River sand mining as a climate change adaptation measure; climate change induced flood can elevate river bed, proper management of river bed deposit can prevent avulsion.
Poster presented at CoCooN Exchange Workshop (November 25-27, 2015), The Hague, the Netherlands, organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the government of Netherlands and the International Institute of Social Studies.
Drought Management in Iran, Masoud Bagherzadeh KarimiNENAwaterscarcity
Workshop on Operationalizing the Regional Collaborative Platform to Address ‘Water Consumption, Water Productivity and Drought Management’ in Agriculture, 27 - 29 October 2015, Cairo, Egypt
This document discusses a next generation swine waste-to-energy project in North Carolina. It summarizes that NC is a top pork producing state that has adopted renewable energy standards requiring utilities to source 12.5% of energy from renewable sources by 2021. A case study is presented on the Loyd Ray Farms project that converts waste from 9,000 pigs into electricity using anaerobic digestion. The project generates renewable energy credits and carbon offsets while improving waste management and air/water quality on the farm. Initial results found the project generated 344 renewable energy credits and 2,500 carbon offsets, meeting or exceeding environmental performance standards for nutrients, odors, and pathogens. Ongoing challenges include issues with the gas conditioning system and
Incorporating Bioenergy Production and Landscape Restoration: Lessons from Ce...CIFOR-ICRAF
This document summarizes a project investigating sustainable bioenergy production on degraded land in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. The project aims to identify potential for sustainable biomass on degraded land, restore degraded areas, and support rural livelihoods. It involves reviewing land availability and species suitability, establishing research trials of key species on degraded peatland, analyzing fuel productivity and business models, and engaging stakeholders. Preliminary results identified 19 tree species suitable for degraded terrestrial soils and 13 pioneer species for peat soils. The project provides opportunities to restore land while producing sustainable bioenergy and supporting rural communities, but further work is needed to fully understand environmental trade-offs, governance, and markets.
The document discusses water resources in Nepal. It provides background on Nepal's water policies, legislation, and management approaches. It notes that while Nepal has abundant water resources, less than 8% is currently used for irrigation. It describes the history of irrigation development in Nepal, from traditional farmer-managed systems to modern government schemes. It also outlines key Nepali laws governing water use, management of water resources, and the roles of different agencies. Finally, it discusses irrigation schemes, the features of farmer-managed irrigation systems, and Nepal's approach to integrated water resource management through stakeholder participation.
The document discusses water resources management in India, with a focus on the Ganges river system. It provides background on the hydrologic cycle and importance of water. It summarizes initiatives to clean the Ganges river like Namami Gange and the cGanga program. It discusses various water impact summits that were held to discuss issues like afforestation, urban river management, and sewage management. The document advocates for increased public participation in water conservation, strengthening laws against pollution, and promoting river navigation and water-based transportation to reduce environmental impact. It outlines opportunities for innovative financing, impact projects, and developing the blue economy around water.
River sand mining as a climate change adaptation measure; climate change induced flood can elevate river bed, proper management of river bed deposit can prevent avulsion.
Poster presented at CoCooN Exchange Workshop (November 25-27, 2015), The Hague, the Netherlands, organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the government of Netherlands and the International Institute of Social Studies.
Drought Management in Iran, Masoud Bagherzadeh KarimiNENAwaterscarcity
Workshop on Operationalizing the Regional Collaborative Platform to Address ‘Water Consumption, Water Productivity and Drought Management’ in Agriculture, 27 - 29 October 2015, Cairo, Egypt
This document discusses a next generation swine waste-to-energy project in North Carolina. It summarizes that NC is a top pork producing state that has adopted renewable energy standards requiring utilities to source 12.5% of energy from renewable sources by 2021. A case study is presented on the Loyd Ray Farms project that converts waste from 9,000 pigs into electricity using anaerobic digestion. The project generates renewable energy credits and carbon offsets while improving waste management and air/water quality on the farm. Initial results found the project generated 344 renewable energy credits and 2,500 carbon offsets, meeting or exceeding environmental performance standards for nutrients, odors, and pathogens. Ongoing challenges include issues with the gas conditioning system and
Incorporating Bioenergy Production and Landscape Restoration: Lessons from Ce...CIFOR-ICRAF
This document summarizes a project investigating sustainable bioenergy production on degraded land in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. The project aims to identify potential for sustainable biomass on degraded land, restore degraded areas, and support rural livelihoods. It involves reviewing land availability and species suitability, establishing research trials of key species on degraded peatland, analyzing fuel productivity and business models, and engaging stakeholders. Preliminary results identified 19 tree species suitable for degraded terrestrial soils and 13 pioneer species for peat soils. The project provides opportunities to restore land while producing sustainable bioenergy and supporting rural communities, but further work is needed to fully understand environmental trade-offs, governance, and markets.
