resources development alternatives considering a range of investments from a no-investment level up to a full cooperative development of the water resources of the Abbay in Ethiopia, looking at investment in infrastructure for hydropower generation and multipurpose uses like flood control, irrigation and drought alleviation. It broadly examines connections and impacts of potential development scenarios on the physical, biological, socio-economic, and cultural resources of the region and determines thresholds and tipping points where the impacts, positive or negative, start to be felt basin-wide.