wlw day 1: a voice for our rivers: how do healthy river basins matter? by dr. eva abal
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8/3/2019 WLW Day 1: A Voice for our Rivers: How do healthy river basins matter? by Dr. Eva Abal
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A Voice for our Rivers:
How do healthy river basins matter?
Dr. Eva Abal
e.abal@uq.edu.au
Chief Scientist International Water Centre andGreat Barrier Reef FoundationAssociate ProfessorOffice of the Vice Chancellor
The University of Queensland
8/3/2019 WLW Day 1: A Voice for our Rivers: How do healthy river basins matter? by Dr. Eva Abal
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Paradigm shifts on how we view rivers and waterways
Rivers as
source of
water
Rivers as
sewers
Rivers as
a lifestyle
Rivers for
future
generation
service-based outcome-based
Physical actions/infrastructures enabling processes
reactive risk-based/strategic
Why Healthy Rivers?
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A Voice for our Rivers: a value proposition
1. The Rationale: Why?
2. The Methodology: How?
3. The Proponents: Who?
4. The Resourcing: How do we fund?
The Outline of the Value Proposition
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1: THE RATIONALEWHY?
1: The Rationale: Why?
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Rivers provide goods and services to the human
population
1: The Rationale: Why?
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The total value of the world’s freshwater ecosystem
services estimated to be up to 5 trillion annually.
Rivers and lakes contribute majority of that (US$3 Trillion per year).
For Asia, total value = ~US$ 1.75 Trillion per year; rivers and lakescontribute majority (US$ 1.0 Trillion per year).
Value of the world’s freshwater ecosystems.(World Development Report, 2009 and Costanza et al., 1997)
1: The Rationale: Why?
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But ~80% of Rivers in Asia-Pacific are not in good
condition…
80% 20%
Asian Water Development Outlook – Key Dimension 4
1: The Rationale: Why?
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We need to ensure that the rivers continue to
provide the benefits that human beings enjoy. Services provided by rivers are linked to constituents of our well-
being.
1: The Rationale: Why?
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2: THE METHODOLOGYHOW?
2: The Methodology: How?
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Adaptive Management Approach is Needed.
On-going know ledgeacquisition
Framework for
Action – ex . IWRMPlan (t a rge ted &
c omm i t t e d)
Critical role of
monitoring ( l i nksma na ge me n t
ac t i ons to
p rov i s i on o f
env i r onmen ta l
va l ues )
Effectivecommunication of know ledge forpolicy/planning
Continuousimprovement in
planning/policy
Rob Speed
2: The Methodology: How?
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SynthesiseandCommunicate
Measure
Indicators
MonitoringStrategy
Aspirations
Values and
Uses
The need to monitor our rivers…
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“A healthy &
productive
river”
River
Health
Index 0-
1(AWDO)
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Effective Communication: critical for problem-solving
2: The Methodology: How?
Knowledge Hubs
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Effective Communication: A pathway to engaging decision makers
There is a need for “ truth to power ” opportunities that engage stakeholders and decision
makers.Example:
2: The Methodology: How?
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Report cards are growing in popularity
• Educational report cards are acommon experience
• Peer pressure is a powerfulhuman motivator
• Report cards synthesise largeamounts of data
• For example…
• Australia ( Moreton Bay, Gippsland Lakes,
Great Barrier Reef)
• United States (Chesapeake Bay, San
Francisco Bay)• China (Yellow River, Pearl River and Liao
River)
• New Zealand (Waikato River, Kaipara
Harbour)
2: The Methodology: How?
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• Enable large and often complex
amounts of information to becommunicated to a broad audience
• Identify regions or issues of concern
• Direct/focus management action:
impetus for some costly (but
environmentally important)
intervention
• Can provide accountability;
measuring the success of a
particular effort
Why produce a report card?
2: The Methodology: How?
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..Enable large and often complex amounts of
information to be communicated to a broad audience
254 estuarine &marine sites(sampled monthly)
135 freshwatersites(sampled 2x/yr)
2: The Methodology: How?
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Report Cards increase community awareness…
2: The Methodology: How?
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A report card can focus and provide impetus for management…
High rainfall after a decadeof drought A decade's
worth of sediment,
nutrients and other
contaminants in the river
channel network was
flushed downstream.
2011
C-
Bay recovered
slightly, but still
lower than
average
2011 Flood came
on top of this
recovery
Moreton Bay held on to a‘Good ’ rating in spite of
increase in population –
significant investments in
sewage treatment.
2030
B
D/D-
Ex. Use of Report Card for the Future of Moreton Bay value proposition
($A500M)
2: The Methodology: How?
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• River Health Index (River Health Score Card) - provides an
assessment of river health based on a variety of drivers and
indicators of river health
• River Management Index (IWRM Score Card) - provides a
qualitative assessment of management actions in place to
prevent future deterioration of the environment.
River HealthIndex
RiverManagement
Index
For the future…
2: The Methodology: How?
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3: THE PROPONENTSWHO?
3: The Proponents: Who?
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A healthy river is achieved through a shared vision
- with community participation in its broadest sense…
3: The Proponents: Who?
li i f i i i hi d b ki h
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Realisation of vision is achieved by working together…
RealisationComplete OR notEffective OR not
NeutralFunding &LogisticsAdequacy
TimingNeutral
LeadershipTransactional OR not
Executive OR notNeutral
ContextAdverse OR Favourable
Exceptional event OR notNeutral
AssumptionRobust OR Weak
Consensual OR notNeutral
CommunicationEasy OR Problematic
Full control OR notNeutral
RegulationExisting OR not
Supporting OR Conflicting
Neutral
InformationSufficient OR notReliable OR not
Neutral
3: The Proponents: Who?
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4: THE RESOURCINGWHO FUNDS?
4: The Resourcing: Who funds?
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The need to look at innovative and reliable funding sources..
e.g. payment for ecosystem services; offsets, etc..
Key Message 4: The problem is fixable MJA, 2011. Sharing the Load
Benefit (value) of the Environmental Assets/
Cost Doing Nothing (> $2B over next 20 yrs)Cost of the Interventions/
Management Actions ($0.3B)
<Benefit:Cost
>7:1
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A Voice for our Rivers: a value proposition
1. The Rationale: Rivers and basins provide significant
ecosystem services
2. The Methodology: Understand, plan, measure,communicate, manage
3. The Proponents: All of us
4. The Resourcing: need innovative funding approaches
Developing the Value Proposition
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• Dispassionate
• Embrace complexity
• Publish & funding via
peer review• Getting it right
• Passionate
• Simplify
• Publish & funding via
stakeholders• Getting it done
STUDY SOLVE
In order to both study and solve problems, credibility, tenacity, creativity and virtue are needed
Studying and Solving the Problem(thanks to Bill Dennison)
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Thank you… Any questions…
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