The document discusses water resources in Nepal. It provides background on Nepal's water policies, legislation, and management approaches. It notes that while Nepal has abundant water resources, less than 8% is currently used for irrigation. It describes the history of irrigation development in Nepal, from traditional farmer-managed systems to modern government schemes. It also outlines key Nepali laws governing water use, management of water resources, and the roles of different agencies. Finally, it discusses irrigation schemes, the features of farmer-managed irrigation systems, and Nepal's approach to integrated water resource management through stakeholder participation.
The document discusses water resources management in India, with a focus on the Ganges river system. It provides background on the hydrologic cycle and importance of water. It summarizes initiatives to clean the Ganges river like Namami Gange and the cGanga program. It discusses various water impact summits that were held to discuss issues like afforestation, urban river management, and sewage management. The document advocates for increased public participation in water conservation, strengthening laws against pollution, and promoting river navigation and water-based transportation to reduce environmental impact. It outlines opportunities for innovative financing, impact projects, and developing the blue economy around water.
This document summarizes an eco-technology presentation by Mr. Yeshwant Kulkarni of Green Water Revolution Pvt. Ltd. It discusses current issues with water pollution in urban areas of India. It then introduces various eco-technological solutions developed by Green Water Revolution to treat both point sources of pollution from places like cities as well as non-point sources like rivers and lakes. These include vertical soil scape filters to treat wastewater and horizontal green bridge systems installed in polluted rivers and streams to reduce pollution loads. It highlights several successful projects implementing these eco-technological solutions in India to restore polluted rivers and streams.
This is the PowerPoint which gives best of the knowledge of Ganga action plan with most elegant and shortest way. we will talk about the most worshipped river and about the purity of this river which is going on depleting.
By Asad Sarwar Qureshi, Samina Yasmin, Nikar C. Howlader, Timothy J. Krupnik
Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone Conference
21-23 October 2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh
http://waterandfood.org/ganges-conference/
The document provides an overview of the City of Atlanta's Department of Watershed Management. It summarizes that the department serves over 1.2 million people and discusses its infrastructure including water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants, water and sewer mains. It then discusses the department's history of underinvestment and consent orders prior to 2000 and its efforts since then to invest in infrastructure and comply with regulations through billions of dollars in capital projects. Finally, it outlines the department's current strategic focus on customer service, sustainability initiatives, and green infrastructure projects.
Hydram: A Low Carbon Technology - Lachana ShresthacharyaFatin62c
While Nepal has abundant water resources, communities at higher elevations lack access for drinking, farming, and irrigation due to the difference in elevation between the rivers and residential areas. Hydraulic ram pump (hydram) technology provides a low-carbon solution by using the power of flowing water to automatically lift a small amount of water to a greater height where it is needed. Two hydram systems were successfully installed in Dhading district as pilots. They now provide drinking water in Sunaula Bazaar and water for sanitation and hygiene at a school in Mahadevsthan, benefiting local communities.
By Urs Schulthess, Timothy J. Krupnik, Zia Uddin Ahmed, Andy J. McDonald
Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone Conference
21-23 October 2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh
http://waterandfood.org/ganges-conference/
Ecosystem Services in plantations: from economic valuations to market-based i...CIFOR-ICRAF
This document summarizes a study that evaluated ecosystem services under different landscape management scenarios in Australia. The study assessed carbon sequestration, agriculture production, water, biodiversity and timber across 5 future land use scenarios: business-as-usual, mosaic farming landscapes, eco-centric, agro-centric, and abandoned land use. The analysis found that business-as-usual and abandoned land use were not sustainable and led to declining ecosystem services. Agro-centric produced good economic outputs but poor environmental outcomes. Mosaic farming landscapes and eco-centric produced better environmental outcomes but eco-centric was not commercially attractive. Supplemental payments were needed to restore the environment.
Dr. Hari Krishna Shrestha presented on approaches to flood management and climate change in Nepal. Structural approaches like embankments face challenges due to uncertainties from climate change. Non-structural approaches like improved drainage and awareness are becoming more important. Climate change is impacting parameters like temperature, rainfall patterns and amounts, and flood return periods. This requires reexamining infrastructure design. Current activities in Nepal aim to better manage floods and climate change impacts through mainstreaming risk management, mapping, and collaboration on early warning systems. Regional data sharing and agreed methodologies could help transboundary flood management.
Improving strategy and uptake of cleaner cooking in Kitui, KenyaIIED
This presentation contains a brief overview of work to understand households’ cooking needs that can help improve the uptake of improved cooking devices and promote gender justice in the cooking space.
The presentation is by Enzo Leone, a researcher in the Shaping Sustainable Markets research group at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
IIED is working with Caritas Kitui, Access to Energy Institute (A2EI), African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) and Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS).
More information: https://www.iied.org/tailored-cooking-solutions-close-gender-gap
The Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC) is a Pakistani research institute focused on climate change studies. It conducts research on past and projected climate changes in Pakistan and their impacts. Key areas of research include climate modeling, climate extremes, and greenhouse gas emissions analysis. Over the last decade, GCISC has led several international collaborative projects on topics like climate-smart agriculture, food and water security, and glacier impacts. GCISC also contributes to national climate policy documents and assessments. Its research activities examine issues like monsoon variability, heat waves, water resources, glaciers, and hydrological projections under climate change.
