The DRIFT method is designed to capture all kinds of knowledge (data, global literature, expert opinion and local wisdom) and use it in a transparent way. In such situations DRIFT provides for incorporation of local knowledge and understanding of the ecosystem and its biota (e.g. South Africa, Tanzaniaand Pakistan).īasin level projects where DRIFT has been used include the Okavango Basin (Angola, Namibia and Botswana), Senqu River (Lesotho/South Africa) Pangani Basin (Tanzania), Luangwa Basin (Zambia), and the Mekong Basin (Lao, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia).ĭRIFT was developed in a developing country and has been adapted to cater for situations where decision-making must address the livelihood needs of communities, who are often highly dependent on river ecosystems, and where data availability is poor. DRIFT has been recognised as a good practice EFlows methodology by international lenders such as the World Bank, ADB, IFC several global conservation NGOs (e.g. Increasingly we are approached by global donor agencies, governments and dam developers to apply DRIFT in river-basin planning exercises, transboundary water planning and monitoring, transboundary conflict resolution and as inputs to dam design, location and operation. Basin-level environmental flow assessments typically evaluate the current baseline flow (water and sediment) conditions with the aim of informing the potential for future development in a catchment or for evaluating the impacts of one or more proposed developments, DRIFT has been applied at a basin level and project level for a large number of studies in Africa and several in Asia.

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