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Conclusions and recommendation Ecosystem is an essential part of the IWRM and not duplication. The integrated approach for incorporating ecosystems into IWRM would produce new benefit opportunities such as; • Biodiversity benefits and increased resilience to extreme climate events such as floods and droughts, which would complement more traditional benefits such as hydropower and navigation. • It covers an essential part related to compensations of resulted damage or impact in the failure of services related to any element of ecosystem. • It encourages incentives and markets for managing and providing healthy and sustainable ecosystems, and addressing drivers of ecosystem change more systematically. Seminar: IWRM and ecosystem based approaches: Complementary, duplicating or competing? 36
Participatory ecosystem management as decentralised IWRM: Lessons from India Presenting Author: Co-Authors: Dr. Nandita Singh, Water Development Centre (UCV), Norrtälje, Sweden Mr. Om Prakash Singh, Millennium Water Story, Sweden Keywords Participatory ecosystem management, water conservation, decentralised IWRM, India, community participation Highlights This presentation will highlight the complementarities between ecosystem-based approaches and IWRM. It will discuss how participatory ecosystem management at the local scale reinforces IWRM which ultimately enables water security and balances water use between people, food production and environment, presenting successful case studies from India. Introduction and objectives Ecosystems and water resources are closely intertwined but ignorance of this delicate relationship and mismanagement of ecosystems for obtaining narrow and short-term economic gains has ultimately led to water insecurity in many parts of India. However, the mistakes have been identified in some areas at the local scale and community-based efforts are under way to implement sustainable solutions by restoring the overexploited ecosystems. What is the nature of these participatory ecosystem management approaches? What outputs have these efforts delivered in terms of IWRM? This presentation aims to answer the above questions, illustrating successful case studies from different parts of India. Methodology approach The presentation is based on the findings of an empirical research in arid/semiarid India funded by Vetenskapsrådet. Data was collected through qualitative research methods in selected villages in states of Rajasthan, Bihar and Maharashtra. The study was based on the framework of IWRM, conceptualized as an approach promoting coordinated restoration and management of water, forest and other natural resources, with the aim to maximize equitable social welfare together with ecosystems sustainability. ‘Integration’ primarily focused on: green and blue waters and the water cycle, different water use sectors, and that of all stakeholders in planning and action. Analysis and results The study revealed that ecosystem degradation in the study villages was a result of overexploitation of natural resources, notably water, forest and pastures. Consequently, ecosystem restoration process, which was initiated with community participation, had 3 main components, namely, water conservation, afforestation and rejuvenation of pasturelands. Both women and men participated in the process and over time the effects became visible, with higher water availability. The water conservation was carried out differently in different econiches. Watershed structures like checkdams, anicuts, water absorption trenches and gabions were constructed to slow down the flow of water as well as help retention of soil moisture and groundwater recharge. Simultaneously, the lost vegetation has been replanted, and the forest trees as well greenery in the pastures so restored has been protected through community management rules. These efforts have rejuvenated lost rivers and ponds, recharged groundwater and enhanced green water content in soil, restoring the flora and fauna. In turn, these actions have revived agriculture, provided safe drinking water, enhanced crop and animal productivity, thereby preventing migration and fighting poverty. In the end, many such villages could come back to the path of sustainable development. Seminar: IWRM and ecosystem based approaches: Complementary, duplicating or competing? 37
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