Challenges for Transboundary River Management in Eastern Europe – Three Case Studies

Krengel, F.; Bernhofer, C.; Chalov, S.; Efimov, V.; Efimova, L.; Gorbachova, L.; Habel, M.; Helm, B.; Kruhlov, I.; Nabyvanets, Y.; Osadcha, N.; Osadchyi, V.; Pluntke, T.; Reeh, T.; Terskii, P.; Karthe, D.

Авторы: Fabian Krengel, Christian Bernhofer, Sergey Chalov, Vasily Efimov, Ludmila Efimova, Liudmila Gorbachova, Michal Habel, Björn Helm, Ivan Kruhlov, Yuri Nabyvanets, Natalya Osadcha, Volodymyr Osadchyi, Thomas Pluntke, Tobias Reeh, Pavel Terskii, Daniel Karthe
Журнал: Die Erde
Номер: 149
Год издания: 2018
Издательство: Gesellschaft fur erdkunde zu Berlin
Местоположение издательства: Germany
Первая страница: 157
Последняя страница: 172
DOI: 10.12854/erde-2018-389
Аннотация: The transboundary river basins shared between Russia, Ukraine and the European Union pose unique challenges for management because of differences regarding not only the legal framework but also related to monitoring practices and water utilization. Using the example of three river basins – the Desna (shared by Russia and Ukraine), the Western Dvina (shared by Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia) and the Western Bug (shared by Ukraine, Belarus and Poland) – this paper provides an analysis of current challenges regarding transboundary water resources management in Eastern Europe. This assessment is based on a comparison of similarities and disparities regarding the physical and human geography of the basins (and their national sub-basins) as well as specific problems related to water pollution caused by urban, agricultural and industrial water usage both in the recent past and today. All three catchments have a similar climate as well as size and typical discharge characterized by spring floods. However, there are different challenges regarding up- and downstream sections of the respective basins: Pollution input in the Western Bug originates primarily from upstream sources in Ukraine and Belarus, whereas ecological problems in the Desna and Western Dvina persist principally downstream, i.e. in Ukraine respectively Belarus and Latvia. Despite some differences between the basins, it is concluded that interstate cooperation is an important prerequisite for integrated water resources management (IWRM) in all basins. This analysis identified several key challenges related to start or continue with IWRM, including pollution mitigation, improved monitoring, appropriate governance, capacity development and system modeling.
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