Next steps and implementationRobyn Johnston, IWMI

Rivers for life and livelihoods River health in the Ayeyarwady and Thanlwin River Basins

Building evidence for integrated, sustainable watershed management

Myanmar Water Framework Directive

Basin development planningLivelihood support programs

Hotspots & sweet spots, change thresholds,

drivers & trends

HR visions & values

HR knowledge baseHR report

cards

MYHRI outputs

• Healthy Rivers Vision statement • River Health Knowledge Base• Healthy Rivers Report Cards– basin and local scale

• River Health Framework Resource Kit • Project proposal for scaling up

Timeline

Myanmar River Visions ReportRiver Health Knowledge BaseCommunity monitoringRiver Health Report CardRiver Health Framework Resource Kit

2015 2016 2017

Healthy Rivers Vision Statement

• Workshops in each basin - September/ October 2015

• Consultations with key stakeholders• Field sites - community inputs• National workshop in 2016• Issues - trends - values - vision• Inclusive approach (gender, youth)

River Health Knowledge Base

• GIS database • Time-series data• Models and tools• Results from field sites

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Flow

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Chindwin at Monywa Irrawaddy at Sagaing Irrawaddy at Magwe

Mean Annual FlowChindwin at Monywa: 153,786 Mm3

Irrawaddy at Saigang: 260,390 Mm3

Irrawaddy at Magwe: 365,200 Mm3

River health report cards• Basin scale - synthesis and analysis of basin data

• Local scale - for 3 sites in each basin, combining community views, field data and detailed RS / GIS

Field sites• 3 in each basin• Locations to be confirmed• Work with communities to

understand – their use, values and vision

for river;– trends in river condition– local and regional drivers

of change• ECCDI and MIID

River health resource kit

• River health framework and approach for future monitoring

• Handbooks, guidelines, tools

Key points of interaction with MOECAF

MOECAF roleRH Vision Input to vision as key stakeholder

RH Knowledge Base 2-way data exchange

RH Report Cards- basin scale

Review and comment

RH Report Cards - local scale

Review and comment

RHF Resource Kit Training in use of tools

Project proposal for scaling up Key partner in proposal

Project partners

Robyn JohnstonTeam leader SalweenR.Johnston@cgiar.org

Tarek KetelsenTeam leader Ayeyarwadytarek.ketelsen@icem.com.au