This document provides an agenda for a 3-day workshop aimed at improving freshwater monitoring frameworks and data for research and management for regional water policy and management bodies in southern India. Day 1 will involve presentations from scientists on joint India-UK water security research covering topics like water quality monitoring, irrigation monitoring, aquatic ecosystem monitoring, and water supply monitoring. Day 2 will involve discussions with stakeholders on current freshwater monitoring methods and gaps. Day 3 will include participatory group discussions on how to apply the research outputs and enable further collaboration between researchers and stakeholders. The overall aim is to help improve various aspects of state-level freshwater monitoring in southern India.
This document summarizes a research project on sustaining agriculture through adaptive management of the Ogallala Aquifer under climate change. The project has over 40 researchers from 8 institutions studying the Ogallala Aquifer region. The Nebraska team includes the director of the Nebraska Water Center and researchers studying irrigation, soils, crops, and economics. The project's objectives are to integrate models to evaluate scenarios, identify efficient irrigation technologies and practices, analyze policies to encourage adoption, and effectively communicate results. Studies include evaluating deficit irrigation, sensor technologies, variable rate fertigation, and engaging producers. Over 50 papers have been published and many extension efforts have reached thousands regarding sustainable water management.
Presented by IWMI's Luna Bharati, Senior Researcher-Hydrology Water Resources, at a high level policy dialog held in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 27, 2016.
1. The Hindu Kush Himalaya region has seen significant warming in recent decades slightly higher than the global average, and this trend is expected to continue, exacerbating impacts. Even if global warming is limited to 1.5°C, the region will likely warm at least 0.3°C higher and in some places 0.7°C higher.
2. The region has experienced rising extreme warm events and falling extreme cold events in recent decades, as well as rising frequencies and intensities of temperature extremes, trends that are likely to continue.
3. The region faces increasing risks from glacial lake outburst floods and changing precipitation patterns that will impact water availability and hazards across boundaries. Knowledge gaps need to
Changing Local and Institutional Cultures for Sustainable Development: Update...ESD UNU-IAS
This presentation was part of the RCE Americas Meeting 2017 in Vancouver, Canada on Sustainable Communities: Exploring the Role of ESD in Development of a “Green Culture”.
Presented by IWMI's Director General Jeremy Bird at the Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Environmental Professionals of Sri Lanka (IEPSL), October 31, 2014.
This document summarizes an eco-technology presentation by Mr. Yeshwant Kulkarni of Green Water Revolution Pvt. Ltd. It discusses current issues with water pollution in urban areas of India. It then introduces various eco-technological solutions developed by Green Water Revolution to treat both point sources of pollution from places like cities as well as non-point sources like rivers and lakes. These include vertical soil scape filters to treat wastewater and horizontal green bridge systems installed in polluted rivers and streams to reduce pollution loads. It highlights several successful projects implementing these eco-technological solutions in India to restore polluted rivers and streams.
This is the PowerPoint which gives best of the knowledge of Ganga action plan with most elegant and shortest way. we will talk about the most worshipped river and about the purity of this river which is going on depleting.
By Asad Sarwar Qureshi, Samina Yasmin, Nikar C. Howlader, Timothy J. Krupnik
Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone Conference
21-23 October 2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh
http://waterandfood.org/ganges-conference/
The document provides an overview of the City of Atlanta's Department of Watershed Management. It summarizes that the department serves over 1.2 million people and discusses its infrastructure including water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants, water and sewer mains. It then discusses the department's history of underinvestment and consent orders prior to 2000 and its efforts since then to invest in infrastructure and comply with regulations through billions of dollars in capital projects. Finally, it outlines the department's current strategic focus on customer service, sustainability initiatives, and green infrastructure projects.
Hydram: A Low Carbon Technology - Lachana ShresthacharyaFatin62c
While Nepal has abundant water resources, communities at higher elevations lack access for drinking, farming, and irrigation due to the difference in elevation between the rivers and residential areas. Hydraulic ram pump (hydram) technology provides a low-carbon solution by using the power of flowing water to automatically lift a small amount of water to a greater height where it is needed. Two hydram systems were successfully installed in Dhading district as pilots. They now provide drinking water in Sunaula Bazaar and water for sanitation and hygiene at a school in Mahadevsthan, benefiting local communities.
By Urs Schulthess, Timothy J. Krupnik, Zia Uddin Ahmed, Andy J. McDonald
Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone Conference
21-23 October 2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh
http://waterandfood.org/ganges-conference/
Ecosystem Services in plantations: from economic valuations to market-based i...CIFOR-ICRAF
This document summarizes a study that evaluated ecosystem services under different landscape management scenarios in Australia. The study assessed carbon sequestration, agriculture production, water, biodiversity and timber across 5 future land use scenarios: business-as-usual, mosaic farming landscapes, eco-centric, agro-centric, and abandoned land use. The analysis found that business-as-usual and abandoned land use were not sustainable and led to declining ecosystem services. Agro-centric produced good economic outputs but poor environmental outcomes. Mosaic farming landscapes and eco-centric produced better environmental outcomes but eco-centric was not commercially attractive. Supplemental payments were needed to restore the environment.
