From: Amy Krause & Leslie Taylor
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 10:38 PM
To: Mountain Forum - E-conference
Subject: Welcome to the Rosenberg Water Policy E-Discussion

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Welcome to the Rosenberg Water Policy E-Discussion
        -- Managing Upland Watersheds --
            July 31 - August 28, 2006

     A focused conversation sponsored by the
          North American Mountain Forum
            & the Max Bell Foundation
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Conference Website:
http://snipurl.com/tz4x (short URL)

Welcome to the Rosenberg Water Policy E-Discussion
about "Managing Upland Watersheds". Many thanks for
joining us and special thanks to our two guest
moderators, Mr. Robert Halliday and Dr. Lorne Taylor
for generously sharing their time and expertise with
this e-discussion.

AGENDA ---

For each week, we have proposed a broad theme and a
number of possible questions that your contributions
could address. Please feel free to improvise within
these themes! The general schedule and themes are
available on the conference website.

THIS WEEK ---

This week, we begin by inviting everyone to introduce
themselves. Tell us a little about yourself, your
interest in this topic, and your expectations for
this e-discussion.

Send your introduction BEFORE MONDAY, AUGUST 7 to:
mf-ec@mtnforum.org

Your messages will not appear immediately on the
e-discussion list, but will be formatted first, then
posted by the e-discussion moderator within 24 hours,
Mon-Fri.

OBJECTIVES ---

The main objective of the Rosenberg Water Policy
E-discussion is to provide mountain communities and
supporters with practical strategies for more
sustainable management of upland watersheds. We are
looking for information and experiences about what
works, what doesn't work, and what empowers mountain
communities and water stakeholders.

It is important for you to contribute, even if it is
just your own personal impressions. If you are having
trouble deciding what to contribute try one of these:
example; question; request; lesson learned; promising
strategy; recommendation; comment; reference material;

case study.

OUTCOMES ---

* Knowledge and practical strategies for: 1/ managing
the unpredictable, local impacts of climate change; 2/
involving multiple jurisdictions in the management
process; 3/ comprehensive regional strategic planning.

* A complete archive of this e-discussion on the web,
including the agenda, discussion threads and postings,
and any contributed case studies or references

* A summary report of the e-discussion proceedings.
All participants will be invited to download a free
copy from the e-discussion website and/or the Mountain
Forum Online Library.

* Case studies submitted to this e-discussion will be
considered for inclusion in the face-to-face 2006
Rosenberg International Forum for Water Policy

HOW TO PARTICIPATE ---

This is your opportunity to share your opinions with
the face-to-face Rosenberg International Forum on
Water Policy which will take place in Banff, Alberta
this September.

Please begin by introducing yourself to other
participants. Tell us a little about yourself, your
interest in this topic, and your expectations for
this e-discussion.

Send your introduction BEFORE MONDAY, AUGUST 7 to:
mf-ec@mtnforum.org

We are looking forward to a lively and fruitful
conversation!

Amy Krause
Mountain Forum Project Officer
Mountain Culture, The Banff Centre
Amy_krause@banffcentre.ca
(403) 762-6477

Leslie Taylor
Associate Director, Mountain Environment
Mountain Culture, The Banff Centre
Leslie_taylor@banffcentre.ca
(403) 762-6675

From: Vinod Tiwari
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 4:53 PM
To: Mountain Forum - E-conference
Subject: [mf-ec] Intro: Vinod Tiwari

