Download to read offline
Uploaded byCIFOR-ICRAF
Water shared
By 2025, a quarter of crucial watersheds for drinking water, irrigation, and hydropower in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia will be protected through local water funds, new 'water sanctuaries,' and reciprocal watershed agreements. These initiatives aim to improve water quality and availability, benefitting local populations and enhancing resilience to climate change, while fostering conservation and sustainable management of ecosystems. Several municipalities have already established new protected areas and are generating significant funds to support watershed conservation projects.
More Related Content
Water shared
- 3. By 2025, onequarter of the watersheds important for drinking water, irrigation and hydropower in Colombia, Ecuador, Perú and Bolivia are protected Thus will be achieved through creation of: –Local Water Funds –New Protected “Water Sanctuaries” –Reciprocal Watershed Agreements (RWA)
- 4. People who produce water,share it, people who benefit from water, share the benefits
- 5.
- 7.
- 8. Francisco Gordillo Technical Secretary,Regional Water Fund (FORAGUA), Ecuador
- 9. FORAGUA • A financingmechanism (water fund) for municipalities • Financed by citizens for the conservation of water sources of Ecuador’s cities and towns
- 10. 615,000inhabitants of southernEcuador receive more abundant, higher quality drinking water (a healthier, more prosperous population, resilient in the face of climate change). Water treatment cost savings for municipalities. Beneficiaries
- 11. Technical and financialsupport to the watersheds and biodiversity conservation programs of the municipalities REGIONAL WATER FUND Local enterprises (hydroenergy, banks, irrigation) National and International Corporations/donors Municipal funds from water fees DIRECTORS 5 members selected by board TECHNICAL SECRETARY TRUST BOARD Municipialities NGOs, Corporations ANNUAL INVESTMENT PLAN TRUST 10% 90%
- 12. Environmental fee • 93,729water users pay $1 per month (20% of water bill). • $1,445,000 generated per year • This local investment leverages additional conservation resouces
- 13. 217,000 hectares ofmunicipal reserves created, protecting fragile, biodiverse ecosystems
- 14.
- 15. Renzo Paladines Director, Naturalezay Cultura, Ecuador and Peru
- 16. Quiroz Water Fund Financedby the 22,000 irrigators in the San Lorenzo and Chira Valleys (northern Perú) to conserve sources of the Macará, Quiroz and Chipillico Rivers, compensating 850 property owning families in the upper watersheds of Ayabaca Province
- 17. 29,000 hectares ofpáramo (moorland) and cloud forest conserved
- 18. Environmental Fee • Annualsupport from irrigators: $28,200 USD/year • Municipality support: $34,000 USD • Cooperation: $42,000 USD to create the fund
- 19. Adolfo Leon Correa Coordinator,Protected Areas Group, CORANTIOQUIA, Colombia
- 20. • Autonomous Regional Corporationof Central Antioquia • State entity for the administration of natural resources and environmental authority • 80 municipalities, and 60% of the Departament of Antioquia Protected Areas, Jurisdiction of Corantioquia
- 21. 10 Natural landscapesto protect the supply of environmental goods and services 152,000 hectares of new reserves created DMI del Sistema de Páramos y Bosques Alto andinos del Noroccidente Medio Antioqueño DMI Cuchilla Jardín – Támesis RFPR Farallones Citará PNR Corredor de Las Alegrías DMI Cañón río Alicante DMI Divisoria valle de Aburrá Río Cauca DMI Nubes Trocha Capota RFPR Cerro Bravo DMI Ríos Barroso – San Juan DMI Cerro Plateado Alto San José
- 22. Proposed New WaterSanctuaries Recategorizar el páramo Santa Inés como Parque Natural Regional Formular Plan de Manejo para el PNR Corredor de Las Alegrías Reserva Forestal Protectora Farallones del Citará 170,000 hectares in the declaration process
- 23. After Protected Areadeclaration…. Participatory Formulation of a Management Plan Implementation of Plan Administration of area to maximise water provision
- 24. Social work: reconversionfrom traditional unsustainable farming systems to cleaner, more sustainable alternatives Ecological Restoration of Degraded Paramos
- 25. 1. DMI Cañóndel Río Alicante 2. DMI del SPBANMA 3. DMI de la DVARC 4. DMI CP-ASJ 5. DMI Ríos B-SJ 6. DMI Nubes-Trocha-Capota 7. DMI Cuchilla J-T 8. RFP Farallones del Citará 9. RFP Cerro Bravo 10. PNR Corredor de Las Alegrías ---------------------------------- 11. RFP Nare 12. Reserva Bajo Cauca – Nechí* 13. Alto Anorí (Cacica Noría)* 24. Complejo Cenagoso Barbacoas* 25. Alto San Miguel* 26. Recategorización a PNR (Santa Inés)* ---------------------------------- 17. PNN Nudo del Paramillo 18. PNN Las Orquídeas1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Connection of protected areas around Medellin the second city of Colombia
- 26. Maria Teresa Vargas Director,Fundación Natura, Bolivia
- 27.
