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Resilience Thinking and the Future of Watersheds
Thursday, June 26th, 2014 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. PT
POLIS Water Sustainability Project CreaFng a Blue Dialogue Webinar Series 2013/2014
Thank You to Our Partners & Supporters
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A Few Things Before We Begin
1. Audio 2. QuesFon Period 3. IntroducFons
POLIS Water Sustainability Project CreaFng a Blue Dialogue Webinar Series 2013/2014
Today’s Speakers Ryan Plummer Director, Environmental Sustainability Research Centre Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Resilience Centre
Simon Courtenay ScienFfic Director, Canadian Water Network
POLIS Water Sustainability Project CreaFng a Blue Dialogue Webinar Series 2013/2014
RESILIENCE THINKING & THE FUTURE OF WATERSHEDS
Ryan Plummer a b, Julia Baird a, Katrina Krievins a , Michele-Lee Moore c, Oliver Brandes d
a Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Brock University b Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University
c Water Innovation and Global Governance Lab, University of Victoria d POLIS Project on Ecological Governance
A PARTNER WITH
Conventional Approach to Natural Resource Management
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Command-and-control
Optimization EFFICIENCY
Eliminating redundancies
Maximum sustainable yield Stability
Predictability
Linear relationships
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“It is clear that the environmental problems we face will not be solved using the failed
approaches of the past. But they can be solved if we embrace resilience thinking”
(Walker & Salt, 2006)
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Kristianstads Vattenrike
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Leadership, networks, and bridging organizations
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Social-Ecological Inventory in the St. John River Basin, NB
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Activities for River Health
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Land management planning
Biological monitoring
Water monitoring
Water treatment/management
Riparian and land management activities
Fish passage and population activities
Research and other information gathering
Governance (advisory, council membership)
Advocacy
Outreach and education
Tourism and recreation
Searching/applying for funding
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ENGOs Watershed organizations Municipal government Provincial government Federal government US agencies Industry Private consultants First Nations
Collaboration Network
Legend Government (all levels) Watershed organizations First Nations ENGOs & regional environmental organizations Local environmental associations Consultants & industry
Can Adaptive Capacity in Watershed Groups be Enhanced through Resilience
Practice?
Cowichan River Basin, BC
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Study Context
Hammond River Basin, NB
Aimed to introduce participants to resilience thinking and illustrate how it could be applied in
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Workshop Design
Learning Indicators Type Indicators of learning effects NB BC
Cognitive learning
Acquisition of new knowledge 10-30% improvement
10-30% improvement
Restructuring of existing knowledge Some evidence Some evidence
Normative learning
Changes in norms Moderately Somewhat to moderately
Change in values Somewhat to moderately
Somewhat to moderately
Change in paradigms Moderately Somewhat to moderately
Convergence of group opinion Some evidence None
Relational learning
Improved understanding of mindsets of others
Moderately to a great deal
Moderately to a great deal
Building of relationships Moderately to a great deal Moderately
Enhanced trust and cooperation Moderately Moderately
Learning typology from Baird et al. 2014
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CLIMATE CHANGE
WATER POLLUTION
Increased frequency &
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Rising sea levels
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Inedible shellfish
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Too many users for multiple competing
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Resilience Thinking
NAVIGATING GOVERNANCE
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There is no ‘solution’ or blueprint
Substantial shifts are required, these will NOT be simple or
quick
Learn from experiences & experiments with innovative
governance strategies
Build capacity for resilience, adaptation & transformation
Support & Acknowledgements
*All references and photo captions from this presentation available upon request.
Canadian Watershed Research Consortium
Resilience Thinking & the Future of Watersheds Creating a Blue Dialogue Webinar Series POLIS Project on Ecological Governance
Water Sustainability Project
26 June 2014 Simon Courtenay Scientific Director, CWN
CWN is a national organization that:
• Brings together key decision-makers to determine shared water management needs across municipalities, industry and governments from local to national.
