seminar on the role of ecosystems as water suppliers conclusions and recommendations
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Seminar on the role of ecosystems as water suppliers
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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• Ecosystems management is part of IWRM• Basic understanding of ecosystem approach is still
to be promoted– at all political levels – in all sectors
• Emphasize the related benefits of protection, sustainable use and restoration of ecosystems– water management (quality, quantity, sediments)– natural disasters prevention, protection and
reduction
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• Complex problem need to develop a wide range of technologies – Need to monitor– Need to develop assessment methods– Need to share experience across sectors
• Need for multidisciplinary coordination and cooperation
• Any action should be taken at basin level– Not forgetting groundwater– Not forgetting transboundary aspects– Impact on marine environment
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Legal and administrative dimension in general
• New developments in legal regimes
(holistic approach to water management,
sustainable management of environment, ecosystem as legitimate water user, synergies between international water and environmental legal regimes, compliance mechanisms, ….)
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Legal and administrative dimension in the national context (1)
• Need for appropriate legislation and support remains
• Need for a reduction of fragmentation between governmental institutions in ecosystems protection and sustainable use
• Updating of water laws (many EECCA countries) provides opportunity to include ecosystems
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Legal and administrative dimensionin the national context (2)
• Issues to be regulated include:
Competence of ministries (also finance/capital investment)
Coordination between sectors/activities
Public information and participation
Role of water user associations
Provision of water rights
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Legal and administrative dimensionin the national context (3)
• Issues to be regulated also include:
Coordinate funding for water management between the different competent authorities
Involve the private sector (hydropower, farmers and foresters), into financing
measures
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Legal and administrative dimensionin the transboundary/international context (1)
• Opportunity to harmonize practice on ecosystems when updating/preparing bilateral and multilateral agreements
• Use MEAs (Ramsar, climate, biodiversity, ECE environmental conventions) and activities thereunder as tools for coherent water management; counteract/avoid further fragmentation
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Legal and administrative dimensionin the transboundary/international context (2)
• Participate in activities of joint bodies (Danube, Black Sea, etc)
• GEF, World Bank, bilateral funding agreements, should be further used for the restoration of water-related ecosystems as well as to find options for their conservation and sustainable use
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• Importance of knowledge-based decision (I)– Valuation of ecosystems services (goods, water,
culture, landscape…)– Cost-benefit analysis conservation/development – SEA and EIA– Need for further research on ecosystems needs,
functions and services delivered – Ecosystems for climate change mitigation and
impact of climate change on functions of ecosystems
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• Importance of knowledge-based decision (II)
– Use of modern techniques and decision-making tools (GIS, remote sensing, inventories) as well as traditional knowledge
– Tailor-made information
– Free of charge information exchange (upstream-downstream, at national and transboundary levels, among all involved sectors)
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Implementation tools
• Training and capacity building at all levels• Public participation, especially at local level
where action takes place (gender)• Use of economic tools such as payments for
ecosystems services • Upstream/downstream solidarity• Private sector involvement (economic
aspects and sharing of good practices)
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– Poverty reduction: show benefits for local population (economic and social development, reduction of environmental refugees)
– Strike a balance between conservation and development
– Practical implementation
Challenges