Water, Land and Ecosystems - 4.1 Risks associated with water variability mitigated

Conservation of Biodiversity and Ecosystems Functions and improved well-being of Highland and Lowland Communities within Bale Eco Region (BER)

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:38:00 +0000

This project addresses the negative impacts of population dynamics, climate change and unsustainable land use, resulting in natural resource degradation and further food and nutrition insecurity in the Bale Eco Region, Ethiopia. The research component acknowledges the principle role that water plays in sustaining ecosystem services and dependent livelihoods which are interlinked between highland with lowland communities. The project includes the setting up of watershed monitoring platforms and systems, piloting of soil and water conservation interventions, while building human and institutional capacity at all levels (https://eastafrica.iwmi.cgiar.org/)

Contact Person

Haileslassie, Amare <a.haileslassie@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Partners

Farm Africa, ILRI - International Livestock Research Institute, IWMI - International Water Management Institute

Completed

Start/End dateSeptember 07, 2015 — March 01, 2018

Research ThemeVariability, Risks and Competing Uses

Cluster

4.1 Risks associated with water variability mitigated

Countries

Ethiopia

Sustainable Water Resources Development in Western Nepal Through Ensuring Resilient Freshwater Ecosystem Services

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:33:00 +0000

The overall goal of this project is to promote sustainable water resources development in Western Nepal through balancing economic growth, social justice and healthy, resilient ecosystems. The geographic focus of this activity will be the watershed basins and sub-basins within the Mid-western and Far-western Development Regions of Nepal, with a particular focus on the Karnali basin including the Mahana sub-basin in the Terai and the Mahakali basin. Three objectives are proposed to achieve this goal: The construction of a sound knowledge base on the current state and use of ecosystems and their services and the impact of climate change as well as other drivers of future change in west Nepal to identify key information and knowledge gaps. The development and application of tools, models and approaches (taking into consideration opportunities and risks) for sustainable water resources development under current state and future scenarios at the basin and local community scale. Support the development of integrated policy and management guidelines on options and technologies for sustainable water-infrastructure development for government and local communities. Visit the project website.

Contact Person

Bharati, Luna <l.bharati@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Partners

Duke University, IWMI - International Water Management Institute, KU - Kathmandu University

Completed

Start/End dateApril 01, 2016 — January 01, 2020

Research ThemeVariability, Risks and Competing Uses

Cluster

4.1 Risks associated with water variability mitigated

Countries

Nepal

Strategic Basin Assessment of Brahmaputra System in Northeast India/Basin modeling of the Brahmaputra river system in Bangladesh and India

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:29:00 +0000

The objectives of this project is to gain a better understanding of the dynamics of the Brahmaputra river basin from a system-wide perspective, by creating a knowledge base and suite of modeling tools that can be used to examine the potential development in the basin and attendant impacts, and support an information-based dialogue within and between riparian basin entities. This study would focus on assessment of Brahmaputra basin including all tributaries upstream of Dhubri in North East India, and take note of the hydrology of the shared basin upstream of India. Some of the project activities include: (i) Developing a robust basin-wide knowledge base and simulation model suite for water resources assessment and strategic planning for the entire Brahmaputra basin in India; (ii) Analyzing strategic development issues, and develop possible impact scenarios. (iii) Establishing and facilitating a multi-stakeholder consultation process (inside and outside of government) to guide and share the work above; and (iv) Building capacity in central and state agencies through training, and ensuring wide access to the models and analyses and supporting documentation.

