Water and Agriculture: 30 year Visions for the Water and Agriculture: 30 year Visions for the Environment Environment

Sectors: Water, Agriculture, Environment Environmental footprints of

Looking 30 years ahead

Transparancy in developments and consequences

Solution finding at river basin scale

Characteristics of WAVE-30Characteristics of WAVE-30

developments in food production

Why WAVE-30 ?

Eradicating extreme poverty Eradicating extreme poverty and hungerand hunger

Ensure environmental Ensure environmental sustainabilitysustainability

MDG 1MDG 1

MDG 7MDG 7

Partnership for developmentPartnership for development MDG 8MDG 8

Direct objectives

Knowledge and transparancyKnowledge and transparancy

Effective policy planningEffective policy planning

Capacity buildingCapacity building

Stakeholder participationStakeholder participation

Two programme components Two programme components

- Global assessment- Global assessment

- 5 to 10 river basin cases- 5 to 10 river basin cases

WAVE-globalWAVE-global

WAVE-basinsWAVE-basins

WAVE - Global WAVE - Global

WAVE - basinsWAVE - basins

Volta River

Lake VictoriaLake Victoria

MekongMekong

MehanadiMehanadi

IncomatiIncomati

Yellow RiverYellow River

Characteristics WAVE - basins Characteristics WAVE - basins

River basin and coastal areasRiver basin and coastal areas

Environmental objectives river and coast Environmental objectives river and coast

Scenarios for future economic development Scenarios for future economic development

Assessment – stakeholder dialogueAssessment – stakeholder dialogue

Solution finding - Policy optionsSolution finding - Policy options

Capacity buildingCapacity building

Co-operation partners Co-operation partners

A step forward A step forward

MDG-s on poverty reduction and MDG-s on poverty reduction and environmental sustainabilityenvironmental sustainability

And implementation of IWRM and And implementation of IWRM and water efficiency plans in 2005water efficiency plans in 2005

in meeting …in meeting …

Thank you Thank you for your for your attention attention