FINAL REPORT Ecohydrology Workshop and Steering Committee Meeting

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INTERNATIONAL HYDROLOGICAL PROGRAMME

Ecohydrology Workshop and Steering Committee Meeting

20-21 May 2014, Paris, France

FINAL REPORT

IHP-VIII IHP/ECOHYDROLOGY-WORKSHOP/2014/2

Division of Water Sciences UNESCO, 2014

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Final Report of the Ecohydrology Workshop and Steering Committee Meeting (Paris, France, 20-21 May 2014)

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The main purpose for this call was to set up a network of Ecohydrology demonstration projects which could showcase how to identify, quantify and improve the critical interactions between water, biota and social systems for sustainable water management, following the principles of the concept of UNESCO IHP Ecohydrology.

The Ecohydrology concept was intended to operate in Demonstration Projects on four levels:

- Information (monitoring, collecting of empirical data, defining interactions and hydrology- biota-society feedbacks),

- Knowledge (defining patterns, describing and explaining processes),

- Wisdom (ability to formulate policy, principles for action, problem solving by system solutions, stakeholders involvement, education, implementation),

- Cooperation for solving problems (willingness of different stakeholders to effectively contribute actively to the implementation of the Ecohydrology approach in the demonstration).

Following the submission of the proposals (32 sites from 24 countries, including one site shared between 3 countries), the “International Workshop on UNESCO’s new Ecohydrology Demonstration Site Projects” was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, 21-23 March 2011. This workshop aimed to bring together experiences of the following areas of interest in the demonstration sites:

- Relationships among ecological patterns and hydrological process;

- Disturbance and dynamics in natural and anthropogenic ecology and hydrology;

- Ecohydrological approaches to biodiversity conservation, environmental management, and ecological restoration;

- Integrating hydrology with ecological planning, design, and architecture, or reverse;

- Transdisciplinary studies of regional sustainability from scopes of ecohydrology, ecology, or both.

As a start-up of the eighth phase of IHP in January 2014, the Ecohydrology Workshop and Steering Committee Meeting was organized in Paris, France, 20-21 May 2014, with the following objectives:

- Reactivate the Ecohydrology programme within UNESCO IHP.

- Re-establish/reinforce the Scientific Advisory Committee (Steering Committee), represented so far by UNESCO Centres and Chairs.

- Include other members and associate members in the committee to be chosen among the different scientists/researchers joining the meeting.

- Revitalize the UNESCO Ecohydrology demonstration sites.

- Discuss and plan the activities within the Ecohydrology Theme 5 of the new IHP Phase 8.

- Seek partnerships and synergies to implement projects on topics of common interests with other organizations/partners (Ramsar, IAH, EU, IGRAC, etc.) to join efforts in addressing common issues (e.g. natural/constructed wetlands regulation processes, etc.) using

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ecohydrology as a transdisciplinary, scientific approach to achieve water security (quality improvement, biodiversity enhancement, social interactions, etc.), at all scales.

The workshop meeting was organized during one and a half days and included presentations from UNESCO category 1 and 2 Water Centres and discussions on cooperation with related international programmes, and a last session on “Views, perspectives, challenges and opportunities for the eight phase of IHP”. The workshop agenda and the complete list of participants are included as Annex 1 and 2, respectively.

Thirty-one participants from seventeen countries attended the meetings. This included also the participation of UNESCO colleagues from field offices (Nairobi and Venice), from the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), as well as from the section of Groundwater Systems and Settlements.

The Steering Committee was held during the afternoon of the last day (21 May).

All the presentations can be obtained through the following link:

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002284/228453E.pdf

2 OPENING

Ms Blanca Jiménez-Cisneros, Director, UNESCO Division of Water Sciences, and Secretary, UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (UNESCO-IHP), opened the meeting and welcomed the participants. She remarked that ecohydrology is an innovative integrated scientific approach to achieving more sustainable management of natural resources in a fast-changing world that poses many challenges to science. She stressed main challenges, including the need to achieve and maintain harmony between the biogeosphere, humanity and water. She introduced UNESCO’s Ecohydrology programme of the IHP, which is entering its eighth phase (IHP VIII, 2014 – 2021).

She expressed the hope that the workshop and the steering committee could introduce a visionary view and direction for the future implementation of ecohydrological activities to be included in the final long-term programme, through policy, relevant knowledge, and the promotion of technical capacity building in line with cooperation for problem solving, which will consequently bridge the gap between the hydrology, social and ecological/environmental sciences by exploring community cultural values.

The Ecohydrology Steering Committee Chair, Mr. Luis Chícharo, also welcomed the participants and thanked IHP for organizing the meeting in Paris.