Contact Person

Mutuwatte, Lal <l.mutuwatte@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Partners

IWMI - International Water Management Institute

Completed

Start/End dateAugust 31, 2016 — November 30, 2017

Research ThemeVariability, Risks and Competing Uses

Cluster

4.1 Risks associated with water variability mitigated

Countries

Bangladesh, India

Increasing the reliability and availability of water in the mountain watersheds of Nepal (Hydrological monitoring of mountain watersheds in Nepal)

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:25:00 +0000

The Building Climate Resilience of Watersheds in Mountain Eco-Regions (BCRWME) project, lead by the Department of Soil Conservation and Watershed Management is one of five components in Nepal's Strategic Program for Climate Resilience (SPCR). The BCRWME project aims to provide access to more reliable water resources for domestic purposes and irrigation for communities living in the watersheds of Nepal river systems, which are significantly vulnerable to climate change. The waterhseds selected lie in 6 districts in the Far Western Development Region: Achham, Baitaidi, Bajhang, Bajura, Dadeldhura and Doti. IWMI will be assessing the hydrological impacts of watershed management and interventions. Lessons learned from this project will be incorporated into Nepal's water sector development plans that will be used for future replication and up-scaling. Visit the project webpage.

Contact Person

Bharati, Luna <l.bharati@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Donors

Nordic Development Fund (NDF)

Partners

IOF - Tribhuvan University Institute of Forestry, IWMI - International Water Management Institute, MOFSC - Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation (Nepal), NIH - National Institute of Hydrology

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2015 — January 31, 2021

Cluster

4.1 Risks associated with water variability mitigated

Countries

Nepal

Index-based Flood insurance: addressing questions of equity

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 08:23:00 +0000

The project will build on 2018-2019 learning from India and Bangladesh strengthening understanding of how gender and intersectionality influences access to and use of WII across agriculture and livestock. The project will apply and test the solutions to make the weather index insurance is more socially inclusive in the IWMI insurance product and also working with other practitioners and private insurers in the region. The research will be built on conducting household survey in Sri Lanka where recommended solutions are to be implemented in the WLE/MAFF funded drought monitoring project in the Northcentral dry zone. The W1/W2 funds will be used to increase the depth of the existing works. We plan to expand the learning from agriculture to livestock conducting third-party case studies across Asia and Africa. The case studies will be selected considering the contextual differences and implementation models that could make influences to equitable access to weather insurance for underprivileged including women, landless and marginal farmers. The study would also focus on how institutional mechanisms and other strategies adopted helps to reduce distributive and procedural inequities. The proceedings of the virtual meeting (Webinar) planned in December 2020 would help to identify barriers to the uptake of insurance programs among smallholder and marginalized agricultural laborers in the government, private, and donor organizations in the region and pinpoint opportunities in market-led insurance programs in 2021 with follow up activities for guideline adoption.

Contact Person

Aheeyar, Mohamed <m.aheeyar@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Donors

CGIAR

Partners

IWMI - International Water Management Institute

Start/End dateFebruary 01, 2017 — December 01, 2021

Research ThemeGender, Youth and Inclusivity

Cluster

4.1 Risks associated with water variability mitigated

Countries

Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka

Demonstrating and promoting an innovative landscape-based solution for flood capture and subsurface storage

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 08:02:00 +0000

UTFI, an innovative landscape-based solution for addressing multiple water variability related challenges (floods, droughts, groundwater depletion), and enhancing the resilience and livelihoods of smallholder communities, is being demonstrated and evaluated in depth across diverse settings. This is intended to create the evidence-base needed to gain acceptance and support the uptake of UTFI interventions by policy and decision makers in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Contact Person

Pavelic, Paul <p.pavelic@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Donors

CGIAR

Partners

HRNS - Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung, IWMI - International Water Management Institute, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Vietnam)

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2017 — December 31, 2020

Research ThemeVariability, Risks and Competing Uses

Cluster

4.1 Risks associated with water variability mitigated

Regions

Southern Asia, Southeast Asia

Countries

India, Vietnam

Enhanced Engagement in Research on Kabul River Basin (EKaRB)

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 07:52:00 +0000

The project aims to assess the impact of projected climate change and future infrastructure development on the flow of the Kabul River using the Hec-GeoHMS model (rainfall runoff) and Water Evaluation and Planning WEAP model. The use of these models will point out the shortcomings in data, its availability and quality so that an effort could be made to overcome these issues in future.

