BASINc
Carbon Sinks
Transboudary River Catchments
Complex Adaptive Systems
Carbon Sinks
Transboudary River Catchments
Complex Adaptive Systems
The Basin Adaptive Systems Integration Network Complex (BASINc), Africa:
We are in a new era of sustainability. Our rivers are under threat from climate change, pollution, and mismanagement. We need to act now! AEDI posited the BASINc as an overarching ordering framework through which we structure work towards a common purpose.
We are in a new era of sustainability. Our rivers are under threat from climate change, pollution, and mismanagement. We need to act now! AEDI posited the BASINc as an overarching ordering framework through which we structure work towards a common purpose.
River basins are carbon sinks. This is not a new concept, but it is one that is becoming more important as we find ourselves in need of additional sinks to absorb the excess carbon we are emitting into the atmosphere.River basins are complex adaptive systems that operate within or across multiple intersecting social-ecological systems (SES) at local and regional scales. They have a large impact on water quality and quantity, food production, habitat and biodiversity, sedimentation and erosion processes, climate change adaptation strategies, and more.
In Africa, rivers are a powerful force that connects people, cultures and communities. The continent has 54 political states, and those states share 63 transboundary river basins. These intersections of borders within the basin systems are what allow for the reconstruction of meaning of borders and prioritizing complex adaptive systems over geo-political or sovereign interests.
We believe that by making river basins net positive carbon sinks we can contribute to improved river basin performance as a potential carbon sink.
We plan to use this framework to select and prioritize projects that will help improve river basin performance as a potential carbon sink.
TRANSITION DESIGN
AEDI STUDIO BERLIN, JOHANNESBURG.
AEDI STUDIO BERLIN, JOHANNESBURG.