INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE

Water Programme, Asia

Dr. Lalita Rammont

GWP-SEA: WRM Financing Workshop

Yangon, Myanmar

3 October 2013

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INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE

Investing in natural infrastructure means investing in people, their capacities and in good governance, including participation

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Water Programme Themes

Integrated Water Resources

Management

Poverty

reduction

Natural

infra-

structu

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Climate

chan

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resilience

Ecosys

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servi

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Particip

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tory go

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nance

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To promote a better understanding of the water regimes in Bangladesh and India to address food, livelihood, biodiversity and climate change concerns.

Ecosystems for Life: A Bangladesh-India InitiativeDialogue for Sustainable Management of Trans-boundary Water Regimes

in South Asia

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Ecosystems for Life: A Bangladesh-India Initiative

Food security, water productivity

and poverty

Climate change impacts

Inland navigation

Environmental security

Biodiversity conservation

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Building River Dialogue and Governance (BRIDGE): 3Ss River Basin

• Enriching information and knowledge sharing platforms

• Enhancing leadership and governance capacities

• Creating cross-sectoral dialogue on transboundary water management

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BRIDGE: 3S River Basin

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Connecting People and Ecosystems in the Indian Himalayas

• Enhancing community-driven water resources management

• Demonstration of improved livelihoods

• Establishing a trans-Himalayan resource base for climate change adaptation strategies

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Mekong Water Dialogues II

To Improved awareness and participation of stakeholders in water-related decision-making processes for sustainable livelihood security, human and ecosystem health

INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE

Mekong Water Dialogues: Approach

Government

Business

Civil Society

(10-14 people)

(National issues, national

consultation meetings, case-

studies)

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River Basin Management in Asia Pacific

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Future initiatives

• Geographic coverage:– Trans-Himalayan region– Tributaries of the Mekong– East Asia

• Themes:– Environmental flows – Trans-boundary water governance– Hydro-diplomacy– Benefit sharing

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More info:

http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/water/resources/toolkits/