Contact Person

Shah, Azeem <a.shah@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Partners

Government of United States, IWMI - International Water Management Institute

Completed

Start/End dateNovember 01, 2015 — January 31, 2020

Research ThemeVariability, Risks and Competing Uses

Cluster

4.1 Risks associated with water variability mitigated

Countries

Afghanistan, Pakistan

Sustainable Groundwater

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 06:42:00 +0000

The project takes an inter-disciplinary approach to understanding groundwater resources availability (renewability and storage) and variability/trends, dependence on the resource for agriculture and related uses, livelihoods and pathways to sustainable use in cooperation with local, national and international partners. It investigates the transboundary issues related to internationally shared aquifers and how joint approaches can build trust and further impetus for cooperation around long-term sustainability and use of the aquifer resources for increased resilience in the face of climate change.

This project supports RAMOTSWA, Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP), and liaises with UN-Water and other global international organisations on issue of sustainable groundwater use.

Activities under this project include:

Groundwater Futures in SSA Phase 2

GroFutures will apply new geophysical techniques and compile long-term observations of groundwater levels from the Network of Groundwater Obsevatories (NAGO) to substantially improve knowledge of the renewability and volume of groundwater in Sub-Saharan Africa.

GroFutures will also develop an inclusive, participatory framework for groundwater governance in which the views of poor women and men are considered together with the trade-offs associated with groundwater development pathways.

Resilience in the Limpopo Basin: the Potential Role of the Transboundary Ramotswa Aquifer (RAMOTSWA)

The overall objective of the project is to support a long-term joined vision and cooperation on the shared groundwater resources of the upper Limpopo region where the states potentially share significant and valuable freshwater underground resources as well as space for enhanced water storage. The project will facilitate joint management and better groundwater governance focused on coordination, scientific knowledge, social redress and environmental sustainability, in order to reduce poverty and inequities and to increase prosperity, livelihoods and food security in face of climate chance and variability.

Understanding Recharge in the Limpopo River Basin (GRECHLIM)

The GRECHLIM project will increase the capacity to assess groundwater resources, and in particular groundwater recharge, among students at the University of the Witwatersrand. It will also contribute to improving methodologies and practices for groundwater assessments and management among the national and local partners responsible for water supply and management in the Limpopo River Basin.

Transboundary Ramotswa Aquifer -II

The overall objective of the RAMOTSWA Project is to support a long-term joint vision and cooperation on the shared groundwater resources of the Limpopo River Basin and build a community of practice around transboundary aquifer management in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region. The project will facilitate joint management and better groundwater governance focused on coordination, scientific knowledge, social redress and environmental sustainability, in order to reduce poverty and inequities and to increase prosperity, livelihoods and food security in the face of current climate variability future climate change.

Contact Person

Villholth, Karen <k.villholth@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Donors

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

CGIAR

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom

Partners

AGWT - American Ground Water Trust, Aquamatters, AWARD - African Women in Agricultural Research and Development, AWDROP - Association of Water Well Drilling Rig Owners and Practitioners, AWRA - American Water Resources Association, BGR - Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe / Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, BGS - British Geological Survey, CAWR - Center for Advanced Water Research, DHI, GEF - Global Environment Facility, Government of Botswana, Government of Denmark, Government of South Africa, Government of Uttar Pradesh (India), Government of Zimbabwe, HRNS - Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung, IAH - International Association of Hydrogeologists, ICAR - Indian Council of Agricultural Research, IDS - Institute of Development Studies, IGES - Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, IRHA - International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance, IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature, IWMI - International Water Management Institute, KickStart International, MetaMeta, NCGRT - National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, NERC - Natural Environment Research Council, NGWA - National Ground Water Association, NUOL - National University of Laos, OKACOM - The Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commissio, OSS - Sahara and Sahel Observatory (Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel), Peace Parks Foundation, SADC-GMI - South African Development Community - Groundwater Management Institute, Sanitech, SANParks - South African National Parks, SKAT - Swiss Resource Centre and Consultancies for Development (Skat Consulting Ltd.), SuSanA - Sustainable Sanitation Alliance, SWM - Smart Water Metering, SYSU - Sun Yat-Sen University , TU Dresden - University of Dresden, UB - University of Botswana, UCL - University College London, UCPH - University of Copenhagen, UNDP - United Nations Development Programme, UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, University of Strathclyde, University of the Western Cape, UNL - University of Nebraska, UNU-INWEH - United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health , USAID - U.S. Agency for International Development, WUC - Water Utilities Corporation (Botswana), ZAMCOM - Zambezi Watercourse Commission

