Ecosystem-based approaches to land, water coastal and marine resources management require information from many disciplines and actors, beyond conventional measures that address specific segments of the source-to-sea system and neglect linkages. Collecting (or modeling), analyzing, and communicating this information is vital for both monitoring (e.g., SDGs) and decision making, but the resources for data acquisition and knowledge management are insufficient, and data providers and decision makers are not working closely as they could.
This session focuses on bridging these “gaps” by promoting: 1) modern methods and tools that provide or synthesize relevant data for ecosystem-based management and 2) networks to share experience and skill transfer to build capacity in decision-support. It will feature innovative approaches, such as using remote sensing as a complement to in-situ monitoring, and will also highlight examples from around the world where data is being transformed into knowledge and to help decision/policy makers better incorporate ecosystem protection into water resource management
Welcome and introduction (5 minutes)
Panel 1: (3 presentations of 5 minutes each + 10 min audience Q&A)
Panel 2: (4 presentations of 5 minutes each + 13 min audience Q&A)
Panel 3: (2 presentations of 5 minutes each + 7 min audience Q&A)
Closing “pitch” from each panelist (10 min)
Project 2.1 – Digitising water resources for determination of water bodies and monitoring
Project 2.2 – Improving coastal and marine ecosystems, coastal aquifers and wetlands monitoring through the use of Innovative technologies
Project 2.3 – Building capacity for using the Freshwater Health Index (FHI) to support ecosystem-based management
Project 2.4 – Supporting countries in implementing proactive drought risk mitigation measures
Project 2.5 – Holistic ecosystem management from source to sea
Project 2.6 - Tools for Developing ecosystem- based NBS projects (WaterProof App and Water Funds Toolbox)
Project 2.7 – Global Agro-Ecological Zoning platform
Project 2.8 - Protecting biodiversity with the dragonfly zone
Project 2.9 - Oblysis solution for wastewater treatment plants
Conservation International
Derek Vollmer
Action Platform for Source-to-Sea Management, UN Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), MAVA Foundation, Minsait, French Biodiversity Agency (OFB), Regional Partnership for the Conservation of the Coastal and Marine Zone (PRCM), Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS), Swedish International Water Institute (SIWI), Suez, Turkish Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
-Master’s thesis on wetlands are funded and carried by laboratories or interdisciplinary research groups of universities
-A reliable database, to feed the controlled governance of marine and coastal wetlands in West Africa is established
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