In 2008, the Sudanese and Egyptian governments decided to resume work on the Jonglei Canal project, which had been abandoned for 24 years. This project in southern Sudan plans to by-pass, and thus drain, part of the wetlands of the Bahr al-Jabal and Bahr az-Zaraf rivers into the White Nile.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/post-jonglei-planning-southern-sudan-combining-environment-development
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/adil-mustafa-ahmad
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/environment-urbanisation
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystems
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wetlands
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nile
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-distribution
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sea-level-rise
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/conflicts
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hydrology
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/egypt
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sudan
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/statistics