3 INTRODUCTION OF ECOHYDROLOGY PROGRAMME OF IHP-VIII

Mr. Giuseppe Arduino, Chief of the Ecohydrology, Water Quality and Water Education Section, introduced the IHP programme and presented the activities and projects along with the current status of the Ecohydrology demonstration sites.

The International Hydrological Programme (IHP) is the only intergovernmental programme of the UN system devoted to water research, water resources management, and education and capacity building. Since its inception in 1975, IHP has evolved from an internationally coordinated hydrological research programme into an encompassing, holistic programme to facilitate education and capacity building, and enhance water resources management and governance. IHP facilitates an interdisciplinary and integrated approach to watershed and aquifer management, which incorporates the social dimension of water resources, and promotes and develops international research in hydrological and freshwater sciences.

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Among the six themes identified in the eighth phase of IHP, the fifth is devoted to “Ecohydrology, engineering harmony for a sustainable world”. The Ecohydrology programme has evolved into a trans-disciplinary scientific programme to analyse the dynamic relationships between hydrological, social and ecological systems, while focusing on an integrated understanding of biological and hydrological processes at a catchment scale in order to create a scientific basis for a socially acceptable, cost-effective and systemic approach to the sustainable management of freshwater resources. There are five focal areas in the theme of Ecohydrology:

- 5.1 Hydrological dimension of a catchment - identification of potential threats and opportunities for a sustainable development.

- 5.2 Shaping of the catchment ecological structure for ecosystem potential enhancement - biological productivity and biodiversity.

- 5.3 Ecohydrology system solution and ecological engineering for the enhancement of water and ecosystem resilience and ecosystem services.

- 5.4 Urban Ecohydrology - storm water purification and retention in the city landscape, potential for improvement of health and quality of life.

- 5.5 Ecohydrological regulation for sustaining and restoring continental to coastal connectivity and ecosystem functioning.

Among 32 demonstration sites that the IHP contacted to assess the state of the art of the projects over the world, 12 sites from 9 countries (Argentina, Bahamas, China, Costa Rica, Germany, Indonesia, Philippines, Poland, Sweden) replied and informed UNESCO-IHP about the current status and progress.

4 PRESENTATION OF THE ON-GOING ACTIVITIES OF THE UNESCO CENTRES

The Representatives from UNESCO category 1 and 2 Centres focused on Ecohydrology presented their activities in contribution to the IHP-VIII. UNESCO Ecohydrology centres and Chairs have undertaken studies to pursue systems solutions for the integration of ecohydrological technologies at different scales.

4.1 European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology

Mr Maciej Zalewski presented on “Ecohydrology-integrative process-oriented thinking for desirable vision of the future”. He emphasized “Dual Regulation” which is a strategy that regulates biota by altering hydrology and regulates hydrology by shaping biota.

4.2 International Centre for Coastal Ecohydrology

Mr Luis Chícharo introduced “Coastal Ecohydrology: examples from Guadiana and future challenges”. He presented an on-going research on ecohydrology model for the management of river flow in the Guadiana estuary, which is located in the transboundary region between Portugal and Spain.

4.3 International Centre for Integrated Water Resources Management (IciWarm)

Mr Robert Pietrowsky spoke about “The importance of Ecohydrology and the quantification of ecosystem services within an IWRM evaluation framework”. He presented the IciWarm activities to advance science and to use contemporary tools and models for consideration of ecosystem services in decision-making.

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Mr Ignasius Sutapa presented on “Managing water through Ecohydrology approach: integration of local wisdom, culture and modern sciences”. He introduced the APCE, a category II centre of UNESCO. It focuses on ecological approaches to water resources management, to provide sustainable water for the people by harnessing science and technology, education and culture.

4.5 UNESCO Institute for Water Education (UNESCO-IHE)

Mr Michael McClain presented on “Seeking synergies between UNESCO IHP VIII Ecohydrology and the research and innovation Agenda of UNESCO-IHE”. He introduced the ecohydrology activities at UNESCO-IHE around the world, and suggested possible cooperation works between UNESCO-IHP, UNESCO-IHE and international educational institutions for ecohydrology.

5 COOPERATION WITH RELATED INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES The representatives of the international programmes involved in ecohydrology activities presented their programmes and projects highlighting the specificity of their actions and the need to coordinate with each other to avoid any duplication. The scope of the session was to seek partnerships and synergies for the implementation of projects on common interest with other organizations/partners (Ramsar, IAH, EU, IGRAC, IPBES). Moreover, efforts were made to address common issues (example natural/constructed wetlands regulation processes, etc) using ecohydrology as a transdisciplinary, scientific approach to achieve water quality improvement and biodiversity enhancement, through low cost systems that can, for example, be applied to small scale projects in developing countries for water quality improvement and crop production.

