A groundbreaking database developed by the Global Dam Watch (GDW) consortium is set to transform the global understanding of dams and reservoirs.
A groundbreaking database developed by the Global Dam Watch (GDW) consortium is set to transform the global understanding of dams and reservoirs.
Co-ordinated and led by members of a research lab at McGill University, with funding from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the World Bank, the database integrates existing global datasets to provide the most comprehensive resource for large-scale analyses to date.
River barriers, ranging from large dams to small locks, weirs, or barrages, play an essential role in water supply, flood control, hydro-electric power production and navigation, but also have ecological consequences, including fragmenting river ecosystems and disrupting sediment flow. With the GDW database, researchers and policy-makers can perform large-scale analyses of these trade-offs, leading to more sustainable and better informed water-management practices.
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