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Application of Environmental Flows in River Basin Management
IW:LEARN Regional Training Workshop for Latin America/Caribbean How can river basin management meet the needs of people and economic development alongside protection of the environment? This is the main challenge facing sustainable development in river basins today where dams or surface water abstraction have modified flows. Environmental flows are being applied in an expanding number of basins worldwide to meet this challenge. Environmental flows entails setting allocations of water between uses, whether for agriculture, hydropower, cities or sustaining wetlands and fisheries. Amounts allocated and the timing of flows are set using participatory processes, based on assessments of the social, economic and environmental impacts of alternate flow regimes. The World Conservation Union (IUCN) and GEF-IW:LEARN, in partnership with the World Bank Institute, are holding a training workshop.
| What | Workshop |
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| When |
10-Feb-2008 11:55 PM
to 14-Feb-2008 11:55 PM |
| Where | Iguaçu, Brazil |
| Contact Name | Mark Smith |
| Contact Email | mark.smith@iucn.org |
| Contact Phone | +41 22 999 0117 |
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Agenda
Agenda for workshop - Most Recent version on IUCN site
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Additional References
The reading list contains a few key papers that we suggest you look at before the workshop, as they will help strengthen your participation. The suggested readings include chapters from the IUCN Toolbook FLOW in 3 languages: English, Portuguese and Spanish. Note that hard copies of the book will be distributed at the workshop in your preferred language.
Sessions 1-4
Katz – Going with the flow
FLOW – Chapter 1 & 2, Fluxo - Capitulo 1 & 2, Caudal - Capitulo 1 & 2
Acreman and Dunbar – review of methods
Collischonn et al. - Searching for an Ecological Hydrograph
Sessions 5-8
World Bank – case studies
IUCN Tempisque case study (English and Espanol)
Pangani river system: State of the Basin Report
King and Brown – Striking a balance
FLOW – Chapter 3, Fluxo - Capitulo 3, Caudal - Capitulo 3
Sessions 9-16
FLOW – Chapter 4,5 & 6, Fluxo- Capitulo 4,5 & 6, Caudal- Capitulo 4,5 & 6
Scanlon & Iza – legal basis
The Environmental Flows Network was launched by IUCN and a consortium of partners in 2007. The Network features a website – www.eflownet.org – which provides access information, literature and most importantly a network of environmental flow practitioners and specialists around the world.