5.1 RAMSAR

Mr Tobias Salathé presented on “Disseminating ecohydrological understanding to decision-makers through the Ramsar Convention”. He introduced the Ramsar Convention, and the Ramsar tools for improving measurement and assessment for better management and integrating the value of water and wetlands into decision-making.

5.2 Joint Research Centre-European Commission (JRC)

Mr Giovanni Bidoglio spoke about “Ecohydrology for policy making”. He regarded ecohydrology as background science for the achievement of EU water policy objectives, and presented the European Commission’s blueprint “The water milestone in the 2020 Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe”. He emphasized that policy making needs to build on integrative science.

5.3 International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)

Ms Africa de la Hera presented the “IAH Network on Groundwater Ecosystems”. She introduced the concept of Groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs), which are defined as ecosystems that require access to groundwater to meet all or some of their water requirements so as to maintain the communities of plants and animals and ecological processes they support, and the ecosystem services they provide. She also spoke about the IAH network on groundwater and ecosystems.

5.4 United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Mr Matthew Lagod presented on “Hydrogeological management of Mediterranean coastal wetlands-contribution from the MedPartnership project”. He introduced the MedPartnership, which is a collective effort of leading organizations (regional, international, non-governmental, etc.) and countries sharing the Mediterranean Sea towards the protection of the marine and coastal

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environment of the Mediterranean. The MedPartnership is being led by UNEP/MAP and the World Bank, implemented by UNESCO and financially supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

5.5 International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC)

Ms Nienke Ansems presented on “Ecosystem-based adaptation in groundwater management”. She introduced Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), which is an adaptation strategy for increasing ecosystems resilience, securing the ecosystem service and improving sustainable groundwater management.

5.6 UNESCO-Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)

Mr Philippe Pypaert presented the “IHP-MAB interactions in Ecohydrology”. He suggested new opportunities for interaction between IHP and MAB, including managing water resources in the biosphere reserves.

5.7 The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (UNESCO- IPBES)

Mr Salvatore Aricò spoke about “Side intervention on the intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services”. He introduced the function and objective of IPBES, which is providing policy relevant scientific knowledge to inform decision-making processes.

6 VIEW, PERSPECTIVES, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECOHYDROLOGY IHP-VIII

This session was devoted to all international experts who gave a presentation on their activities and, in particular, their vision on the future of Ecohydrology. This session was facilitated to highlight an interdisciplinary and integrated approach to watershed and aquifer management, which incorporates the social dimension of water resources and promotes and develops international research in hydrological and fresh water sciences. To deal with all the complexity and the rapid environmental changes (population, climate change, land use change, globalization, etc.), in the context of the IHP-VIII, an overall approach integrating population, ecosystems, water, culture and economy was envisioned.

Mr Yohannes Zerihun Negussi (Ethiopia) presented “Harmonization of ecohydrological biotechnologies with existing water management efforts in Ethiopia”. He spoke about the results obtained from a joint Ethiopia-Poland ecohydrology project, of which ecohydrology has been considered as a tool for the design, establishment and monitoring of buffer zone of water bodies.

Mr Felix Toteu (UNESCO Office, Nairobi, Kenya) presented the “Impacts of mining activities in sub-Saharan African countries: focus on water use”. He introduced the Sida-UNESCO project on identifying the impact of mining activities on water pollution, and to promoting responsible mining industry.

Mr Marcelo Gaviño Novillo (Argentina) presented on “Challenges and opportunities for Ecohydrology VIII LAC regional programme (PRELAC)”. He introduced a regional programme of Ecohydrology for Latin America and The Caribbean, and presented the Lacar Lake demonstration project.

Mr Gilberto Fonseca Barroso (Brazil) spoke about “Hydrological flows and aquatic ecosystem health: case studies form south eastern coast of Brazil”. He presented recent water challenges in

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Brazil, and introduced two ecohydrological case studies in the Lower Doce River Valley and the Santa Maria da Vitória River Basin.

Mr Xia Jun (China) presented on “Key challenges for water security and conflicts between human and environmental water needs in China”. He introduced water problems that China is facing and emphasized the issue of how to guarantee water security related to ecological civilization construction.

Mr Demin Zhou (China) presented the “Wetland ecohydrology: a case study in the northeast China floodplain”. He introduced a case study of Sangjian Plain in China, where all the natural landscapes have been largely shrunk in the past 30 years.

