Jamie Skinner, FutureDAMS capacity director and researcher at IIED, features prominently in a new BBC World documentary looking at the big issues concerning dams around the world.
He outlines the importance of making informed choices throughout the life of a dam, from its initial construction, to day to day management and its eventual decommissioning.
Supporting effective long term decision making and incorporating for a wide range of different factors that may change over time is a key theme of the FutureDAMS programme. Watch this space for more as the research gets underway.