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Wednesday 7 November
The theme for the final day of the conference
was: Adapative Water Governance and its
implementation. Ecosystem Services
Sita Vulto and Jan Saaf introduced the
CarboWet Foundation, whose main
the ecosystem valuation function of certified
carbon trading. The presenters said
providing an economic valuation for wetlands,
the value of these wetlands will increase.
Kevin Zunckel introduced the Drakensberg
Mountain Range, running through KwaZ
Natal and the Eastern Cape, as one of the few
portions in South Africa with a positive water
balance.
It was said that the importance of this area is
emphasized by the existence of reservoir and
water transfer infrastructure that must take
surplus water from this area to areas of deficit.
The benefits associated with the ecosystem
services derived from the Maloti-
Transfrontier Project out-weighs costs.
DAILYBULLETINThe theme for the final day of the conference
Adapative Water Governance and its
Sita Vulto and Jan Saaf introduced the
, whose main interest is
the ecosystem valuation function of certified
said that by
providing an economic valuation for wetlands,
the value of these wetlands will increase.
Kevin Zunckel introduced the Drakensberg
Mountain Range, running through KwaZulu
Natal and the Eastern Cape, as one of the few
portions in South Africa with a positive water
It was said that the importance of this area is
ed by the existence of reservoir and
water transfer infrastructure that must take
r from this area to areas of deficit.
he benefits associated with the ecosystem
Drakensberg
weighs costs.
Suvarna Chandrappagari introduced a number
of initiatives undertaken since 1994 by the
Government of Andhra Prasesh, India aimed at
promoting improved participatory watershed
management in this sub
studies undertaken by the Government of
Andhra Prasesh, India
finalisation of 455 watershed projects
spreading over 1.96 million hectares of
drought prone areas covering some 3
villages.
Bimo Nkhata provided
“property rights” approach to fresh water
governance. Property rights are key drivers of
ecosystem services and
sustainable development and fresh water
governance.
Investing in water security for growth and climate resilience development
DAILY BULLETIN
Suvarna Chandrappagari introduced a number
of initiatives undertaken since 1994 by the
Government of Andhra Prasesh, India aimed at
promoting improved participatory watershed
management in this sub-region of India. The
studies undertaken by the Government of
have resulted in the
455 watershed projects
spreading over 1.96 million hectares of
drought prone areas covering some 3 100
Bimo Nkhata provided an insight into a
approach to fresh water
roperty rights are key drivers of
and are central to
sustainable development and fresh water
Investing in water security for growth and climate resilience
Closing plenary
Chair of the Closing Plenary, CEO of the WRC,
Dhesigen Naidoo highlighted the fact that the
global dialogue on water is generally
unanimous that we are moving into a very
difficult water future on the back of factors
including unprecedented population growth
combined with rapid levels of economic
movement in the developing world in
particular.
Centuries of environmentally insensitive and
water wasteful mining and industrial practices
have come back to haunt us. This combined
with the newer challenges of Global Change
has defined the Water Challenge of the 21st
Century.
Over the past three days of this conference,
we have made an important start to that
global dialogue. We have converged here from
29 countries, across 5 continents to apply our
minds, experiences and insights, and engaged
these issues into five baskets: Legislation,
regulatory environments, human and
environmental rights; Markers and measures
of good governance in the water domain;
Multi-level, multi-sectoral and transboundary
governance and adaptive management; Tools
for implementation, and; The need for new
knowledge and capacity through investments
in research and development to develop and
implement better and sustainable solutions to
challenges.
This has been enormously beneficial, we have
forded a few solution streams and started on a
path of many more, and have organised
ourselves an important continuity, whereby
we will move to the next level in a series of
discipline and area specific domains, including
next year’s International Conference on Water
and Gender, and the International Conference
on Fresh Water Governance 2 in Adelaide,
Australia taking place in 2014.
The session was built on the motivation that
the existing uncertainty on how climate
change will affect water resources. However,
this should not deter investments for water
security. No and low regret investments have
the key characteristics of delivering benefits
under any future climate scenario and building
confidence in the long term sustainability of
development activities. Fast-tracking this
investment allows action to be taken despite
the large uncertainties in the future climate. At
the same time there is need to focus on
developing climate resilient infrastructure at
all levels and this requires innovative and
informed planning. This session aimed at
discussing ways of ensuring that short and
long term investment strategies aimed at
increasing water security and improving
climate resilience are prioritised at different
levels.
More systemic, more adaptive: The way forward for water governance?