Water, Land and Ecosystems - Southern Asia

Measuring, Understanding and Adapting to Nexus Trade-offs in the 3S River Basins

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 08:11:00 +0000

The purpose of this project is to improve the quality of planning and investment in the 3S region by undertaking activities in three consecutive "streams": i) nexus assessment; ii) capacity building for regional decision-making processes; iii) regional dialogues. IWMIs contribution to this study is primarily to support the nexus assessment. Based largely on literature review and guided by a Technical Advisory Group (TAG), IWMI will contribute to understanding of the current condition in the basin, the principal drivers of change and the likely trade-offs associated with different development options. IWMI will conduct sector assessment, economic assessment and livelihoods assessment each of which will comprise a baseline analyses to understand the current situation and an assessment of possible future trends based on development plans and drivers of change. To the extent possible all data/information will be disaggregated by basin and country.

Contact Person

McCartney, Matthew <m.mccartney@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Donors

U.S. Department of State

Partners

ICEM - International Centre for Environmental Management, IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature, IWMI - International Water Management Institute

Completed

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

Research ThemeVariability, Risks and Competing Uses

Cluster

4.2 Managing Competing Uses and Trade-offs

Regions

Oceania, Southern Asia, Southeast Asia

Countries

Laos

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

Improving sustainability by better incorporating the environment in water trade-off assessments

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

This project will support IWMI researchers who are contributing to international conventions and other prominent fora (e.g. IPBES, Ramsar, JAXA) through application of IWMI research. This involvement contributes to better assessment of trade-offs and how to manage them and highlights the value of WLE related research in an international arena.

Contact Person

McCartney, Matthew <m.mccartney@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Donors

CGIAR

Partners

IPBES - Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, IWMI - International Water Management Institute, JAXA - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Ramsar - The Ramsar Convention Secretariat

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2017 — December 31, 2021

Research ThemeVariability, Risks and Competing Uses

Cluster

4.2 Managing Competing Uses and Trade-offs

Regions

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

Countries

Sri Lanka

Informing Change in the Indus Basin

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 07:58:00 +0000

Interlinked ICIB components include:

1) A virtual knowledge platform with data from all basin countries to address challenge of dispersed data which precludes understanding linkages and trade-offs;

2) Web-based tools to support more informed decision making between and across political and administrative borders; and

3) Facilitating inter-provincial and basin-wide dialogue to generate and share knowledge over important contextual changes, their drivers and opportunities for their management in the basin, including improved cooperation over water management, and adapting to climate change.

Media dialogs on the same for more informed analysis and reporting, and knowledge alignment with policy makers and the public.

Contact Person

Nicol, Alan <a.nicol@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Donors

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

Partners

DFID - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (Department for International Development)(United Kingdom), IWMI - International Water Management Institute

Completed

Start/End dateOctober 01, 2015 — March 31, 2018

Research ThemeVariability, Risks and Competing Uses

Cluster

4.2 Managing Competing Uses and Trade-offs

Regions

Southern Asia

Countries

Afghanistan, China, India, 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

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

Innovative Risk Management Solutions for Floods and Drought to support national strategies for Disaster Risk Reduction in South Asia

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 06:24:00 +0000

The main aim of this project is to develop a framework to help institutions in South Asian countries reduce vulnerability and strengthen preparedness to droughts. The project will advance the existing prototype of drought forecasting and warning that includes the science of monitoring and forecasting and can provide information on how different groups can use the forecasts to support their decision-making. On the risk transfer solutions on flood insurance project we will investigate business models and the establishment of an enabling institutional framework to contribute to development at meaningful scales. Further, the index insurance, will enable the poor to access financial tools for development, properly prepare for, and recover from flood disasters. Other activities include rapid emergency response mapping during major flood disasters to support disaster agencies in relief and impact assessment as well as a range of capacity building activities to brief national stakeholders and strengthen national strategies for Disaster Risk Reduction in South Asia.

Contact Person

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

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Donors

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd.

Partners

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, ICAR - Indian Council of Agricultural Research, IWMI - International Water Management Institute, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Lao PDR), MPKV - Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, SAARC - South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, The World Bank, UN-SPIDER - United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response, WFP - World Food Programme, WRMS - Weather Risk Management Services Private Limited

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2017 — December 31, 2021

Research ThemeVariability, Risks and Competing Uses

Cluster

4.1 Risks associated with water variability mitigated

Regions

Global, Southern Asia, Southeast Asia, Southern Africa

Countries

Afghanistan, India, Myanmar, South Africa, Sri Lanka

From documenting impacts to enabling actions: Strengthening capacity for incorporating malaria control into planning and management of water infrastructure

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 06:17:00 +0000

Building on a much-publicized WLE project establishing relationships between dams and malaria in Africa, this work will generate and promote adoption of guidance that improves the way in which water infrastructure is planned and managed, to enhance the contributions of such infrastructure to health, food security and the environment. Specifically, the work will determine and compare the malaria impacts of large and small dams in Africa, as well as assign importance major variables presumed to influence variation in such impacts, to generate predictive guidelines for infrastructure planning and management. These guidelines will in turn be disseminated to basin authorities in Africa.

