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October 2009, Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Management Planning for Chilika Lake received major impetus today by important policy statements made at the workshop organized by Wetlands International – South Asia and Chilika Development Authority at Bhubaneswar, Orissa.
 The Chief Minister of Government of Orissa, Mr. Navin Pattnaik, who is also the chairperson of the Governing Body of the Chilika Development Authority announced creation of a state wetland authority which would bring all wetlands of the state under one management umbrella. Mr. U.N.Behera, Principal Secretary, Government of Orissa further stressed the need to integrate management planning of Chilika into a river basin framework to achieve the desired conservation and economic development outcomes. Dr.A.K.Kundra, President, WISA highlighted the extensive consultative process adopted for formulation of the management plan.
Photo: Mr. Navin Pattnaik, Chief Minister, Government of Orissa (seated second from right) and Dr. A.K.Kundra, President, WISA (first from left) at workshop inaugural session
Chilika Lake received the Ramsar Award in 2002 for achieving a successful community led restoration. A key recommendation of the Ramsar Advisory Mission, which recommended its removal from Montreaux Record) was to establish a single management plan for the lake representing a common vision and strategy. WISA was entrusted with the task of drafting the management plan in consultation with stakeholders. An elaborate process on the lines of New Guidelines for Managemnt Plannign of Wetlands ( adopted by CoP VIII, Valencia) was adopted and the draft prepared after a critical review of information available with CDA, partners and primary surveys by the management planning team.
The two day workshop was aimed at consultations on the draft management plan for Chilika prepared by Wetlands International – South Asia with financial support from Ramsar Seed Grants Facility. The workshop was attended by 120 participants from eminent research organizations, NGOs and experts.
The workshop formally endorsed the management planning framework, and provided several constructive suggestions for implementation. A key recommendation was to outline an institutional framework which would aim at bringing various implementing and managing organizations together under a common structure.
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Stakeholder led Integrated Water Resources Management in Mahanadi Delta, India
The overall goal of this project is strengthening institutional capacity for integrated water resources management in the Mahanadi Delta, India enabling integration of wetland ecosystem services as key components of developing food and water security and adaptation to climate change.
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Wetlands and Livelihoods Programme (WLP)
This project focusses on the mainstreaming of sustainable wetland management principles and practice into the development of poverty reduction strategies through local and international partnerships in DAC1 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It will do this by enhancing of existing and supporting development of new policies at local, national and international levels, with specific inclusion of the water and health sectors and by ensuring due attention to the need for equitable development. Read more... |
Management Planning for Wular Lake, Kashmir
This project focuses on Wular Lake, one of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia. Rapid degradation of Wular Lake has an enormous impact on community health and livelihoods. This prompted the state government to contract Wetlands International and her partners (WISA) to develop an integrated management plan for restoration of the lake and its catchment. Read more... |
Vulnerability mapping to incursion by highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1
WISA (Wetlands International South Asia) and UNICEF-India worked on a two month desk study to review and map available information in relationship to water bird concentrations and poultry productions, with an objective of prioritizing regions for Avian Influenza awareness raising activities under current programes of UNICEF and Ministry of Agriculture. Read more... |
Economic Valuation of Chilika Lake, Orissa
The project aimed at valuing the ecosystem services of Chilika Lake to assess their contribution to local and regional economy; assess impacts of developmental activities on these services. Proposed are a review of current management plans, alternate strategies to ensure sustained provisioning for overall livelihood security of the wetland dependant communities. Read more... |
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Wetlands and Climate Change Adaptation
This 6-page brochure demonstrates how wetlands in a healthy, intact condition can greatly contribute to attenuate the water related impacts of climate change. Due to their ability to store and slowly release water, these wetlands are a vital lifeline in periods of extreme droughtsWetlands International urges governments, development organisations and finance institutions to integrate wetlands... Read more... |
Annual Review 2008
The Annual Review 2008 charts the main achievements, as well as projects, finance and publications of Wetlands International during 2008. Furthermore, it highlights our work in relation to climate change adaptation and on incentive mechanisms for community-based wetland management. As you can read in the Achievements and projects sections of this review, Wetlands International was highly acti... Read more... |
Biorights in Theory and Practice
Bio-rights is an innovative financing mechanism for reconciling poverty alleviation and environmental conservation. By providing micro-credits for sustainable development, the approach enables local communities to refrain from unsustainable practices and be actively involved in environmental conservation and restoration. Micro-credits are converted into definitive payments upon successful delivery... Read more... |
Integration of High Altitude Wetlands into River Basin Management in the Hindu Kush Himalayas
This is a policy review and capacity building needs assesment for integration of High Altitude Wetlands into River Basin Management in Bhutan, China, India and Nepal. The Hindu Kush Himalayas is replete with wetlands distributed throughout the region at different latitudes, longitudes and altitudes. Fed primarily by melting glaciers, these wetlands play an enormous role in ecol... Read more... |
Asian Waterbird Census Newsletter 16
This is the 16th newsletter of the Asian Waterbird Census with the introduction of the newly appointed international coordinator of the Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) and the update on the developments related to the AWC since June 2008.
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Climate Change Adaptation - Jhelum Basin Experiences (video)
Melting glaciers and more extreme precipitation are some of the predicted impacts of climate change. Areas around the Himalayas strongly depend on the stable water flows from these ice covered mountains. The film explains the issue and the role of wetlands in these mountain areas in regulating water flows; mitigating the impacts of climate change. Click here to watch the video.
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Suggestions pour la version préliminaire des Résolutions pour la COP 10 de la Convention Ramsar sur les zones humides
Dans ce document , nous soulignons nos recommendations pour les Résolutions de la Convention Ramsar COP 10 en République de Corée qui a lieu du 28 Octobre au 4 Novembre 2008. Read more... |
Recommendations for Ramsar COP 10
Attached the recommendations on the draft resolutions of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands COP 10, 28 October till 4 November 2008 in Korea. Read more... |
Best Practice Guidelines on Restoration of Mangroves in Tsunami Affected Areas
Mangroves as an ecosystem are capable of performing certain functions or environmental services.
Mangrove plants produce organic matter through photosynthesis and this produces the food for most of the fish and shellfish in the coastal waters.
Fish and shrimp catches increase with the increasing presence of mangroves in the inter-tidal zone.
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Loktak
Fourth in series, the newsletter brings in an update on conservation and management of Loktak Lake, Manipur a Ramsar site and a large freshwater wetland in northeast India. The current issue focuses on water management. It summarizes the various issues related to current water management which is focused on human uses (particularly hydropower generation) ignoring other ecological requirements for ... Read more... |
Annual Review 2007
Our Annual Review 2007 covers our global organisation and presents the financial information, all our projects, publications and achievements. Wetlands International clearly demonstrated in 2007 the important role it can play as a science-based organisation that can act as a global witness - bringing key facts from the field to the attention of policy-makers. A good example of this ... Read more... |
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