• connects these groups with leading knowledge in a way that addresses the practical realities of water management, and
• ensures that research is actionable and leads to solutions
CWN’s Consortium Approach
• Has included: • Pathogens-in-Groundwater Research Consortium • Canadian Municipal Water Consortium • Secure Source Waters Consortium • Canadian Watershed Research Consortium
Duinker and Greig 2006 Environ. Manage. 37(2)
“Despite a huge amount of talk and a flurry of developmental activity associated with CEA concepts, it has not lived up to its glowing promise of helping to achieve sustainability of diverse valued ecosystem components”
Lorne Greig
Lorne Greig Kelly Munkittrick
Canadian Watershed Research Consortium (2010 - 2015)
• develop 5-6 regional monitoring frameworks and partnerships, across Canada, at the watershed level in support of CEA
• Provide 3 years of seed money each partnership can match for research
• legacy project: partnerships and monitoring programs are expected to continue on beyond CWN funding
Saint John Harbour
SJH Pilot: 2010
Slave River and Delta 2012
Grand River Population growth, water supply & quality
Muskoka River Water quality
Tobacco Creek
Agri-ecosystem sustainability Red River Valley & Lake Winnipeg Basin
North- umber-
land Strait
Declining fisheries & environmental quality Terrestrial impacts on estuaries
, 4 more sites by competition in 2011
The Pilot Project: Saint John Harbour – Environmental Monitoring
Partnership (SJH-EMP)
• Formed February 2010 • Why Saint John Harbour?
- lots of studies done on SJR in CWN phase 1 - projected development as energy hub - management through Canadian Rivers Institute @ UNBSJ
• Seven meetings by November 2010
The Saint John Harbour Environmental Monitoring
Partnership (SJH-EMP)
• ACAP Saint John • Aquila Tours • Bay Ferries Ltd • Canadian Coast Guard • Canaport LNG (Repsol) • Emera, Brunswick Pipeline • Emera, Bayside Power • Enterprise Saint John • Environment Canada (EC)
Environmental Stewardship Branch
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Fundy North Fishermen Association
• Irving Oil • JD Irving • NB Environment • Port Authority • Potash Corp N. B. Division • Saint John Board of Trade • City of Saint John (Water) • Saint John Waterfront
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Who?
Harbour Dredging
Need to maintain advertised chart depth Dredge 250,000 cubic meters annually Port’s single largest expense – $4 Million
Reasons for monitoring Timing Site Condition of approval to operate
Regular Fixed
Condition of EIA Regular Fixed
Government monitoring program
Regular Fixed
Protect public concern Regular Fixed
Dredging requirement Regular Variable (within small areas)
Gulfwatch Annual Fixed
Regulatory decisions Occasional Fixed
Spills or releases Occasional Fixed
Research Occasional Variable
Disposal Intermittent Variable (to be fixed)
Why, When and Where are Partners Monitoring?
Fish Water Quality
Benthos Sediment Quality
Reference Site Birds
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or ‘outer harbour’
Map Existing Monitoring Sites for Each Program
Collect data in the region to meet these needs
Identify and Prioritorize Issues
What to Monitor?
• February 2011 – RFP posted • March 2011 – proposals received, reviewed by international
expert panel for scientific excellence and by SJH-EMP for fit to RFP
• April 2011 – successful proposals announced, projects begin • Fall 2014 – projects end
6 reference sites
If we do all this, where might we be in 5 years?
http://www.healthywaterways.org/EcosystemHealthMonitoringProgram/ ProductsandPublications/AnnualReportCards.aspx
Monitoring and reporting the health of watersheds in
South East Queensland, Australia
Moreton Bay Waterways and Catchments Partnership (Healthy Waterways)
Biological, physical & chemical indicators of water quality at 127 freshwater sites and 248 sites in the estuarine and marine environments
Looking Ahead at the Canadian Watershed Research Consortium:
what is the conversation?
• Development of new nodes • Maintaining partnerships and monitoring programs after
CWN funding • Connecting monitoring to management • Continuing to interact with other nodes in a national
consortium • The role of CWN
[email protected] www.cwn-rce.ca
QuesDon Period
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