Article published in a special feature of Society and Ecology on Restoring Riverine Landscapes.

Presentation to provide an overview of the basic concepts of reoptimization, as well as an introduction to The Global Reoptimization Initiative and NHI and USBR System-Wide Investigation of Central Valley Conjunctive Water Management Opportuniites.

Presentation at the International Symposium on Flood Control & Ecologically Sustainable Hydropower in Beijing, China, 2007.

Presentation at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona, Spain 2008 by The Natural Heritage Institute, IUCN, and the Nature Conservancy

A Technical Guidance Note prepared by staff at the Nature Conservancy and the Natural Heritage Institute as a contribution to the World Bank economic and sector work—mainstreaming environmental flow requirements into water resources investments and policy reforms jointly supported by the Environment Department and the Energy, Transport and Water Department.

In May 2007, NHI and its partners brought together a wide variety of stakeholders in Accra to design the technical investigation of the potential to reoptimize the Akosombo and Kpong Dams to restore ecological functions and livelihoods in the lower Volta river basin.

Presentation given by Gregory Thomas at the First African Water Week (March 2008) on the reoptimization of West African Dams to restore downstream ecosystems & livelihoods.

This paper describes NHI and our partners strategy to restoring a more natural flow pattern downstream of Akosombo and Kpong dam to revitalize the livelihood and ecosystem functions of Volta River and coastal environment. 

In August 2007, NHI and its partners brought together a wide variety of stakeholders for a workshop to design the technical investigation of the potential to reoptimize the operation of Tiga and Challawa Gorge Dams, trrigation systems and other water bodies to restore livelihood and ecological functions in the Hadejia-Nguru-Yobe-Lake Chad basin.

This paper describes the Global Initiative's plans to restore the natural variability of flows into the Hadejia-Nguru wetlands, on which millions of humans' subsistence and livelihoods are dependent.

Presentation given by Gregory Thomas at the First African Water Week (March 2008) on the reoptimization of West African Dams to restore downstream ecosystems & livelihoods.

Building on environmental flow assessments in the Senegal Basin, NHI has developed a plan to examine the extent to which reoptimization techniques can be applied to provide environmental and livelihood benefits, without diminsihing the other benefits provided by the Manantali and Diama dams.

NHI and its partners have developed a conceptual paper detailing a coordinated program to reoptimize the West African Power Pool (WAPP) to provide food production and ecological benefits, as well as potentially improve: water supply reliability, power production and system reliability, flood management, and human health.

NHI is exploring a potential project component in India, which would investigate the potential for reoptimization of Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar Dams on the lower Krishna River basin.