All decisions generally rely on knowledge, experience and lessons learn. Knowledge is actually an essential pillar for decision making for the River Basin Managers and Stakeholders. A good starting point for knowledge acquisition is what we call a “River Basin Profile”. It consists to gather information and data on various topics like physical and geographical location of the river basin, hydrology and meteorology, socio-economy, natural resources and potential development. A river basin profile generally includes a chapter that tends to identify the pressure on natural resources that may result from the expected development.
