Presentation from 2016 World Water Week in Stockholm · 2017-07-10 · Dracula fish Myanmar (2009)...
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Presentation from
2016 World Water
Week in Stockholm
www.worldwaterweek.org
© The authors, all rights reserved
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A View from the Mountains
On Ecosystem Services
David MoldenInternational Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
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Importance of Mountain Regions
Mountains occupy 24% of global land surface; home to 12% population;
>40% of population depend on water, hydroelectricity, timber, biodiversity
and niche products, mineral resources, recreation, and flood control
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Hindu Kush Himalayan River Basins
from Source to Sea
210 million
people in the
HKH
1.3 billion
people
downstream
3 billion people
food security
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Mt. Kailash
Rivers from the Sacred Mountain:
Mount Kailash
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Still discovering new species…
Dracula fish Myanmar (2009)
Smith’s Litter frog Assam, India (1999)
Orange spotted snakeheadAssam, India (2000)
Bugun LiocichlaIndia (2006)
Snubbed nose monkeyMyanmar (2010)
Leaf Deer
Myanmar (1999)
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Agricultural Biodiversity:
Important for future food security
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The Hindu Kush Himalayas:
More than 600 living languages
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Mountain resources support some of the
most populated areas on the globe
Population Density in the 10 River Basins of the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region
Mountains are often left out of
water discussions
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Rapid Change in Mountains
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What has changed?
• Increased globalization
• Outmigration – especially male
• Urbanization
• Better communication – ict, cellphones
• Infrastructure – dams, roads
Some issues persist
• Poverty
• Ecosystem degradation
• Land use change
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Land Use Change
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Increasing Demand for Energy from
Hydropower
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Climate Change: Amplification of Temperature with Elevation
Temperatures across the mountainous Hindu Kush Himalayan region will
increase by about 1-2°C (in places by up to 4-5°C) by 2050. The
temperature will increase more in high altitude regions.
Source: Water and Climate Atlas: ICIMOD, GRID, CICERO
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Impact on Water
Resources?
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Increasing disaster risk: floods,
droughts, landslides, avalanches,
GLOFs
1/3 of Disasters are floods, many crossing national boundaries
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Regional Atmospheric Pollution
• Black Carbon increases temperature rise
• Enhances glacial and snow melt
• Decreases crop yields
• Impacts health
NOV – APRIL SKY
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From Vicious to Virtuous Cycles
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Work with Nature – Revive Springs
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Rethink Water Storage
Wetlands, terraces,
glaciers, snow store water
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Upstream – downstream
Benefit sharing
• From Source to Sea
- Himalayas to Ocean (H2O)
• Recognition of value of
ecosystem services, and
compensation for them
• Develop institutional and
governance arrangements
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Build Resilience & Adapt to
Many Changes
• Early warning systems
• Climate services
• Alternative livelihood
options
– High valued mountain
products
– Remittances from
migration
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Thank you
Think: mountain ecology for water, source to sea
linkages, rapid change and adaptation, valuing
ecosystems and working with nature