Knowledge Sharing around water management innovations in the Andes and Himalayas

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Original Message

From: Ana Maria Ponce, posted on 2013/08/19

Dear KM4Dev Colleagues,

I am glad to contact you regarding the upcoming Focused Conversation, titled: “Knowledge Sharing around water management innovations in the Andes and Himalayas”. This focused conversation is an KM4Dev project which opens a space to share lessons learnt by communities in both mountain regions around innovative solutions on water management. These communities have found innovative and creative ways to manage their water resources, adapting to harsh environmental hazards and climate changes in mountain regions of the Andes and the Himalayas.

The HimalAndes team is a small group of experts who are finding ways to bridge distances between the Himalayas and the Andes, focusing on similarities among both ecosystems, and extrapolating valuable lessons across both regions. This focused discussion will use the KM4Dev Platform to share lessons through selected cases from both mountain regions around innovative solutions for water management. These lessons will be shared and debated using a “virtual bridge” during 3 weeks. The KM4Dev Platform currently has around 1800 members from 104 countries, including the Andean and Himalayan regions. We expect your active comments and contributions to enrich this focused conversation.

This focused conversation will be held between Sep. 23 and Oct 10th 2013 on the KM4Dev Platform. It will be facilitated by a small committee of experts (Felipe Custer, Alejandro Camino, Les Simm and Ana Maria Ponce). Experts from both regions are being contacted in advance to submit case studies. Weekly summaries will be posted on the KM4Dev Wiki, and the final report with a general overview and future recommendations will be compiled by Dr. Alejandro Camino, founder of the HimalAndes Initiative.

The HimalAndes team will be happy to receive short (max. 3 pages) case studies by September 7th for their pre-selection in this upcoming focused conversation. Kindly send them to the e-mail: ponceanamaria80@gmail.com. Selected case studies will be shared in the list, published in the KM4Dev Wiki (http://wiki.km4dev.org/Discussions) and will be submitted to the KM4Dev Journal Editorial team for future issues of the KM4Dev Journal. We look forward to a rich debate and active participation of KM4Dev members in this focused discussion! Sincerely yours,

HimalAndes Coordination Team:

  • Ana Maria Ponce, KM4Dev Core Group member [1]
  • Felipe Custer, CEO Equilibra Consultants
  • Alejandro Camino , Director of Global Heritage Fund in Peru, HimalAndes Initiative Founder
  • Les Simm, HimalAndes Core Group

Contributors

All replies in full are available in the discussion page. Contributions received with thanks from:

Related Discussions

First Week Contributions:

  • Ana Maria Ponce, Sep 21, 2013, First Week Program [2]
  • Alejandro Camino, Sep 22, 2013, Foreword [3]
  • Felipe Custer, Sep 23, 2013, Moderator's Note: Introduction to the case: Innovations on water management and knowledge sharing networks in the Andes and Himalayas [4]
  • CONDESAN, Sep 23, 2013, Case 1 by CONDESAN: Machangara River Basin Council, Azuay Province, Ecuador [5]
  • CONDESAN, Sep 24, 2013,Case 2 by CONDESAN: Integrated Water Management of Muylo Mullucro catchment, Tarma, Peru [6]
  • Julian Goh, Sep 24, 2013 [7]
  • Les Simm, Sep 24, 2013, Comment on Case 1 [8]
  • Alton Byers, Sep 25, 2013, Case 3: Climate Change, Tourism, and Freshwater Management in the Sagarmatha (Everest) National Park, Nepal [9]
  • Guillermo Castro, Sep 25, 2013, Comment on Case 2 [10]
  • Felipe Custer, Sep 25, 2013, Question [11]
  • Ana Maria Ponce, Sep 26, 2013, Case 3: Call for Action and community engagement [12]
  • Ujol Sherchan, Sep 26, 2013, Resource: ICIMOD 2013 Photo Contest Online Gallery on “Water” Theme [13]
  • Jorge Recharte, Sep 26, 2013, Case 4: "Quillcay Watershed: innovating local governance for water resources management in the context of climate related hazards" [14]
  • Felipe Custer, Sep 27, 2013, "Second Week Program" [15]
  • Alberto Zegarra, Sep 27, 2013, "Comments on Week 1 cases" [16]
  • Virginia Ponce, Sep 27, 2013, "Comments on Week 1" [17]
  • Felipe Custer, Sep 27, 2013, "Week 1 Summary" [18]