Dr. Hari Krishna Shrestha presented on approaches to flood management and climate change in Nepal. Structural approaches like embankments face challenges due to uncertainties from climate change. Non-structural approaches like improved drainage and awareness are becoming more important. Climate change is impacting parameters like temperature, rainfall patterns and amounts, and flood return periods. This requires reexamining infrastructure design. Current activities in Nepal aim to better manage floods and climate change impacts through mainstreaming risk management, mapping, and collaboration on early warning systems. Regional data sharing and agreed methodologies could help transboundary flood management.
Improving strategy and uptake of cleaner cooking in Kitui, KenyaIIED
This presentation contains a brief overview of work to understand households’ cooking needs that can help improve the uptake of improved cooking devices and promote gender justice in the cooking space.
The presentation is by Enzo Leone, a researcher in the Shaping Sustainable Markets research group at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
IIED is working with Caritas Kitui, Access to Energy Institute (A2EI), African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) and Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS).
More information: https://www.iied.org/tailored-cooking-solutions-close-gender-gap
The Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC) is a Pakistani research institute focused on climate change studies. It conducts research on past and projected climate changes in Pakistan and their impacts. Key areas of research include climate modeling, climate extremes, and greenhouse gas emissions analysis. Over the last decade, GCISC has led several international collaborative projects on topics like climate-smart agriculture, food and water security, and glacier impacts. GCISC also contributes to national climate policy documents and assessments. Its research activities examine issues like monsoon variability, heat waves, water resources, glaciers, and hydrological projections under climate change.
This document provides an agenda for a 3-day workshop aimed at improving freshwater monitoring frameworks and data for research and management for regional water policy and management bodies in southern India. Day 1 will involve presentations from scientists on joint India-UK water security research covering topics like water quality monitoring, irrigation monitoring, aquatic ecosystem monitoring, and water supply monitoring. Day 2 will involve discussions with stakeholders on current freshwater monitoring methods and gaps. Day 3 will include participatory group discussions on how to apply the research outputs and enable further collaboration between researchers and stakeholders. The overall aim is to help improve various aspects of state-level freshwater monitoring in southern India.
This document summarizes a research project on sustaining agriculture through adaptive management of the Ogallala Aquifer under climate change. The project has over 40 researchers from 8 institutions studying the Ogallala Aquifer region. The Nebraska team includes the director of the Nebraska Water Center and researchers studying irrigation, soils, crops, and economics. The project's objectives are to integrate models to evaluate scenarios, identify efficient irrigation technologies and practices, analyze policies to encourage adoption, and effectively communicate results. Studies include evaluating deficit irrigation, sensor technologies, variable rate fertigation, and engaging producers. Over 50 papers have been published and many extension efforts have reached thousands regarding sustainable water management.
Presented by IWMI's Luna Bharati, Senior Researcher-Hydrology Water Resources, at a high level policy dialog held in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 27, 2016.
1. The Hindu Kush Himalaya region has seen significant warming in recent decades slightly higher than the global average, and this trend is expected to continue, exacerbating impacts. Even if global warming is limited to 1.5°C, the region will likely warm at least 0.3°C higher and in some places 0.7°C higher.
2. The region has experienced rising extreme warm events and falling extreme cold events in recent decades, as well as rising frequencies and intensities of temperature extremes, trends that are likely to continue.
3. The region faces increasing risks from glacial lake outburst floods and changing precipitation patterns that will impact water availability and hazards across boundaries. Knowledge gaps need to
Changing Local and Institutional Cultures for Sustainable Development: Update...ESD UNU-IAS
This presentation was part of the RCE Americas Meeting 2017 in Vancouver, Canada on Sustainable Communities: Exploring the Role of ESD in Development of a “Green Culture”.
Presented by IWMI's Director General Jeremy Bird at the Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Environmental Professionals of Sri Lanka (IEPSL), October 31, 2014.
Climate Change Impacts on Reservoir based Hydropower Generation in Nepal: A c...Manjeet Dhakal
This result shows that winter is becoming dryer and rainy season is getting more and more rain that signifies essential need of reservoir based hydro powers also with greater water holding capacity in its reservoir. Similarly, there is temporal variation of different climate characteristics such as amount and intensity of rainfall, temperature and discharge in the river in study area. With the change in precepetatin pattern, Kulekhani in monsoon is receiving more rainfall on lesser number of days, this shows the chances of more sediment production in the watershed that lead to shorten lifespan of the reservoir.
Forest Development Planning for Climate Change Resilience and Poverty ReductionCIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation was delivered at the third Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2016, in Clark Freeport Zone, Philippines.
