Breaking myths about transboundary floods
This overview document provides insights to impacts of transboundary floods as well as ways to improve risk reduction and solutions to flood management.
Key points include ways to improve collaboration and risk reduction in the transboundary river basins in the Hindu Kush Himalaya:
- The way a problem/issue is defined has to resonate with stakeholders supported by scientific evidence
- The media can help break myths and create a conducive environment for improved collaboration
- Breakthrough in the policy making process can occur at different levels, including the scientific level
- A regional guideline/framework needs to be outlined and agreed upon, based on which national/provincial policies will be framed
- Quantification of impacts of disasters and cost of non-cooperation can be communicated with policy makers