Mr Yasuhiro Takemon (Japan) presented the “Japanese challenges and perspectives in Ecohydrology as a sustainability science and basis for moral philosophy”. He introduced academic, educational and practical challenges for ecohydrology in Japan, and suggested integrated basin management as a solution. He also emphasized the importance of moral philosophy, which is required for sustainable social systems to overcome conflicts among social needs.

Ms Lucilla Minelli (UNESCO-IHP) presented the “Knowledge management strategies and awareness raising tools for effective communication on water-related initiatives”. She emphasized that a good communication strategy greatly helps in achieving the programme objectives, and introduced an exemplary project IW:LEARN dedicated to knowledge and information management within the GEF International Waters portfolio.

Mr William Mitsch (USA) presented the “Ecohydrology and ecological engineering in practice:

comparing some of the world's major wetland restorations”. He introduced the concept of ecological restoration, and compared the results of six case restoration studies.

Mr Pascal Breil (France) presented on “Integrating ecohydrology within urban development strategy”. He discussed how to implement ecohydrology within urban areas in combination of emerging water technologies.

Mr Stefano Fazi (Italy) presented on “Ecohydrology of intermittent Mediterranean streams: When microbes come in”. He introduced molecular methods for microbial assessment in water. He explained that the complex hydrological dynamics strongly influence biotic communities as well as nutrient and organic matter processing in intermittent rivers.

Ms Veronica Strang (UK) presented on “Navigating interdisciplinarity in river catchment research”.

She discussed about a way to integrate social science aspects into ecohydrology.

Mr Philippe Van Cappellen (Canada) introduced “Our changing rivers”. He discussed the human pressures on river systems, which resulted in modifying absolute and relative nutrient fluxes, with far-reaching impacts, from individual ecosystems to the global biosphere.

7 DISCUSSIONS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Mr Maciej Zalewski facilitated the discussion session concerning how and what type of priorities and actions should be developed in the Ecohydrology Programme. He suggested producing a publication out of this workshop. He emphasized the added value of “dual regulation” of hydrology and biology. He also mentioned a need of paying attention to small impacts occurring more frequently that can lead to bigger impacts at all scales.

He asked to participants to present their impressions from the workshop.

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Mr Xia Jun suggested forming several working groups which focus on different Ecohydrology dimensions. He stated that an international workshop on Ecohydrology should be organized with sufficient time. He noted that the time assigned for each presenter in this workshop was too short to discuss the topic thoroughly.

Mr Demin Zhou emphasized the establishment of methodologies in regional and national scales for more practical solutions, and pointed out that UNESCO has exemplary case studies internationally.

He also suggested that the publication should be organized on special issue annually or bi-annually.

Mr Takemon Yasuhiro mentioned that historical geo-morphological data are a good source of information that can be integrated in Ecohydrology studies. He asserted that ecohydrological solutions should be made in consideration of both scientific and moral aspects.

Mr William Mitsch suggested to select and to work altogether on selected sites as exemplary case studies. He mentioned that results from the study can be discussed during the next workshop to develop practical methodologies.

Mr Pascal Breil emphasized the importance of understanding human science, and the integration of temporal dimension into regional dimension when we communicate with people.

Mr Stefano Fazi emphasized the importance of studying water mass, organic matter and microbial dynamics in the interface between freshwater and brackish water in order to assess how anthropogenic impacts could affect environmental processes in respect to carbon cycle. He agreed with the idea of working together on specific demonstration sites as case studies.

Ms Veronica Strang emphasised the need for researchers in the Ecohydrology programme to work directly with social scientists and to undertake a genuinely interdisciplinary exchange of knowledges. She suggested that the inclusion of their expertise on the social and cultural dimensions of human relationships with water would greatly enhance the efficacy of the programme.

Mr Philippe Van Cappellen mentioned that Ecohydrology studies have been done in different scales from microbial to global and also dealt with socio-ecological systems. He called attention to ecological indicators that are used to assess ecosystem activities, as well as critical ecohydrological interfaces such as groundwater/surface water, land/ocean, and urban/peri-urban zones. He emphasized the role of Ecohydrology programme as a leading group which should identify the most recent technologies that can be applied to ecohydrology from various fields, and which should also generate recommendations and suggestions.

Mr Salvatore D’Angelo stated that human beings are the most challenging part of biota in integrating process of ecohydrology regulation, since they represent an element that can make a choice in consideration of governance between institution and process. He emphasized the integration of human science into Ecohydrology.