The five sub-thematic streams at APFW 2016 included:
Pathways to prosperity: Future trade and markets
Tackling climate change: challenges and opportunities
Serving society: forestry and people
New institutions, new governance
Our green future: green investment and growing our natural assets
[Climate Change Program]City Paper Presentation : Quito(Ecuador)shrdcinfo
This project aimed to reduce Ecuador's vulnerability to climate change through effective water resource management. Disruption of adequate water supplies was considered the nation's most critical climate change risk, particularly in highland areas. The project took place from 2008-2012 with a budget of $19 million from various sources. It focused on rural communities dependent on agriculture in certain provinces. Key strategies included developing climate change scenarios and models, implementing 36 community projects using traditional agroecological and forestry practices to protect water resources, and involving stakeholders early in the process to ensure appropriate outcomes. Lessons learned included the need for multidisciplinary, participatory planning and continual modification based on input from partners.
IRJET- A Review Paper on Flood Controlling System by using Super Levees &...IRJET Journal
This document reviews flood control systems using super levees and subgrade drainage systems. It provides background on flooding issues in Sangali, India, which suffered major floods in 2019. It then reviews several academic papers on super levees and urban flood management strategies. The key points are that subgrade drainage systems can reduce peak flood flows and discharge, while super levees that are wide and elevated can withstand floods and earthquakes while allowing floodwaters to spill out gently. The document concludes these approaches could help mitigate flood damages to urban areas near rivers.
LESSONS LEARNT FROM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO RESTORE TANK CASCADESDr. P.B.Dharmasena
Presentation made at the Conference on ‘Cascade Ecology & Management – 2021’ held on 17-18 September 2021, Organized by the Faculty of Agriculture, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
LESSONS LEARNT FROM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO RESTORE TANK CASCADESDr. P.B.Dharmasena
Presentation made at the Conference on ‘Cascade Ecology & Management – 2021’
17-18 September, 2021
Organized by the Faculty of Agriculture, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. The presentation introduced a new definition for tank cascade ecology
Importance, Key Questions on Resilience and Managing Disasters in the Hindu K...CIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation by ICIMOD focuses on the role of the Hindu Kush Himalayas in terms of irrigation, what the drivers of change and impacts on resources and people are, what the future water availability might be in that area and how we can sustain the mountain ecosystems.
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The document discusses water scarcity issues and potential solutions in the Banas catchment in Rajasthan, India. Mechanized groundwater extraction has led to declining aquifers and water quality issues. Urban water appropriation from the Bisalpur Dam has reduced downstream flows, creating vulnerabilities. However, community-based groundwater recharge programs demonstrate that restoring natural recharge could rebuild resources and benefit multiple groups. Integrating engineered and ecosystem-based approaches may create a more sustainable water management system in the catchment.
This document proposes a case study to monitor water quality in Vembanad Lake using remote sensing, modeling, and field observations. Vembanad Lake is an ecologically important water body in Kerala, India that has experienced increased pollution and disease outbreaks from development. The study aims to identify reservoirs of pathogenic vibrios like V. cholerae in the lake, understand their seasonal and spatial variation, and develop models to forecast disease outbreaks. Researchers will use remote sensing, field measurements, laboratory experiments, statistical modeling, and citizen science with local volunteers. The goals are to generate risk maps of outbreak areas, make recommendations to reduce pathogens and prevent disease, and engage communities through education programs.
The document discusses ecosystems and biodiversity in freshwater systems like lakes and rivers. It provides background on freshwater ecosystems, defining and measuring biodiversity at genetic, species, and ecosystem levels. It also discusses threats to freshwater biodiversity, with one in three freshwater species threatened. The document then focuses on the Vembanad wetland system, the largest backwater in Kerala, India. It provides details on its geography and construction of a barrage that altered the ecosystem. It discusses monitoring the critical water and sediment quality of the wetland to understand impacts on its biodiversity and production dynamics.
The document discusses a study on deep percolation from surface irrigated water intensive crop fields like paddy and berseem crops. It outlines the objectives, which are to estimate deep percolation using water balance and physically based models employing drainage lysimeters. It describes the experimental methods including soil property tests, field instrumentation, crop growth monitoring, soil moisture and percolation measurement. Preliminary results comparing measured and computed deep percolation using a modified water balance model are also presented.
The document summarizes several UK-India collaborative projects between British Geological Survey and Indian partners on water resources and groundwater under the Newton Bhabha initiative. It describes the Hydroflux project which integrated climate, land use, surface water and groundwater models in northern India's Ganga river basin and the UPSCAPE project which is modeling interventions and their impacts across scales in the Cauvery river basin in peninsular India. It emphasizes the importance of stakeholder engagement and collaboration between researchers, government, and other groups to ensure research outputs and impacts.
The document provides an overview of the Vembanad Lake located along the southwest coast of India. It discusses the following key points in 3 sentences:
The Vembanad Lake is a 100 km long brackish water body located between Munambam and Alappuzha. It supports a high level of biodiversity and provides livelihoods from fishing, agriculture and tourism. However, increasing pollution, land reclamation, and construction of barriers like the Thanneermukkom bund have degraded the ecosystem and impacted livelihoods dependent on the lake.
