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The Kashmir Catfish and the DamHassan Bukhari
December 3, 2016
13th Annual Fulbright and Humphrey Alumni Conference
Can Pakistan afford Sustainability?
5-10 years
Biophysical
Impacts Manifest
10-15 years
Socioeconomic
Impacts Manifest
15-20 years
Communities
Organize
20 – 30 years
Mess of a Dam
International Finance Corporation
Performance standard requirement
• After construction of a dam:
First step in sustainability
• Ensure Environmental Flows
• Environmental flows describe the quantity, timing, and quality of
water flows required to sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems
and the human livelihoods and well-being that depend on these ecosystems
Rivers are Complicated Systems!MAR
Do
Dd
Dq
Fo
Fd
Fq
Fv
T2s
Ddv
Fdv
mxiDry
diDry
mxiT1
diT1
mxiWet
diWet
raiDry
raiT1
raiWet
raiT2
CWidth
PDepth
Clarity
Erosion
FineCoarse
Sandbars
Rockreefs
BARRIER
pH
TSS
ALK
SO4
NO32
NH4N
DO
TOTN
PO4P
TOTP
Si
COD
Salinity
Temp
avChV
maxCQ
minCQ
CSS
Slope
Elevation
avFpV
maxFpV
minFpD
Inun2C
InunArea
FpD
SedConc
SedLoad
SedGrain
SedOnset
SedDur
CGround
Grambeds
CRock
WoodWater
SeaFV
CForest
FGround
CHole
TreeWB
CHerb
FloatInv
CUCover
CLCover
RipInv
CBioRip
CBioAlg
ChComm
FComm
FBioAlg
FBioBG
FForest
FHerb
FBiom
Anad
Catad
Marine
NonN
FSpawn
Gen
ERes
Rithron
CRes
CSpawn
FRes
Palin
SnailA
SnailD
LitDiv
Hept
Baet
Emerge
LitASPT
BenASPT
Zoo
BenDiv
Poly
N. aperta
Bivalve
Crust
Otter
Ung
Dolphin
AquSerp
SAquSerp
AquTurt
SAquTurt
Amphib
SAquRep
SpAmphib
SpRep
DivAmphib
DivRep
Hydrologic
Hydraulic
Water quality
Sediments
Geomorphology
Vegetation
Macroinvertebrates
Fish
Herpetofauna
Birds
Mammals
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Key
Hydrologic
Hydraulic
Water quality
Sediments
Geomorphology
Vegetation
Macroinvertebrates
Fish
Herpetofauna
Birds
Mammals
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Peer reviewed by the International
Court of Arbitration
Biodiversity Management Plan
• Prevent the irreversible
• Set required Eflow
• Mitigation
• Protection
• Implementation
• Watch and ward
• Develop capacity
Continuous Monitoring
• Latest techniques
• Electrofishing
• Tag and release
• Increase understanding
• Create data
• Track progress
• Targets and Triggers
April 2016 October 2015
Conclusion
• Net Gain for the Kashmir Catfish
• As required by IFC
• Increased Government Regulation
Goal:
Survival of our native species
for the next 100 years