Contact Person

Lautze, Jonathan <j.lautze@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Donors

CGIAR

Partners

IWMI - International Water Management Institute

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

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

Resource Recovery from waste for Reuse (RRR) Capacity development and Outreach

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 05:59:00 +0000

This project supports the development of RRR curriculum, RRR/RUL publication series, an RRR tool box, global databases (with FAO) and the outreach of Flagship 3 at major conferences. In addition, GlobE - UrbanFood Plus is mapped to this overarching project.

GlobE - UrbanFood Plus

IWMI is contributing regional expertise on urban food systems and nutrient flows to different sub-projects (SPs) of the larger GlobE (Urban Food Plus) project , in particular for the supervision of PhD students, support of field trials and activity backstopping. This is the second part of of the ongoing 5 year project, co-funded by BMBF and BMZ.

Contact Person

Drechsel, Pay <p.drechsel@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Donors

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

University of Kassel

CGIAR

Partners

AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology, CEWAS, IWMI - International Water Management Institute, Ministry of Agriculture (Sri Lanka), RUAF - RUAF Foundation, UNEP / UN Enviroment - The United Nations Environment Programme

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2017 — December 31, 2021

Research ThemeRural-Urban Linkages

Cluster

3.2 Business Options for Nutrient, Water and Energy Recovery and Reuse

Regions

Global, Southern Asia, Western Africa

Countries

Burkina Faso, Ghana, India, Sri Lanka

Support of RRR Business Development, Implementation and Scaling-up

Amanda — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 05:47:00 +0000

This project combines several smaller projects on RRR investment climate analysis, business models, and gender analysis. The activities are as follows:

Septage Management & Collection Pattern: Septage Characterisation and Study on Septage Management & Collection Pattern for Negombo Municipality (NEWRI)

To carry out septage characterisation for Negombo Municipality in Sri Lanka to develop a plan for implementation phase of the project.

Solid waste management in North SL-Ph II

The objective of the intervention is to strengthen the integrated solid waste management process and build the capacities of the local authorities in safe wastewater management, water quality monitoring and coordination in the districts of Batticaloa, Vavuniya and Mannar; The expected outputs of the project are 1. Training of relevant stakeholders to support sustainability of compost plants in Batticaloa district; 2. Assessment of effectiveness of wastewater treatment systems (a. Vavuniya town and b. Vavuniya Hospital), local operational capacity, and the need to include further infrastructure measures for health and environmental risks mitigation; 3. Recommendations on adapting existing training and capacity building initiatives of the local stakeholders involved with or responsible for the provision of wastewater management services in the Vavuniya district, also in view of sanitation safety planning; and 4. Recommendations on sustainable municipal solid waste management strategies for the Mannar district.

Training Program for FSM

The program targets existing entrepreneurs and organizations to move into treatment and re-use solutions in sanitation, by lowering the barriers and risks to move into this sector. The program will provide technical assistance, leverage existing infrastructure as much as possible (reducing capex

funding dependency at an early stage) and enable local business partners in developing viable business models. These business models will be based on existing business models and innovations from around the globe and adapted / replicated to the local Indian context. In the context of this program, Enviu wishes to award a sub grant to IWMI for its international network and expertise in the field of Fecal Sludge Management (FSM) business models, execution of feasibility studies and technical support to entrepreneurs.

RRR impact and up-scaling

The goal of the programme is to reduce rural poverty and improve the sustainability of food production and environmental security in Africa by addressing multiple aspects of development in landscapes, river basins and regions. The overarching objectives of this multifaceted programme are to: Improve food, environmental security and governance in selected areas through simultaneous development of multiple ecosystem services (soil, water, biodiversity); Improve water and soil nutrient management at landscape and basin scales to support rural and peri-urban livelihoods; Enhance local stakeholder capacities to take informed decisions on the provision of services and goods related to adopting effective agricultural water management solutions and other innovations pertinent to resource management practices, institutions and policies.

Contact Person

Nikiema, Josiane <j.nikiema@cgiar.org>

Lead Center

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Partners

IWMI - International Water Management Institute, JVL - Jekora Ventures Ltd

Completed

Start/End dateJanuary 01, 2017 — December 31, 2021

Research ThemeRural-Urban Linkages

Cluster

3.2 Business Options for Nutrient, Water and Energy Recovery and Reuse

Regions

Southern Asia, Western Africa

Countries

Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka

Water, Land and Ecosystems - Southern Asia

Measuring, Understanding and Adapting to Nexus Trade-offs in the 3S River Basins

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Lead Center

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

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Lead Center

Donors

Partners

Improving sustainability by better incorporating the environment in water trade-off assessments

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Lead Center

Donors

Partners

Informing Change in the Indus Basin

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Lead Center

Donors

Partners

Sustainable Groundwater

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Lead Center

Donors

Partners

New approaches to monitoring and managing floods and droughts in India

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Lead Center

Donors

Partners

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Innovative Risk Management Solutions for Floods and Drought to support national strategies for Disaster Risk Reduction in South Asia

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From documenting impacts to enabling actions: Strengthening capacity for incorporating malaria control into planning and management of water infrastructure

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Resource Recovery from waste for Reuse (RRR) Capacity development and Outreach

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Support of RRR Business Development, Implementation and Scaling-up

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