Second Week Contributions:

  • Ana Maria Ponce, Sep 29, 2013, "Introduction to Week 2" [19]
  • Paribesh Pradhan, Sep 30, 2013, "Innovations and challenges on water security and management across Nepal Himalayas in a changing climate" [20]
  • Guillermo Castro, Oct 1, 2013, "Question on case 5 by Paribesh Pradhan: "Innovations and challenges on water security and management across Nepal" [21]
  • Paribesh Pradhan, Oct 2, 2013, "Response to question about my case" [22]
  • Guillermo Castro, Oct 2, 2013, Case 6: "The role of water sources in the Inca Road System (Qhapaq Ñan) and its successful management, in the region of Cajamarca, Peru, since pre-Hispanic times" [23]
  • Les Simm, Oct 2, 2013, "Question on case 6" [24]
  • Kalyan & Anita Paul, Oct 2, 2013, Case 7: "Himalayas: Forests and Water: Securing a Balance in Mountain Ecosystems" [25]
  • Guillermo Castro, Oct 2, 2013, Reply to Paribesh's comments about my case - Case 6" [26]
  • Guillermo Castro, Oct 2, 2013, Reply to L.Simm on questions on my case" [27]
  • Ramiro Ortega, Oct 3, 2013, Case 8:"Indigenous Systems for local weather forecast and strategies of adaptation to climate change in southern Peru" [28]
  • Ana Maria Ponce, Oct 3, 2013, Moderator's question on Case by Ramiro Ortega [29]
  • Ramiro Ortega, Oct 4, 2013, "Response to moderator's questions" [30]
  • Ana Maria Ponce, Oct 4. 2013, "Second week summary" [31]


Third Week Contributions:

  • Les Simm, Oct 6, 2013, "Introduction to Week 3" [32]
  • Les Simm, Oct 6, 2013, "Case 9 by Dirk Hoffmann:Managemen​t of bofedales in the Bolivian Cordillera Real in the face of climate change” [33]
  • Les Simm, Oct 7, 2013, "Case 10: “Water Conservati​on and Use for Sustainabl​e Developmen​t in Bhutan – Current Policies and Practices" [34]
  • Alejandro Camino, Oct 7, 2013 "Comment about Case 8 by Ramiro Ortega:"Indigenous Systems for local weather forecast and strategies of adaptation to climate change in southern Peru" [35]
  • Lungten Norbu, Oct 8, 2013 "Comment about Case 8 by Ramiro Ortega" [36]
  • Les Simm, Oct 8, 2013 "Introduction to Case 11 and Summary of third week debate" [37]
  • Erg Rosenmann, Oct 9, 2013 "Case 11: Erg Rosenmann "Water Governance,small Hydro power plants and environmental services in the mountains of Chile: A Contribution for the HimalAndes Initiative" [38]
  • Alejandro Camino, Oct 9, 2013 "A.Camino's comment on Case 7 by Kalyan Paul: "Forests and Water: Securing a Balance in Mountain Ecosystems ”[39]
  • Alejandro Camino, Oct 9, 2013 "A.Camino: Question on Case 10: "Water Conservati​on and Use for Sustainabl​e Developmen​t in the Bhutan" [40]
  • Jorge Recharte, Oct 9, 2013 "J.Recharte: Questions and Comment on Case 4" [41]
  • Ramiro Ortega, Oct 10, 2013 "Comments and response to questions raised by Lungten Norbu" [42]
  • Alejandro Camino, Oct 10, 2013 "General overview and the way forward" [43]
  • Ramiro Ortega, Oct 11, 2013 "Comments about the forum" [44]

Summary

Detailed Description

This focused conversation will be held between Sep. 23 and Oct 10th 2013 on the KM4Dev Platform. It will be facilitated by a small committee of experts (Felipe Custer, Alejandro Camino and Ana Maria Ponce). Experts from both regions are being contacted in advance to submit case studies. Weekly summaries will be posted on the KM4Dev Wiki, and the final report with a general overview and future recommendations will be compiled by Dr. Alejandro Camino, founder of the HimalAndes Initiative.

