67th webinar of the Hebd'Eau series entitled "The governance of the Niger River in the context of climate change" with Nientao Mamadou
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Dr. Nientao Mamadou has a doctorate in International Public Law from the University of Seville (Spain), he is a Teacher-Researcher at the University of Legal and Political Sciences of Bamako (Mali). Thesis topic: the legal regime of the Niger River Head of the Laboratory of Studies and Research in Law, Decentralization and Local Development (LERDDL) and associate researcher with several research centers. His areas of expertise are: international governance of natural resources, international development law, local development, the right to food, land law, human rights, conflict management, international relations etc.
Africa is a continent of choice for international river basins. It has about sixty transboundary basins covering nearly 40% of the continent and shared by almost all African states. The rivers and wetlands of Africa play fundamental economic, social and environmental roles. The Niger River is one of the most important rivers in the African region and is extremely affected by the effects of climate and anthropogenic changes to the extent that the future of this basin is compromised. This presentation provides a welcome and necessary insight into the governance of international rivers in Africa through the example of the Niger River from the perspective of climate change and many other issues. Since the basin's resources are present in all environments (natural, urban, fisheries, livestock, industrial, agricultural, etc.) and are of interest to all institutional levels and a wide range of stakeholders, its governance involves multi-level models. The diversity of its uses and actors, the risk of conflicts and the inherent complexity of the hydrological cycle pose governance challenges in the Niger Basin. In addition, this river is at the heart of the development of the riparian countries. Finally, it is necessary to make concrete proposals to improve the governance of international rivers following the IWRM approach.
The presentation will be made in French
