Botswana Integrated Water Resources Management & Water

Efficiency Plan

Republic of Botswana

Volume :, May, 2013

Botswana Integrated Water Resources & Water Efficiency Plan Volume 2

Botswana Integrated Water Resources Management &Water Efficiency Plan

May 2013

Volume 2: Appendices

Prepared for: Ministry of Mineral, Energy and Water ResourcesDepartment of Water AffairsPrivate Bag 0029Gaborone, BotswanaTel: +267 395 2241Fax: +267 390 3508

Prepared by: Centre for Applied Research and Aurecon Botswana

Citation: Department of Water Affairs Ministry of Minerals, Energy & Water Resources.(2013). Botswana Integrated Water Resources Management & Water EfficiencyPlan. (L. Dikobe, Ed.) Gaborone, Botswana: Government of Botswana.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................................................................VII

LIST OF FIGURES.....................................................................................................................................VIII

ABBREVIATIONS.......................................................................................................................................IX

1.0. APPENDIX A: SUMMARY OF IWRM WE PLAN CONSULTATION .................................................................. 1

1.1. Sector Consultation ....................................................................................................................... 1

1.1.1. Environment Sector..................................................................................................... 1

1.1.2. Agricultural sector ....................................................................................................... 3

1.1.3. Mining Sector............................................................................................................... 6

1.1.4. Tourism sector............................................................................................................. 9

1.2. District consultations................................................................................................................... 11

1.2.1. South and south western consultations (held in Kang)............................................. 11

1.2.2. Northern North East consultations ......................................................................... 17

1.2.3. East consultations (Palapye)...................................................................................... 21

1.3. Participants in Consultations....................................................................................................... 28

2.0. APPENDIX B SUMMARY OF SELECTED SADCWATER POLICY DOCUMENTS.................................................... 31

2.1. SADC Water Policy and Strategy ................................................................................................. 31

2.2. Other SADC policy notes.............................................................................................................. 34

3.0. APPENDIX C: REVIEW OF TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS IN SADC.......................................................... 35

3.1. Introduction............................................................................................................................... ..35

3.2. International Watercourses: Policy and Conventions ................................................................. 35

3.3. International Legislation.............................................................................................................. 37

3.3.1. UN Convention on the Law of the Non navigational Uses of InternationalWatercourses .............................................................................................................................. 37

3.3.1.1. Part I: Introduction .................................................................................................... 38

3.3.1.2. Part II: General Principles .......................................................................................... 38

3.3.1.3. Part III: Planned Measures......................................................................................... 39

3.3.1.4. Part VI: Protection, Preservation & Management .................................................... 39

3.3.1.5. Part V: Harmful Conditions & Emergency Situations ................................................ 40

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3.3.1.6. Part VI: Miscellaneous Provisions.............................................................................. 40

3.3.1.7. Part VII: Final Clauses ................................................................................................ 40

3.3.2. Draft articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers ............................................... 40

3.3.3. UN Convention to Combat Desertification................................................................ 43

3.3.3.1. Convention Provisions and Priorities......................................................................... 43

3.3.4. Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar).............................. 54

3.4. REGIONAL LEGISLATION .............................................................................................................. 55

3.4.1. Revised Protocol on Shared Watercourses in SADC (2000) ...................................... 55

3.5. Zambezi River Basin..................................................................................................................... 56

3.5.1. Institutional Review (Pietersen and Beekman) ......................................................... 57

3.5.1.1. Organizational Structure ........................................................................................... 58

3.5.1.2. Functions and Mandate............................................................................................. 58

3.5.1.3. Rules on Decision making & Procedure for Dispute Resolution ............................... 59

3.5.1.4. RBO programmes and capacity building processes................................................... 59

3.5.1.5. Comments ................................................................................................................. 60

3.5.2. Zambezi IWRM Strategy and Implementation Plan .................................................. 61

3.5.2.1. Challenges and Development Issues ......................................................................... 61

3.5.3. Zambezi IWRM Strategies ......................................................................................... 64

3.5.3.1. Strategic Options Analysis ......................................................................................... 64

3.5.3.2. Strategies ................................................................................................................... 65

3.5.4. Zambezi IWRM Implementation Plan........................................................................ 77

3.5.4.1. Implementation Plan ................................................................................................. 77

3.5.4.2. Financing Strategy Implementation .......................................................................... 77

3.5.4.3. Coordination and Monitoring.................................................................................... 78

3.5.4.4. Key Follow up Steps .................................................................................................. 79

3.5.5. Recommendations and Actions................................................................................. 79

3.6. Cubango Okavango River Basin................................................................................................... 80

3.6.1. Institutional Review (Pietersen and Beekman) ......................................................... 80

3.6.2. Comments ................................................................................................................. 83

3.6.3. Botswana National Action Plan for the Okavango .................................................... 85

3.6.3.1. Driving factors ........................................................................................................... 86

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3.6.3.2. Priority Areas of Concern .......................................................................................... 87

3.6.4. Management Interventions Botswana Specific Thematic Areas............................ 94

3.6.5. NAP Implementation ................................................................................................. 98

3.6.5.1. Institutional set up for NAP coordination ................................................................. 98

3.6.5.2. Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanisms................................................................. 102

3.6.5.3. Required resources and possible funding ............................................................... 103

3.6.6. Recommendations and Actions............................................................................... 114

3.6.6.1. Botswana National Action Plan for the Zambezi ..................................................... 114

3.6.6.2. Funding .......................