- 28. Fecal coliforms in DoroteaArteaga’s water Her water source is dirty
- 29. Reciprocal Watershed Agreement Doroteais protecting 11 ha of her forest in exchange for... 600 metres de plastic tubing, 2 bags of cement, 2 rolls of barbed wire, 76 fruit tree seedlings, and….
- 30. A water supply likethisNot like this Total cost: $ 300
- 31. Fecal coliforms inthe water before the agreement
- 32. NO fecal coliformesafter the agreement Now Dorotea Arteaga has water and food security, and is voluntarily protecting water, forest, carbon and wildlife in one of the most biodiverse areas of the planet
- 33.
- 34.
- 35.
- 36.
- 37. Today in Bolivia,there are 31 municipal water funds, financed by 226,435 downstream water users, supporting 3,147 upstream families with bee boxes, fruit tree seedlings, plastic pipes etc. in exchange for the conservation of 178,448 ha of biodiverse forest, which is returning 500,000 m3 of water to the aquifer and storing 290,000 tons of carbon
- 38. Rafa Calderon Senior Director,Latin America, Rare
- 39. Rare inspires changeso people and nature thrive
- 40. Downstream Users Landowners working the land Upstream Areato be Protected ARA Concept
- 41. The Key Ingredient:“Pride of Place”
- 42. ~$300,000 local water funds ~8,000 ha protected Over27,000 ha Improved Mangement
- 43.
- 44.
- 45. Adrian Oliva Governor, Departmentof Tarija, Bolivia
- 46. People who produce water,share it, people who benefit from water, share the benefits
- 47. Adolfo Leon, acorrea@corantioquia.gov.co FranciscoGordillo, fpgordillo@gmail.com Maria Teresa Vargas, mteresavargas@naturabolivia.org Adrian Oliva, waldemarpm@gmail.com Renzo Paladines, rpaladip@naturalezaycultura.org Rafael Calderon, rcalderon@rare.org
- 48. Ecuador: 615,000 waterusers generate $1,445,000 in local funds. Inhabitants receive more abundant, and higher quality drinking water because of the protection of 74,000 ha. Peru: 22,000 downstream irrigators annually pay $62,000 to 850 upstream landowners for watershed conservation in Piura Bolivia: 226,435 downstream water users support 3,147 upstream families in exchange for the conservation of 178,448 ha of biodiverse forest. Departmental and municipal governments have created 928,700 of new protected areas Colombia: 73,086 of new protected areas in Antioquia, and more than 10,000 ha under Reciprocal Watershed Agreements
- 49. By 2025, onequarter of the watersheds important for drinking water, irrigation and hydropower in Colombia, Ecuador, Perú and Bolivia are protected Thus will be achieved through creation of: –Municipal Water Funds –New Protected “Water Sanctuaries” –Reciprocal Watershed Agreements (RWA)
- 50. • Goal 6target: “protect water-related ecosystems including mountains, forests (and) rivers”; and “strengthen participation of local communities in water management” • Goal 13 target: “strengthen … adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards…” • Goal 15 target: “…ensure the conservation and … sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests (and) mountains”, and “promote … sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and substantially increase … reforestation”. Watershared directly supports SDG
Editor's Notes
- #9 <number>
- #16 <number>
- #20 <number>
- #27 <number>
- #35 <number> The Water Fund works like this: The development NGO, the Municipal Government and the Water Cooperative each invest in--and play a decision-making role in--the Water Fund. The three-institution board decides annually how money will be spent: in annual payments, in-kind support, land purchases, or whatever else. These compensation payments are paid to upstream landowners, who in turn sign contracts to guarantee land use, and (supposedly) provision of the water service.