This document discusses a proposed water supply grid along the Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC) in Tamil Nadu. It provides background on the project, details from the preliminary feasibility report prepared by the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, and recommendations from the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Board. Key points include:
- The project would supply treated sewage water from the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board to over 10,000 existing and future industries along a 75km stretch on either side of the CBIC.
- The preliminary feasibility report estimated a total cost of Rs. 13,625 crore to develop the grid in four phases to meet a projected water
The SALTMED model is a tool for efficiently managing water, crops, and fertilizers in agriculture. It can be used to:
1. Predict the impacts of climate change and water quality on soils, vegetation, and food security.
2. Improve water use efficiency and increase crop yields with less water.
3. Guide users on suitable crop selection, irrigation systems, and strategies when using poor quality water.
The model simulates processes like evapotranspiration, plant water uptake, soil nitrogen dynamics, drainage, and crop yields. It has been applied and tested in multiple countries to optimize irrigation practices and minimize environmental impacts.
This document discusses new technologies for improving irrigation water productivity and use efficiency. It describes several technologies being tested and implemented in EU and India projects, including:
- Partial root drying (PRD) irrigation, which saves water by only irrigating half the root zone. Tests found PRD used 15-28% less water than regular irrigation while maintaining equal or similar yields.
- Scintillometers and eddy covariance systems, which directly measure actual evapotranspiration as an alternative to estimating crop water requirements using reference evapotranspiration and crop coefficients. Tests found actual evapotranspiration was 45-35% of estimated values.
- Cosmic-ray soil moisture sensors, which non-inv
The document discusses integrated urban water management and issues related to water supply from source to waste disposal in cities. It notes that the world's population is rapidly urbanizing, placing increasing demands on water resources. Current water infrastructure is struggling to keep up and is inefficient. Issues discussed include declining source water quality, groundwater overextraction, water losses from leaky systems, limited wastewater treatment, and growing gaps between water demand and supply. Comprehensive solutions are needed that address the entire urban water cycle through integrated planning, monitoring, recycling, demand management and efficiency improvements.
The document discusses challenges facing India's rivers, including hydrologic and ecological transformations from human activities and climate change. It summarizes a study on estimating ecological flows in the Son River to protect endangered species like gharials and turtles. The study involved field measurements of river flows and habitat to develop a framework for adaptively managing dam releases. Updates are provided on a project studying the Gandak River basin, including mapping of gharial and dolphin distributions and examining irrigation efficiency to restore river flows and biodiversity. Solutions discussed include linking water use to ecological flows and using treated wastewater.
The document discusses using earth observation (EO) data to monitor freshwater quality and quantity. It provides an overview of current capabilities to derive water quality parameters like chlorophyll-a and suspended sediments from satellites. Methods are described to classify different optical water types and select the best algorithm for each type. Ongoing work includes developing a global lakes observatory to monitor 1,000 lakes using EO and integrating data from multiple platforms and sources. EO shows potential to improve freshwater monitoring for research and management.
This document summarizes a workshop on improving freshwater monitoring frameworks in northwest India. It discusses current groundwater quality monitoring efforts and gaps. Key issues include increased pollution levels, falling water levels, and a lack of comprehensive and high-resolution spatial monitoring of parameters like heavy metals. The document outlines the need to better understand recharge processes, water quality impacts, and the properties of groundwater systems through improved monitoring protocols. Case studies from the region are proposed to help address questions around these issues and make recommendations to improve water resource management.
This document discusses emerging concepts in irrigation water management in India. It provides statistics showing that while India has high irrigation potential, only a fraction of that potential has been realized due to issues like incomplete construction of irrigation infrastructure and diversion of agricultural land. It then outlines several innovative practices for improving irrigation water management, including wastewater reuse, water pricing, water markets, water footprint analysis, and public-private partnerships. Each concept is explained briefly, outlining its advantages and disadvantages. The document concludes by thanking participants for their time.
The document discusses the use of passive sampling devices, specifically the Chemcatcher®, to monitor pollutants in water systems. It notes that passive samplers can provide time-weighted average concentrations over time rather than just snapshots. The Chemcatcher® is introduced as a three-part passive sampler that uses receiving phases like disks to sequester pollutants. Examples of using the Chemcatcher® to detect spikes in pollutants are provided from the UK and India. Future work is proposed to further evaluate the Chemcatcher®'s potential for monitoring and identifying pollution sources in India.
The document discusses the India-UK Water Centre (IUKWC), a virtual joint centre funded by the Natural Environment Research Council and Ministry of Earth Sciences. The IUKWC aims to support interdisciplinary UK-India partnerships on water resources research. It was established in 2016 for one year and received additional funding for two more years. The IUKWC focuses on five cross-sectoral themes and functions to engage communities, facilitate partnerships through workshops and exchanges, enhance knowledge exchange, and support future collaboration through small funding.