Mr Yohannes Zerihun Negussi explained the situation of water management in Ethiopia. It was not possible to improve the water quality and to manage the water quantity due to the lack of scientific knowledge in the past. With the financial support by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland, the Ministry of Water Management, Ethiopia, formulated the 5-year-Ecohydrology project and the ecohydrology methods were applied to manage water resources. He also remarked the endorsement for the establishment of African regional centre of Ecohydrology in Addis Ababa.

Mr Gilberto Fonseca Barroso emphasized the identification of socio-economic impact on ecosystem and environmental changes. He suggested making a DVD introducing the Ecohydrology and showing why we need it and how we can achieve it, including exemplary case studies.

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Mr Macelo Gaviño Novillo made three remarks during the workshop discussions, specifically on research, education and implementation. He noted that the dual regulation method needs to be implemented into practice by regional hydrologists, as well as demonstrated at the demonstration sites. He endorsed the idea of working on exemplary case studies, and suggested sharing the results for decision makers through the use of publications for their reference.

Mr Felix Toteu appreciated the work performed at the demonstration sites, where research methods can be applied to investigate how mining activities pollute the environment in Africa. He noted the lack of Ecohydrology research on the impact of mineral mining on water resources. He expected new partnerships to study this topic.

Mr Jose Gaona Currea agreed with the idea of transferring knowledge to decision makers through publications. He also stated that a low budget strategy is necessary for countries which do not have ample financial resources.

Ms Louise Groenvold stated that biosphere reserves of UNESCO MAB programme can be good sites for implementing ecohydrology practices. She also emphasized an interdisciplinary approach for ecohydrology problem-solving.

Ms Yeowon Kim emphasized the importance of case studies to implement ecohydrology practices and to look at the social science aspects.

Ms Africa De La Hera pointed out the role of ecohydrology in groundwater systems. She requested participants to clarify the users of the proposed publication.

Mr Giovanni Bidoglio stated that we need to look at the future concept of ecohydrology, since there is already a flood of scientific journals. He noted that it had been focused more on ecosystem aspect than hydrological aspect in the workshop. Since policy makers want to see benefits when they make decisions, the practices should be applied and benefits demonstrated at the level of the watershed or at larger scales (regional, national and global).

Mr Tobias Salathé remarked that implementing scientific researches into practices were well developed at local and national scales. He stated the need of more global and wider level approaches at UNESCO. He mentioned some example cases of the Ramsar.

Mr Ignasius Sutapa agreed that the human aspect on ecohydrology is important. He announced a conference that will be held in November 2014 by the Asia Pacific Regional Centre of Ecohydrology and called for participation.

Mr Giuseppe Arduino informed the participant about UNESCO’s Hydrology Environment Life and Policy (HELP) programme which considers approaches and projects at the watershed scale.

Ecohydrology should and must be part of watershed scale projects as an important component of integrated water resource management, which implies all aspects including the social and stakeholders approach. He stated that the IHP should comply with the Member States’ interests. He thanked all of the participants for their contributions.

Mr Maciej Zalewski announced Mr Michael McClain as one of the editors for the publication. He noted that the publication will cover general information but will also be distinct from current scientific papers.

Mr Michael McClain suggested making the publication about “Ecohydrology for Sustainable Development” to present the UNESCO’s vision in Ecohydrology for the Sustainable Development Goals. He stated that we need to identify particular themes in order to develop focus in the publication, and also drew attention to the need for dissemination processes such as workshops and symposiums. He presented the drafted themes of the publication.

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Mr Maciej Zalewski announced that the publication work needs to be finalized in one year.

The strategy chart for the Ecohydrology programme and the discussed focal areas of the publication are included as Annex 3.

8 ECOHYDROLOGY STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING

The Ecohydrology Steering Committee was held in the afternoon of Wednesday 21 May 2014 in UNESCO Paris.

The draft agenda and list of participants are included as Annex 4.

Mr Maciej Zalewski opened the session with a question about how we can adopt the new paradigm of integrating science with social science. He emphasized the important role of scientists who understand the basic theory and the processes of ecohydrology. He drew attention to the role of the Steering Committee and presented two aspects of its activities, namely its work to raise awareness about ecohydrology through the dissemination of publications or videos, and also through communicating results from the application of ecohydrology principles at demonstration sites. He proposed to organize several sessions on ecohydrology in various symposiums, for example the 7^th World Water Forum in 2015.

Mr Robert Pietrowsky stated that many problems and large projects are related to the political decisions and affected by external influences.

Mr Michael McClain suggested discussing the role and purpose of the Steering Committee.

Mr Giuseppe Arduino mentioned demonstration sites, international meetings, training courses, workshops and funding resources, which should be discussed in the meeting.

