SHAASAN – Sustainable Hydropower for Africa, Asia and South America Network aims to improve the sustainability of hydropower by protecting the fisheries on which low-income fishing communities in developing nations depend for food security. This will advance environmental impact mitigation technology and develop more sustainable operations and planning practices. We will disseminate outputs and build research capability to benefit other DAC nations, principally the Least Developed and Lower Middle Income Countries in Africa, Asia, and South America.

Time:11:00-13:00 (UK time), 14:00-16:00 (Kenya time)

Schedule：

Dr Héctor Vera-Alcaraz : Introduction to the SHAASAN Network

15 minutes presentation and 10 minutes comments：

Dr Robin Petersen: Freshwater Ecologist, Kruger National Park - "A simple and effective perspective of improving river connectivity in Kruger National Park."

Dr Gordon O'Brien: University of Mpumalanga, South Africa - "Sustainable hydropower, e-flows and fish in Africa."

Dr Mengiste Abate: Faculty of Civil & Water Resources Engineering Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University - "The Status and Future Prospects of Sustainable Hydropower Development in Ethiopia"

Dr. Frank Masese: Department of Fisheries & Aquatic Science University of Eldoret, Kenya - "Current status and the future of fish passage in Kenya."

This event will be held online, a meeting link will be sent to participants at least 3 days in advance of the event.

The Network is sponsored by the Global Challenges Research Fund

Hosted with ICER - International Centre for Ecohydraulics Research http://www.icer.soton.ac.uk/sustainable-hydropower-network/, CDT Sustainable Infrastructure Systems http://www.cdt-sis.soton.ac.uk/ and CDT Sustainable Infrastructure for Cities https://cdt-sicities.soton.ac.uk