Loch Leven in Scotland has experienced eutrophication from phosphorus pollution over many decades but water quality is now recovering due to reductions in phosphorus loading. The long-term water quality and ecosystem monitoring data from Loch Leven, spanning over 50 years, has helped identify the causes and track the recovery. Water quality targets have been met with reductions in algal blooms, expansion of aquatic plants, and improvements in bird and fish populations that have boosted tourism. However, climate change poses a risk and further reductions in nutrients may be needed to ensure resilience of the ecosystem.
This document discusses using remote sensing to estimate water discharge in Himalayan rivers. It begins by explaining the importance of measuring water discharge but limitations of conventional gauge-based methods. It then outlines how remote sensing approaches can establish width-discharge relationships based on a threshold theory of channel formation. Applying this to Landsat images of several Himalayan rivers allows estimating total discharge across multiple channels as well as generating hydrographs without in-situ gauges. In conclusions, the study finds its width-discharge method is valid for both single-thread and multiple-thread rivers and could be applied to estimate average annual discharge in other alluvial rivers globally.
This document discusses using remote sensing to analyze spatial and temporal patterns in lake water quality on a global scale. It introduces the GloboLakes project which aims to identify coherence patterns in characteristics like temperature, chlorophyll, and total suspended matter in 1000 lakes using large satellite data streams. Functional data analysis methods are developed to cluster lakes based on similarities in their smoothed time series patterns while addressing challenges like missing data and ice cover. A example uses these methods to find 11 coherent groups of 732 global lakes based on their bi-monthly temperature patterns over 17 years.
Improving the viability of probiotics by encapsulation methods for developmen...Open Access Research Paper
The popularity of functional foods among scientists and common people has been increasing day by day. Awareness and modernization make the consumer think better regarding food and nutrition. Now a day’s individual knows very well about the relation between food consumption and disease prevalence. Humans have a diversity of microbes in the gut that together form the gut microflora. Probiotics are the health-promoting live microbial cells improve host health through gut and brain connection and fighting against harmful bacteria. Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus are the two bacterial genera which are considered to be probiotic. These good bacteria are facing challenges of viability. There are so many factors such as sensitivity to heat, pH, acidity, osmotic effect, mechanical shear, chemical components, freezing and storage time as well which affects the viability of probiotics in the dairy food matrix as well as in the gut. Multiple efforts have been done in the past and ongoing in present for these beneficial microbial population stability until their destination in the gut. One of a useful technique known as microencapsulation makes the probiotic effective in the diversified conditions and maintain these microbe’s community to the optimum level for achieving targeted benefits. Dairy products are found to be an ideal vehicle for probiotic incorporation. It has been seen that the encapsulated microbial cells show higher viability than the free cells in different processing and storage conditions as well as against bile salts in the gut. They make the food functional when incorporated, without affecting the product sensory characteristics.
Kinetic studies on malachite green dye adsorption from aqueous solutions by A...Open Access Research Paper
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IUKWC Workshop Nov16: Developing Hydro-climatic Services for Water Security – Session 3 – Item 3 P_Kumar
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Past and present evolution of
Himalayan glaciers: a regional
climate model study
Dr. Pankaj Kumar
Asst. Professor
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, India
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• Motivation
• Science Part
• Glacier Modeling
• Observational Challenges
• Results
• Climate Service Part
• Lessons learned from Stakeholders Workshop
on Identifying climate change information
needs for the Himalaya region
• Summary
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• Over 800 million people depend on glacier melt water runoff throughout the
Hindu-Kush and the Himalayan (HKH) region. The region, also called as “Water
tower of Asia”, is the location of several major rivers basins.
• Glaciers in the central and eastern Himalaya strongly depend on the ISMR,
whereas the WH is more dependent on the winter precipitation.
• Future climate change scenarios suggest that ISMR will be reduced over the
HKH region [Kumar et al., 2013]. Therefore, it is important to assess the glacier
retreat under warming scenario.
• To interactively describe to response of glaciers to climate change, a glacier
parameterization scheme has been developed and implemented into the
regional climate model REMO.
• The scheme simulates the mass balance as well as changes of the areal extent
of glaciers on a subgrid scale. The parameterization scheme is for the first time
applied to the region.
Motivation 1st Part
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• Given the vital role that the Himalayan region plays, it is important
to provide relevant climate change information to local
communities and governments that will help society to adapt to
future climate and environmental changes.
• However, in order to identify what kind of tailored scientific
information and products data are actually needed and in what
form, a close contact and direct interaction with responsible
stakeholders from the region is needed.
Motivation 2nd Part
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Glacier
representation
in GCMs and
RCMs i.e.
This is required
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(i) 46 New Variables (ii) On/Of Switch
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RCM REMOglacier
Resolution 0.22°x 0.22°
Domain 60.125-100.125 & 4.125 -40.125
Period 1989-2008, 2000-2014, 2006-2100
Forcing ERAI reanalysis, MPIESM-LR , NorESM [Hist, RCP45/85]
Frey et at. 2013
A regional glacier
inventory is
compiled and is
used to initialize
glacier area and
volume.
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Limited number of measuring stations over
the glacierized region. No gauge station over
Karakoram.