Mr Michael McClain clarified and defined the terms of references of the Steering Committee as summarized as follows:

- Advice on long term strategy - Advice on biennial plans

- Identify fund raising opportunities

- Participate in and represent the programme.

Mr Giuseppe Arduino proposed to discuss the composition of the Steering Committee.

Mr Robert Pietrowsky suggested inviting the Ecohydrology-interested Member States to the steering committee meeting.

The committee members shared the information about upcoming meetings, which can increase the visibility of the Ecohydrology and the Steering Committee, as follows:

- World Lake Conference, Perugia, September 2014 - World Water Week, Stockholm, September 2014 - Steering Committee meeting, Faro, September 2014

- International Conference on Ecohydrology (ICE), Jogjakarta, November 2014 - The 7^th World Water Forum, Daegu, April 2015

- Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), Karlsruhe, November 2015 - The Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP), Ramsar, Punta del Este, 2015 - EcoSummit Montpellier, Aug – Sep 2016

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Mr Philippe Pypaert stated that we need to encourage the Member States to consider ecohydrology in their countries, since not many IHP council members are focusing on Ecohydrology.

Mr Xia Jun noted the need to increase capacity by organizing or cooperating with international conferences.

Mr Michael McClain proposed the following framework for the Steering Committee:

- Research/Action agenda – Ecohydrology for Sustainable Development - Thematic working groups

- Deepen understanding/Synthesis

- Adaptation to developing world application - Scientific publications

- Demonstration/Implementation sites - Training courses and capacity building

- Dissemination to decision makers, water authorities, basin organizations, etc.

The Committee Members agreed upon the focal areas of Ecohydrology, which the Steering Committee will work on:

- Ecohydrological technology/dual Regulation/green infrastructure - Ecohydrological metrics (e.g. ecosystem services/indicators) - Local to basin to global scale ecohydrological dynamics - Environmental flow regime science and management - Governance, morality and traditional knowledge - Hazards function and adaptation

Regarding the demonstration sites, the Committee Members agreed to contact again the existing demonstration sites and reorganize the demonstration site network. For nominating new demonstration sites, it was proposed to solicit nominations from the IHP National Committees.

Mr Ignasius Sutapa promised to provide the website of APCE as an example of dissemination tool.

The session was closed by Mr Maciej Zalewski with gratitude for all members’ participation.

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ANNEX 1 AGENDA, ECOHYDROLOGY WORKSHOP

Agenda

Ecohydrology Workshop and Steering Committee

UNESCO Headquarters

20- 21 May 2014 Bonvin, Room XV

First Day - 20/5/2014

9.00-9.05

Welcome by UNESCO-

Blanca Jiménez-Cisneros Secretary, International Hydrological Programme (IHP) Director, Division of Water Sciences

9.05-9.10

Welcome by

prof. Luis Chicharo

Chairperson, Ecohydrology Steering Committee

9.10-9.15

Presentation of Participants

9.15-9.30 •

Presentation of IHP VIII and Ecohydrology Activities and projects – Giuseppe Arduino

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Report on Demo-sites - Giuseppe Arduino

Presentation of the on-going activities of the UNESCO Centres

Chairman : Giuseppe Arduino

9.30-9.45 Maciej Zalewski- Professor and Director

European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

“Ecohydrology - integrative process-oriented thinking for desirable vision of the future”

9.45-10.00 Luis Chicharo- Professor and Director

International Centre for Coastal Ecohydrology, University of Algarve, Portugal

"coastal ecohydrology: examples from Guadiana and future challenges"

10.00-10.15 Robert Pietrowsky- Director

International Centre for Integrated Water Resources Management (IciWarm), USA

“The Importance of Ecohydrology and the Quantification of Ecosystem Services within an IWRM Evaluation Framework”

10.15-10.30 Ignasius Sutapa - Executive Secretary

Asia-Pacific Centre for Ecohydrology - APCE, Cibinong, Indonesia

"Managing Water Through Ecohydrology Approach: integration of local wisdom, culture and modern sciences."

