A new comic book will bring results of a multi-year study of the Cubango-Okavango river system to an unusual audience – youth between 10 and 17.

Conclusion of an agreement over joint management is critical to resolving conflicts in the Incomati and Maputo river basins.

Floods are usually viewed as a threat, but a cyclical increase in the Okavango’s flooding has increased biodiversity and tourism in the area.

Energy expert Catherine Fedorsky says that since so much energy in the region is generated by a limited resource – water – and it is all the more important that countries find a fair way of sharing it.

With 93 percent of Africa’s water in transboundary basins, most parties are coming to appreciate how benefit sharing provides opportunities to for optimal water management, says David Phillips.

LIMCOM has found that intensive use of water [mainly by South African industries] might be one of the factors influencing a decline in water levels downstream.

A “benefit sharing” approach to managing Southern Africa’s river basins promises to accomplish nothing less than to make more water.

The concept of virtual water means thinking of an agricultural product – or other commodity – in terms of the amount of water required to produce it.