Week 1 Program : Sep 23 – 27, 2013

Sep. 23

  • Introductory Statement by Dr. Alejandro Camino, HimalAndes Initiative Founder [45]
  • Introduction to the first week’s topic: Innovations on water management and knowledge sharing networks in the Andes and Himalayas by Felipe Custer, CEO Equilibra Consultants [46]
  • Andes: Innovation on Water Management in the Andes (Case 1: Machangara River Basin Council, Azuay Province, Ecuador) by CONDESAN [47]

Sep 24

  • Andes: Innovation on Water Management in the Andes (Case 2: Integrated Water Management of Muylo Mullucro catchment, Tarma, Peru), by CONDESAN [48]

Sep 25

  • Himalayas, Case 3: Climate Change, Tourism and Freshwater Management in the Sagarmantha (Everest) National Park, Nepal, by Alton Byers, Director of Science and Exploration, The Mountain Institute [49]

Sep 26

  • Andes: Case 4: "Quillcay Watershed: innovating local governance for water resources management in the context of climate related hazards" by Jorge Recharte, Director of South America Programs, The Mountain Institute [50]

Sep 27

  • Weekly Summary No. 1 by Felipe Custer

Week 2 Program: Sep 30 – Oct 4, 2013

Sep 30

  • Introduction to Week 2: Traditional Knowledge Sharing on Water management in the Andes and Himalayas by Dr. Ana Maria Ponce, KM4Dev Core Group Member
  • Himalayas, Case 5: Innovations and challenges on water security and management across Nepal , by Paribesh Pradhan, Founder of Annapurna Foundation Case available here: [51]


Oct 1

  • Andes, Case 6: The importance and the role of water sources in the Inca Road System (Qhapaq Ñan) and its successful management, in the region of Cajamarca, Peru, since pre-Hispanic times, by Guillermo Castro, Founder of the Qhapac Nan Patronage Case available here: [52]

Oct 2

  • Himalayas, Case 7: Forests and Water: Securing a Balance in Mountain Ecosystems, by Kalyan Paul, co-founder Pan Himalayan Grassroots Development Foundation Case available here: [53]

Oct 3

  • Andes, Case 8: Indigenous Systems for local weather forecast and strategies of adaptation to climate change in Southern Peru, by Ramiro Ortega, Executive Director, Instituto de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo Sustentable de los Agro ecosistemas Andinos , Antarki. Case available here:[54]

Oct 4

  • Weekly Summary No. 2, by Dr. Ana Maria Ponce

[55]

Week 3 Program: Oct 7-10, 2013

Oct 7

  • Introduction to Third Week’s Topic: Innovations and alternative uses of water in the Andes and the Himalayas by Les Simm, HimalAndes Initiative Core Group [56]
  • Andes: Case 9: Management of bofedales (high Andean peat bogs) in the Bolivian Cordillera Real in the face of climate change by Dirk Hoffmann, Director, Bolivian Mountain Institute [57]

Oct 8

  • Himalayas: Case 10: Water Conservation and Use for Sustainable Development in Buthan, by Pema Wangdi, Management Division, Department of Forests and Park Services (MoAF), and Lungten Norbu,Council for RNR Research of Bhutan (CoRRB), MoAF [58]

Oct 9

  • Andes: Case 11: Lessons learnt on water governance and environmental services of Small Hydroelectric plants in the Mountains of Chile by Erg Rosenmann, Environmental Council of Pucon, Chile [59]

Oct 10

  • Discussion summary and Lessons Learnt: The way forward, by Dr. Alejandro Camino, HimalAndes Initiative Founder [60]


Recommended Resources

  • ICIMOD 2013 Photo Contest Online Gallery on “Water” Theme [61]
  • Great Himalaya Trail [62]
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