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Towards Sustainable Water Resource Management – Actions & Programmes of UNESCO in Asia Pacific

Han Qunli – UNESCO Office, Jakarta

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Contribute to the UN World Water Assessment Programme

Water for People Water for Life

1st UN World Water Development Report (2003)

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Contribute to the UN World Water Assessment Programme

Water: a shared responsibility

2nd UN World Water Development Report (2006)

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UNESCO Science Programmes – 2002-2007:

A top priority: Water and Associated Ecosystems

IHP -International Hydrological Programme

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UNESCO IHP

The Programme started as the International Hydrological

Decade (IHD, 1965-1974) and was followed by the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) in 1975

Execution in phases of a 6-year duration, using working

groups, symposia, workshops, publications and extra- budgetary research and capacity building projects

Over 140 IHP National Committees, governed by IHP

Council – meeting every two years, and regional IHP Committees

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UNESCO IHP

The current phase of IHP, IHP-VI, covering the

period 2002-2007, is devoted to "Water Interactions: Systems at Risk and Social Challenges".

IHP-VI topics on hydrologic research, water

resources management and education are framed in five themes

– Theme 1 - Global Changes and Water Resources – Theme 2 - Integrated Watershed and Aquifer Dynamics – Theme 3 - Land Habitat Hydrology – Theme 4 - Water and Society – Theme 5 - Water Education and Training

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Major achievements

Numerous hydrological maps for water-short

developing countries and standardized mapping techniques

Documentation on regional water balance Techniques for evaluating impacts of water

projects such as dams and reservoirs

New techniques for measuring sedimentation

in freshwater rivers and lakes

Training, and regional research projects and

networking

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Scientific publications

Catalogue of Rivers for Southeast Asia and the Pacific 5 catalogues (Vol. I-II-III- IV-V), 115 basins from 13 countries

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Asian Pacific Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data (AP FRIEND)

• Launched in 1997 with the 1st Phase ended

in 2002, - publication of the report of 1st phase.

• International collaborative project of IHP,

involving 13 countries in Asia-Pacific

• region. Primary objective to improve

understanding of hydrological variability and similarity across time and space in

• rder to develop hydrological science and

practical design methods

• Currently (phase 2) working on rainfall

database and intensity of flood durations

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Diverse technical training courses

Training at Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic

and Enviromental Engineering, Netherlands

AP serial training courses at the Institute of

Hydrospheric-Atmospheric Sciences of the Nagoya University in Japan

Reginal thematic training courses (groundwater,

hydrological data base management, etc.)

Training at Institute of Sedimentation, China Training course on the management of tropical lakes

and reservoirs at Bogor, Indonesia

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Community-based Flood Mitigation, Bidara Cina, Jakarta, Indonesia

The flood mitigation project is intended to strengthen the capacity

• f local community,

particularly who live in large urban areas to cope with recurrent floods.

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Community-based Flood Mitigation, Bidara Cina, Jakarta, Indonesia Knowledge and awareness raising through training on preparedness, search and rescue, post-flood health management, waste management and leadership training, through community gathering and simulation exercises by using participatory approach.

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Aquifer Recharge Project, Binh Thuan Province, Vietnam – system rehabilitation

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Slide 14 uhhan1 The Binh Thuan Province is located along the coastal plain in the lower part of Central Eastern Viet Nam. Before 1975 the area was covered by a dense tropical forest, which was clear-cut to make room to rice fields (which were never developed) and massive desertification resulted. Due to an uneven rainfall distribution and a four months period (from December to March) characterized by very little precipitation, the area suffers considerable water shortage during the dry season.

Han Qunli, 3/22/2006

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Community Water Supply and Sanitation in Siberut, Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra, Indonesia

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The project was carried out using a participatory bottom- up approach: all community members were directly involved in designing and building the water supply system and its regulation for the maintenance of the facility.

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Community Water Supply and Sanitation in Siberut, Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra, Indonesia Rokdok, 2003

All primary responsibilities regarding project management were assumed by the local community through the water management

• committee. This process helped to

guarantee the integration between scientific knowledge and customary practices in developing sustainable community-based water management practice in an indigenous setting.

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UNESCO Science Programmes:

Top Priority: Water and Associated Ecosystems

MAB – Man and the Biosphere Programme

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482 Biosphere Reserves in the world (102 countries)

Different systems are referred now, such as WWF Eco-region, BD Hotspots, etc.

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Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve, Cambodia, 1997

Tonle Tonle Sap BR (1997) Sap BR (1997)

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Large wetlands at Lao - Cambodia border Siphandone Area as well as Xe Piane wetland For Biosphere Reserve and Ramsar sites

Map from ABC Protected Areas Systems Review of the Indo-Malayan Realm (Lao and its neighbours) World Water Day, UNESCAP, Bangkok, 22 March 2006

Ecohydrology application in wetlands of Mekong

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Toba Lake - Indonesia

A river basin based PA strategy taking into account the biological, hydrological but particularly socio-economic, cultural context needed.

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WORLD HERITAGE: Culture and Nature

Tropical Rainforest Heritage Tropical Rainforest Heritage

• f Sumatra supports water for
• f Sumatra supports water for

more than 10 million people more than 10 million people

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Water – a shared responsibility UNESCO is working with its Member States and other UN Agencies to fulfill its part of responsibility through its mandates