7.Drought management Strategy A Lecture By Mr. Allah Dad Khan Visiting Professor the University of Agriculture Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Pakistan

2. Drought Management’
A Lecture
By
Mr. Allah Dad Khan

3. Drought Management
Droughts are considered natural phenomena
and represent a relevant temporary decrease
of the average water availability.
Droughts Impacts on Water
􀂾 Drought events have regularly occurred producing
severe socioeconomic
and environmental impacts, and have increased
considerably over the past 30 years.
􀂾 Occurrence of droughts may not be controlled.
However, the
resulting impacts can be mitigated, namely by appropriate
surveillance and management strategies (Drought
Management

4. What is Drought?
 duration, magnitude, areal extent
 “relative” to what is “normal”
 impacts on nature and society

5. What is Drought?
Source: National Drought Mitigation Center
web site: http://enso.unl.edu/ndmc/

6. What is Drought?
 duration, magnitude, areal extent
 “relative” to what is “normal”
 impacts on nature and society

7. What is Drought?
 demand for water exceeds supplies
- what are your demands?
- what are your supplies?
 understanding -- and thus
preparing for and responding to --
drought requires an appreciation of
how Colorado receives its water
supply and how, when, and where
water is used

8. Measures for combating
desertification &
mitigating drought
impacts
Biophysical aspects
Water resource
management
Sustainable forest
management/reforestation
Sustainable agriculture
development
Biodiversity conservation
Climate change mitigation
Socio-economic aspects
Poverty eradication
Monitoring and
assessment
Policy planning &
establishing/strengtheni
ng institutional set-up for
implementation
Implementation of policy and
projects
Evaluation and review of
implementation outcome

9. Aral See Basin
Desertification Map
Collection and
analysis of data
collected by satellite
and remote sensing
Ground
surveillance
Optimal land use and
revegetation planning and
policy making
Advanced
Science
and
Technolog
y
&
Traditional
knowledg
e
Challenges in biophysical data
collection and analysis
1. Spatial data collection in
sequence for temporal
assessment
2. Comprehensive assessment
of terrestrial vegetation
cover, climatic/ hydrological
and oceanographic
conditions
3. Upgrading benchmarks and
indicators
4. Strengthening human
resources and institutional
capacities
5. Effective application of data
and implementation of early
warning systems for land
and water management

10. Meteorological
Data
Oceanographic
Data
Terrestrial
Data
Comprehensive monitoring
and assessment
Effective response
Desertification
Land
degradation
Drought
El Nino
Hydrological
Data
図６

11. Present 3 moths Medium term Long term (time)
Desertification control and drought mitigation measures – Early warning systems and
their response measures
Prediction of
desertification/drought
Water conservation, supply
and watering for irrigation
Conversion to water use
efficient/drought resistant crops
Culling/disposal of livestock
Fallowing farmland
Legislation on the land owners’
responsibility for combating
desertification/mitigating drought
Reforestation/ecosystem rehabilitation

12. Integrated ecosystem
management
Water reservoir,
Jodhpur, India
Water harvesting and efficient use
Indigenous and advanced methods
Irrigation canal,
Jodhpur, India

13. TPN6
TPN4
TPN3
TPN2
Committee on Science and
Technology
Group of Experts
Ad Hoc Panel on EWSs
International Strategy
for Disaster Reduction
TPN5
Drought EWS Drought Risk
Management
Integrated Ecosystem
ManagementDesertification EWS
TPN1
Desertification Monitoring
and Assessment
Short
term
Long
term
Regional and national level Local and community level
Chart 1: Conceptual framework of TPN5 activities and priority programs
TPN5: UNCCD Asia Regional Thematic Programme Network on Strengthening Capacities for Combating Desertification and
Mitigating Drought Impacts