- #39 <number>
- #40 Conservation’s greatest challenge might be human behavior. People act both on reason and emotion. Rare brings together logic with the powerful emotion of pride — pride of place, pride in community, pride in tradition. Rare’s signature Pride campaigns inspire pride around unique natural assets and create a clear path for local change. Rare disseminates messages to evoke the desired behavior just like the private sector has done for years. Our mission statement is: Rare inspires change so people and nature thrive. Quiza el reto mas grande la conservacion es el cambio de comportamiento. Las personas actuan tanto usando la razon como la emocion. Rare trae estos dos temas, logica y una de las mas grandes emociones – el orgullo de lugar, communidad y tradicion. El enfoque Pride de Rare inspira el orgullo alrededor de activos naturales unicos y crea un camino claro para el cambio a nivel local. Rare disemina mensajes que evocan el comportamiento deseado asi como lo ha hecho el sector privado por muchas decadas. Nuestra mision es: Rare inspira el cambio para la gente y la naturaleza prosperen. <number>
- #41 Entonces con estos elementos conformamos el esquema ARA (explicar brevemente desde la perspectiva de reciprocidad) Usuarios y autoridades contribuyen a un fondo el cual se usa para ofrecer incentivos que impulsan acciones concretas en las partes altas de las cuencas <number>
- #42 Cómo lograr que estos cambios sucedan? El esquema ARA que he mostrado requiere de lograr voluntad, articulación, compromiso y la adopción de prácticas diferentes a las que las personas están acostumbradas Todos estos cambios de comportamiento requieren de una estrategia específica que permita lograrlos. Rare sabe que la mayoría de nuestras decisiones están gobernadas por las emociones más que por la razón. Tradicionalmente el tema de conservación se ha basado en pensamientos racionales, información científica, capacidad técnica pero se ha dejado de lado el tema emocional. Nuestra tecnología de cambio de comportamiento trabaja en ambos frentes cambiando conocimientos, actitudes y comportamientos <number>
- #43 The campaigns’ social benefits – which include clean sustainable water, biodiversity benefits, and communities resilient to climate change – are accumulating, too. In a recent study of ARA participants – funded through the generosity of CDKN – we found that the money from the ARA agreements goes to farms to invest in improvements in land production and alternative sources of income, which impact the social well-being of families upstream. Downstream, the social benefits go to the water users who have a cleaner supply of water. ARA model provides viable alternatives to upstream producers whose current land-use practices threaten highly vulnerable watershed ecosystems critical to biodiversity, water regulation and other ecosystem services, including clean air, carbon sequestration, flood and erosion control, and regulation of local rainfall. In-kind compensation, as opposed to cash payments, can help transition farmers toward less rainfall-dependent perennial agriculture and more diversified livelihoods, through the provision of training and technical support, which tend to be included as part of the ARA incentives package. By improving the health of locally managed natural resources and ecosystems through voluntary action, they have the potential to increase the resilience of the natural system and its ability to better adapt to unpredictable changes. Also, Rare’s focus on behavior change and the role of the engagement process in getting mayors to take action and to reduce conflict between water agencies and upstream communities <number>
- #45 <number>
- #46 <number>