10.30-10.45 Michael McClain – Professor, Chair of Ecohydrology UNESCO-Institute for Water Education- IHE, The Netherlands

"Seeking synergies between UNESCO IHP VIII Ecohydrology and the

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Research and Innovation Agenda of UNESCO-IHE"

10.45-11.40 COFFEE BREAK

Cooperation with related international Programmes:

Chairman: Salvatore D’Angelo

11.40-11.55 RAMSAR- Tobias Salathé -Senior Advisor for Europe

“Disseminating eco-hydrological understanding to decision-makers through the Ramsar Convention”

11.55-12.10 JRC- Giovanni Bidoglio- Unit Head –

Water Resources, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy

“Ecohydrology for policy making”

12.10-12.25 IAH- Africa de la Hera - Hydrogeologist Researcher International Association of Hydrologeologists

Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME)

“IAH Network on Groundwater Ecosystems”

12.25-12.40 UNESCO -IHP -Matthew Lagod – Groundwater Resources Section

“Hydrogeological management of Mediterranean coastal wetlands- Contribution from the Medpartnership project”

12.40-12.55 IGRAC -Nienke Ansems – International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre

"Ecosystem-based adaptation in Groundwater Management"

12.55-13.10 UNESCO-IHP-MAB Philippe Pypaert – UNESCO Venice Office

“IHP-MAB Interactions in Ecohydrology”

13.10-14.30 LUNCH

14.30-14.45 UNESCO -PCB –Salvatore Aricò – IPBES

“Side intervention on The Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services”

View, Perspectives, Challenges, and Opportunities for

Ecohydrology IHP VIII.

Chairman – prof. Maciej Zalewski

14.45-15.00 Yohannes Zerihun Negussi, Coordinator

Ethiopian Nile (Abay) Basin Irrigation & Drainage and Ecohydrology Projects – Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

“Harmonization of Ecohydrological Biotechnologies with the Existing Water Management Efforts in Ethiopia”

15.00-15.15 Felix Toteu, Programme Specialist

UNESCO Nairobi Office- International Geoscience Programme (IGCP)

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“Impacts of mining activities in sub-Saharan African countries: focus on water use”

15.15-15.30 Marcelo Gaviño Novillo, Professor

Ecohydrology, Environmental Management and Flood Risk Management -University of La Plata- University of Buenos Aires

“Challenges and opportunities for Ecohydrology VIII LAC regional programme (PRELAC)”

15.30-15.45 Gilberto Fonseca Barroso, Professor

Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES)- Brazil Departamento de Oceanografia e Ecologia

“Hydrological flows and aquatic ecosystem health: case studies form southeastern coast of Brazil”

15.45-16.05 Coffee Break 16.05-16.20 Xia Jun, Professor

Chair on Hydrology & Water Resources

Dean, The Research Institute for Water Security (RIWS), Wuhan University, China

“Key challenges for water security and conflicts between human and environmental water needs in China”

16.20-16.35 Demin Zhou, Professor

College of Resources Environment and Tourism, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Capital Normal University, China

“Wetland Ecohydrology: A Case Study in the Northeast China Floodplain”

16.35-16.50 Yasuhiro Takemon, Professor Socio and Eco Environment Risk Management, Water Resources Research Centre, Disaster

Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Japan

“Japanese challenges and perspectives in Ecohydrology as a sustainability science and basis for moral philosophy”

16.50-17.05 Lucilla Minelli, Consultant

UNESCO- IHP-Groundwater Resources Section

“Knowledge management strategies and awareness raising tools for effective communication on water-related initiatives”

17.05-17.30 Discussion - questions

Second Day-21/5/2014

View, Perspectives, Challenges, and Opportunities for

Ecohydrology IHP VIII.

Chairman – prof. Luis Chicharo 9.00-9.15 William Mitsch, Professor

Marine and Ecological Science Florida Gulf Coast University Director, Everglades Wetland Research Park, USA

"Ecohydrology and ecological engineering in practice: Comparing some of the world's major wetland restorations"

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14 9.15-9.30 Pascal Breil, Researcher

National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture (IRSTEA), France

"Integrating EcoHydrology within urban development strategy"

9.30-9.45 Stefano Fazi, Researcher

National Research Council of Italy (CNR) - Water Research Institute (IRSA), Rome, Italy

“Ecohydrology of intermittent Mediterranean streams: When microbes come in”

9.45-10.00 Veronica Strang, Professor andExecutive Director Institute of Advanced Study of Durham University, UK

“Navigating Interdisciplinarity in River Catchment Research” 10.00-10.15 Philippe Van Cappellen, Professor

Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ecohydrology

Water Institute -Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences - Department of Biology, University of Waterloo,

Waterloo, Canada

"Our Changing Rivers"

10.15-10.45

Coffee Break

10.45-12.00

Discussion – Facilitator : prof. Maciej Zalewski

12.00- 12.30

Conclusions and Recommendations (Chairman: G.