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2015 — December 31, 2021

Research ThemeVariability, Risks and Competing Uses

Cluster

4.1 Risks associated with water variability mitigated

Regions

Eastern Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Southern Asia, Southeast Asia, Southern Africa, Western Africa

Countries

Botswana, Ethiopia, India, Laos, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam

Mapping the water situation, monitoring the availability of water and the impact on livelihoods in Seven SADC Countries

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 06:32:00 +0000

The proposed Project will undertake mapping and monitoring of the extent of surface water and droughts in the sub region, with particular focus on countries identified to be at highest risk: Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Contact Person

Mapedza, Everisto <e.mapedza@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Donors

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Partners

IWMI - International Water Management Institute

Completed

Start/End dateDecember 01, 2016 — July 31, 2017

Research ThemeVariability, Risks and Competing Uses

Cluster

4.1 Risks associated with water variability mitigated

Countries

Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

New approaches to monitoring and managing floods and droughts in India

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 06:28:00 +0000

This project combines two W3 funding streams: i) Index Based Flood Insurance (IBFI) and post flood management in India, ICAR; and Integration of Drought Monitoring in Drought Management plans for selected states in India. IWMI has developed the South Asia Drought Monitoring System (SADMS) to provide information of drought severity situation, but still new technologies are required to enable early adaptation in agriculture to predict drought events for appropriate decisions. Drought forecasting system and climate change (CC) impact evaluation would support decision-making, and in addition, strategies to manage and strengthen agriculture-water management, which could mitigate drought risk. ICAR-IWMI collaboration on managing floods and drought will strengthen research, development and improvement of currently operational SADMS and IBFI programme. One of the major activities will be to validate the SADMS at diverse agro-bio-physical settings to evaluate and improve its monitoring capability. One of the key thrusts of this initiative is incorporating spatio-temporal drought information from SADMS into overall drought management and planning at selected validation districts scale. We will test the potential of SADMS to ensure seamless exchange of captured drought information to stakeholders at selected districts for development of disaster mitigation plans. Developing innovative technologies to mitigate flood damages to agriculture with application of post-flood management measures such as flood-resistant crop introduction and bio-drainage.

Contact Person

Amarnath, Giriraj <a.giriraj@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Donors

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd.

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

Partners

BAU - Bihar Agricultural University, Government of India, ICAR - Indian Council of Agricultural Research, IWMI - International Water Management Institute, TNAU - Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2017 — January 31, 2020

Research ThemeVariability, Risks and Competing Uses

Cluster

4.1 Risks associated with water variability mitigated

Regions

Southern Asia

Countries

India, Sri Lanka

Water, Land and Ecosystems - 4.1 Risks associated with water variability mitigated

Conservation of Biodiversity and Ecosystems Functions and improved well-being of Highland and Lowland Communities within Bale Eco Region (BER)

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Lead Center

Partners

Sustainable Water Resources Development in Western Nepal Through Ensuring Resilient Freshwater Ecosystem Services

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Lead Center

Partners

Strategic Basin Assessment of Brahmaputra System in Northeast India/Basin modeling of the Brahmaputra river system in Bangladesh and India

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Lead Center

Partners

Increasing the reliability and availability of water in the mountain watersheds of Nepal (Hydrological monitoring of mountain watersheds in Nepal)

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Partners

Index-based Flood insurance: addressing questions of equity

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