MainDB: Ecosystem-Based Adaptation and Water Resources in Nepal and Perú
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Ecosystem-Based Adaptation and Water Resources in Nepal and Perú
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Civil society
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Asia; South America
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Good practices in both countries included:
community involvement in water resource management;
prioritizing holistic approaches in adaptation projects;
institutionalizing financial mechanisms for ecosystem-based adaptation.
These lessons learned were detailed in a summary for policymakers and were presented to policymakers by project partners at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
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Adaptation planning and practices
Adaptation sector/theme:
Water resources; Indigenous and traditional knowledge
Climate hazard:
Drought; Floods
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Nepal; Peru
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Solutions to the climate crisis that centers on natural ecosystems and people are gaining traction around the world. For decades, nature-based solutions have been pursued to mitigate climate change and adapt to climate change impacts. Recently, governments and climate advocates have turned to the growing field of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) as a part of an overall strategy to combat the negative impacts of climate change. As a subset of the broader field of nature-based solutions, EbA helps people adapt to the impacts of climate change through conservation, sustainable management, and restoration of ecosystems.
EbA solutions highlight the importance of ecosystem services and biodiversity in reducing the vulnerability of communities to the climate crisis. By improving ecosystem health to adapt to climate change, EbA solutions are more sustainable over the long term and often more cost-effective than stand-alone grey infrastructure solutions, which utilize human-made materials like cement to adapt to climate impacts. Hybrid approaches, or green-grey infrastructure – combining traditional engineered approaches with ecosystem-based infrastructure – provide combined adaptation benefits for communities. EbA practices can provide social, economic, climatic, and environmental benefits to local communities. Implementing EbA solutions in mountain regions is important because of the unique climate risk these areas face. Enhancing natural systems will allow these regions to adapt to these risks while ensuring the resilience of water resources.
This case study aims to advance knowledge on traditional water resource management and climate change adaptation planning. Interviews with policymakers and government representatives, civil society representatives, and local community members in Nepal and Perú were conducted to understand the knowledge exchange around water adaptation practices and technologies between local communities and state and national actors through the lens of ecosystem-based adaptation. This study assessed the prioritization of ecosystem-based adaptation in the Andean and Hindu Kush Himalayan regions and the role of sustainable economic development. This analysis also highlights differences between adaptation planning implementation in practice and high-level policies on climate change adaptation, including National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).
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Further information:
https://www.iucn.org/sites/dev/files/eba_and_water_resources_in_nepal_and_peru.pdf
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National; Regional
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Case study
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17/08/2021
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Yale University
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Policy makers; Practitioners
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Common challenges and good practices were identified through a comparative analysis between Nepal and Perú. Across the two countries, the following strained efforts to implement ecosystem-based adaptation projects and promote effective water management practices:
political processes;
finance;
sector siloing;
top-down implementation;
one-size-fits-all approaches.
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Implementing partners:
Instituto de Montaña/The Mountain Institute (TMI) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
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Last modified at 16/05/2022 08:44 by Lilian Daphine Lunyolo
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