Nile Delta ICZM

What are some facts about the Nile Delta? (GDP, extreme weather events)

The Nile delta, accounts for 20% of Egypt’s GDP through agriculture, industry and fishing

 

 

The number of extreme weather events inducing casualties and economic losses has increased significantly in Egypt over the last 10 years.

What is being done to protect the Nile Delta? (dikes)

Will protect 17 million people, installation of 69 km of low cost dikes system across the Nile Delta shores.

They are designed to look like natural coastal features or dunes and are designed to trap sand to encourage dune growth and reuse existing dredging materials that would have otherwise entered the marine environment.

 

What is being done to protect the Nile Delta (ICZM)

For example, an agriculture drainage system - located north of Bar-Bahry - will improve the productivity of approximately 1,000 acres north of the coastal highway and raise income for at least 500 families.

An urban drainage system in Al-aqoula village (1,500 inhabitants) will protect the main roads from excessive rains.

Landscape and leisure zones will be rehabilitated and fortified within the coastal protection works north of the new Damietta city. Has the potential to have positive social impacts.

Who are the key players?

Green Climate Fund, supporting Egyptian government

UNDP, supporting Egyptian government

 

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), did a 2007 report on the vulnerability of the Nile delta

 

 

Egyptian ministry of water resources and irrigation partnered with UNDP and Green Climate Fund (GCF) to launch a new climate project (the dikes)

 

 

How has this affected the Nile Delta?

10% of the dikes have been installed, December 2020 put to the test when the country witnessed a severe storm, the dikes successfully blocked an unexpected sea surge at the Nile Delta shores.