Arduino)

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ANNEX 2 PARTICIPANTS, ECOHYDROLOGY WORKSHOP

Name Country Institution E-mail

1 Marcelo Gaviño Novillo

Argentina Departamento de Hidráulica - Universidad Nacional de La Plata y Universidad de Buenos Aires

[email protected]

2 Gilberto Fonseca Barroso

Brazil Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

[email protected]

3 Philippe Van Cappellen

Canada Water institute, University of Waterloo

[email protected] 4 Demin Zhou China College of Resources

Environment and

Tourism,Chinese Academy of Sciences

[email protected]

5 Jun Xia China Wuhan University [email protected] [email protected] 6 Yohannes

Zerihun Negussi

Ethiopia Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy

[email protected]

7 Pascal Breil France National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture (IRSTEA)

[email protected]

8 Giuseppe Arduino

France UNESCO IHP [email protected]

9 Salvatore D’angelo

10 Lucilla Minelli

11 Matthew Lagod

12 Alice Aureli France UNESCO IHP [email protected]

13 Yeowon Kim France UNESCO IHP [email protected]

14 Jose Gaona Currea

15 Louise Groenvold

France UNESCO MAB [email protected]

16 Salvatore Aricò

France UNESCO IPBES [email protected]

17 Ignasius Sutapa

Indonesia Asia Pacific Centre for Ecohydrology (APCE)

[email protected] 18 Giovanni

Bidoglio

Italy Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre

[email protected] ropa.eu

19 Stefano Fazi Italy Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque - Water Research Institute (IRSA)

[email protected]

20 Philippe Italy UNESCO Venice Office [email protected]

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21 Yasuhiro Takemon

Japan Kyoto University takemon.yasuhiro.5e@kyoto -u.ac.jp

22 Felix Toteu Kenya UNESCO Nairobi Office [email protected] 23 Michael

McClain

Netherlands UNESCO IHE [email protected] 24 Nienke

Ansems

Netherlands International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre

nienke.ansems@un- igrac.org

25 Maciej Zalewski

Poland European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology, Polish

Academy of Sciences

[email protected]

26 Luis Chícharo

Portugal International Centre for Coastal Ecohydrology, and University of Algarve

[email protected]

27 Africa De la Hera

Spain International Association of Hydrologeologists,

Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME)

[email protected]

28 Tobias Salathé

Switzerland RAMSAR [email protected]

29 Veronica Strang

UK Institute of Advanced Study of Durham University

[email protected].

uk 30 Robert

Pietrowsky

USA US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

Robert.A.Pietrowsky@usace .army.mil

31 William Mitsch

USA Florida Gulf Coast Universtiy [email protected]

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ANNEX 4 DRAFT AGENDA AND LIST OF PARTICIPANTS OF THE ECOHYDROLOGY STEERING COMMITTEE

Draft Agenda

Ecohydrology Steering Committee

UNESCO Paris, 21 May 2014

Bonvin, Room XV

Steering Committee 21 May Afternoon Day/ time

14:30 – 17:30

Chairman: Luis Chicharo (not attending) – Maciej Zalewski

Welcome by UNESCO

Purpose – Mission of the StCom.

Discussion on biennium work-plan Developing a vision and long term strategy Demonstration projects : how to revitalize Any Other Business

Date and location of next meeting Conclusions

Participants to the SC Core:

1. Maciej Zalewski 2. Robert Pietrowsky 3. Ignasius Sutapa 4. Michael McClain 5. Giovanni Bidoglio 6. Marcelo Gaviño Novillo 7. Xia Jun

8. Demin Zhou 9. William Mitsch 10. Pascal Breil

11. Philippe Van Cappellen 12. Philippe Pypaert 13. Giuseppe Arduino 14. Salvatore D’Angelo 15. Yeowon Kim 16. Amaury Cagol

FINAL REPORT Ecohydrology Workshop and Steering Committee Meeting

INTERNATIONAL HYDROLOGICAL PROGRAMME

Ecohydrology Workshop and Steering Committee Meeting

20-21 May 2014, Paris, France

FINAL REPORT

Contents

Agenda

Ecohydrology Workshop and Steering Committee

First Day - 20/5/2014

Welcome by UNESCO-

Welcome by

Presentation of Participants

Presentation of IHP VIII and Ecohydrology Activities and projects – Giuseppe Arduino

Report on Demo-sites - Giuseppe Arduino

Presentation of the on-going activities of the UNESCO Centres

View, Perspectives, Challenges, and Opportunities for

Second Day-21/5/2014

View, Perspectives, Challenges, and Opportunities for

Coffee Break

Discussion – Facilitator : prof. Maciej Zalewski

Conclusions and Recommendations (Chairman: G.

Arduino)

Draft Agenda

Ecohydrology Steering Committee