Frey et at. 2013
Observational Challenge's
No continuous glacier mapping record
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Results: Seasonal Precipitation
Kumar et al., 2015, GRL
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Results: Annual Mass Balance
Simulated mean annual mass balance [m.w.e.] for the
period 1989-2008.
“Karakoram
anomaly” is well
reproduced.
(Hewitt, 2005;
Gardelle et al.,
2012, Nature
Geo-Sc., 2012;
Bolch et al. 2012,
Science; ……)
Kumar et al., 2015, GRL
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Stakeholder WORKSHOP ON IDENTIFYING CLIMATE CHANGE
NFORMATION NEEDS and Training on Climate modeling and Climate
Change Research, Innovation and Services, 8-10April 2015, JNU New Delhi
•Here we present results of aworkshop was designed to
bring together stakeholders
from different states of the
Indian side of Himalayan arc
and an international group of
climate scientists in order to
discuss how climate change
research for this region can be
tailored towards the needs of
local communities.
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Participants Stakeholders
Stakeholder workshop participants information
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Based on their backgrounds, participants formed four
discussion groups along the key sectors:
• Water
• Land use and Agriculture
• Ecology
• Energy
In order to guide the discussion within the working groups, two
basic questions were offered
1. What types of climate information do you use (e.g. source) and
what would you ideally expect?
2. In what form would you like to have the climate information?
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This was the largest group and it was noted by many participants
that water is the topic integrating all four groups. Key points are
• need for long-term high resolution monsoon data in the form of
observational or reanalysis products, as well as projections of
the monsoon change, that can be condensed in a form of
monsoon pattern change maps or indexes.
• winter precipitation, especially as snow, which determines the
amount of water that will be available in following spring for crop
growth.
• there is a set of hydrological variables that are urgently needed
on basin or even sub-basin scale for adaptation measures in the
region e.g. waste water availability in winter, surface water-
ground, ground water recharge potential, stream flow, runoff and
difference between peak flow and runoff.
1. Water Group
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• In particular when thinking about agricultural
adaptation in the region one has to consider
following regionally important activities: adaptation
of cropping pattern, crop rotation, fishing, bee
keeping.
• The main climate related variables identified for
this sector are: number of rainy days, temperature,
rainfall, extreme weather events (high intensity
rainfall, droughts) frost days, fog days and snow
amount. These variables are required regionally at
a “micro-level”. The reason is the very large
orographic gradient in the region, leading to rapidly
changing environmental conditions.
2. Land use and Agriculture group
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• Data needed at river basin or catchment scale.
• Key parameters that are important for ecological studies in the region are
flow volume, tree line shift, information about phenology and
regeneration, breeding habits/behavior, loss of natural springs,
migration/corridors and socio-economic value change and dependency.
• Data requirements for this sector repeat those for previous two, with
addition of glacier maps with attribute of each layer and projected glacier
outlines.
Most of the energy in the region is coming from hydro-power of different
scales. Hence requirements of this group of stakeholders are quite similar
to the Water group. One of the main additional requirements is construction
of longer time series of climate variables for the region, based on, for
example, proxy records.
3. Ecology group
4. Energy group
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• Government and academic scientists need access to the raw data,
together with uncertainty information.
• Policy makers prefer synthesized information products in condensed
form, such as Executive summaries, Fact-Sheets, Web atlases.
• NGO members prefer to have more detailed reports on the micro level
scale.
• Given the specifics of the region, in particular limited literacy and many
regional languages, a number of ways to communicate climate
information to the general public were suggested: TV shows, mobile
phone applications, community radio programs, street plays, display of
important weather information in the printed form at all nodal places in the
cities and villages.
• Engagement of the school teachers and school children in the climate
change theme was stressed as an important way of spreading the
information.
In what form should climate service information
be provided?
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• Water and related meteorological measurements in the whole
Himalayas are quite sparse and almost absent above 3000m. In
addition they are carried out by different government agencies
(CWC, CGWB, IMD). Access to this data is often limited. Additionally
a lack of meta data was identified, also with respect to the general
existence of measurements. Given this there is a need for a place
(e.g. web portal) where at least meta data can be shared, together
with information about data quality.
• High resolution data from regional climate models have been
classified as being very important for the Himalayan region, since
orographic gradients are large and information from medium
resolution models are of limited use for adaptation.
Common for all groups
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REMOglacier
For the first time a complete simulation of glacier climate interaction over
South Asia is done.
Over the highly complex and data sparse region, the simulated mass balance
largely agrees with observations including the positive Karakoram anomaly.
REMOglacier simulates the glacier-climate interaction reasonably well; it has
clear potential to be used for future climate assessments.
Stakeholder Workshop
Water and related meteorological measurements in the whole Himalayas are
quite sparse and almost absent above 3000m.
There is a need for a place (e.g. web portal) where at least meta data can be
shared, together with information about data quality.
High resolution data from regional climate models have been classified as
being very important for the Himalayan region, since orographic gradients
are large and information from medium resolution models are of limited use
for adaptation.
Summary
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