Moderator's Note: Thanks very much to Vinod Tiwari
for starting the introductions. If you have not
already, please send your brief introduction to:
<mf-ec@mtnforum.org>  Thank you!

~~~~~~~~

Greetings from Himalayas to all the participants of
this e-discussion group.

My name is Vinod Kumar Tiwari. I live in the
Himalayan State of Himachal Pradesh (HP), India and
have been working here as a professional forester
since last 18 years.

I am postgraduate in Geology and also in Forestry. I
have been trained in a number of subjects dealing
with various facets of human and environmental
resource management.

My current assignment as Conservator (Environment) is
in HP State Electricity Board, which primarily focuses
on hydropower development.

While working in the forestry sector, I got exposure
in participatory approaches keeping communities in
focus for evolving sustainable resource management
systems on a watershed basis having multi-disciplinary
and multi-stakeholder involvement. My present
responsibility towards getting forest clearance,
preparation of Environment Impact Assessment Report
and Environment Management Plan for hydel projects
aligned with environmental regulations, HP Hydro-Power
Policy and people's aspirations has given me insight
into different dimensions and aspects of environment
particularly on Water Resource. I have been associated
in the development of HP Forest Sector Policy
(available at: http://snipurl.com/u8qx or
http://hpforest.gov.in/HP_Forest_Sector_Policy_byPAPU.pdf)
and its implementation. I have also contributed in the
formulation process of HP Water Policy (available at:
http://www.hpiph.org/w.polocy/swp.pdf.

I am willing to share my experiences besides being
interested in receiving more knowledge and information
on natural resource management centering on water.

I expect the e-discussion to intensively debate on all
issues relating to water & watershed management
leading to the development of coherent and well-
informed strategies and in the process enriching the
participants in their knowledge and understanding.

I extend my good wishes for the success of this
endeavour fulfilling all its objectives.

Regards,

Vinod Tiwari
C (EC) HPSEB SML
Ph: +91-177-2658710 (W)

From: Haline Heidinger Abadía
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 3:09 PM
To: Mountain Forum - E-conference
Subject: [mf-ec] Intro: Haline Heidinger

Hello,

I am Haline Heidinger, Bach. Environmental Engineering,
Lima - Peru. I am working on my thesis about
desertification and soil salinization using remote
sensing and GIS techniques. The geographic area for my
study is the macro-watershed Titicaca, Desaguadero,
Poopo Lake and Coipasa salt-flat system, in the Andean
highlands (Peru and Bolivia), a project sponsored by
International Potato Center (CIP - CGIAR).

My interests are environment assessment and management
in a macro-regional scale in highlands and arid regions,
remote sensing and modelling procedures regarding to
watershed management.

Best regards.
Haline Heidinger

From: Babina Kharel
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 9:12 AM
To: Mountain Forum - E-conference
Subject: [mf-ec] Intro: Babina Kharel

Hello,

Firstly, I would like to appreciate the MF team and
conference organizers for coming up with such an
interesting idea of e-discussion.

It is indeed a matter of pleasure to introduce myself
as a participant in this e-discussion forum. I am
Babina Kharel from Nepal. I am a fresh Masters
Graduate in Environmental Management. My Master's
degree dissertation was 'Assessment of impacts of
Income Generating Activities for Sustainable
Livelihood and Natural Resource Management'. I am
currently associated with a Forum of Environmental
Journalism in Nepal. My present assignments are
related to monitoring of Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) achievement in Nepal (Particularly in the
issues of poverty reduction, environmental
sustainability and Global partnership).

Regarding Mountains, I believe that mountains are the
unique features on earth. However, managing the
mountain resources and ensuring the sustainability of
mountain development is a tough challenge. Mountains
are equally vulnerable and susceptible to any kind of
changes in environment. Thus it is very important that
mountains issues are prioritized, discussed and
brainstormed.

I strongly believe that e-discussion as such will
definitely bring out many meaningful ideas and
expertise contributing to mountain ecosystem
management. I am very much enthusiastic for the
conference as it would be an opportunity for me to
learn a lot on mountain issues. Hope we will all have
great time in the intellectual exercise.

Regards,

Babina Kharel
M.Sc Environmental Management
Kathmandu, Nepal

From: Vishwambhar Sati
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 9:12 AM
To: Mountain Forum - E-conference
Subject: [mf-ec] Intro: Vishwambhar Prasad Sati

Dear mountain forum members,

I have an immense pleasure and privilege to introduce
myself. I am Vishwambhar Prasad Sati, did doctorate
from HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal,
Uttarancahl, India in 1992. In 1994, I joined higher
education department as Assistant Professor of
Geography. I worked in India till 2004. In Feb. 2005,
I joined Eritrea Institute of Technology, Asmara,
Eritrea as Associate Professor of Geography where I
am presently working.

My major field of interest is mountain environment
and development. I did some work on Uttaranchal
Himalaya, which include, three books and 10 peer
reviewed papers. The coming e-conference on upland
water management is very interesting and I hope
during the discussion, we will be able to find a
concrete conclusion for sustainable water management
in the mountain regions.

I hope for the success of the e-conference.

With regards

Vishwambhar Prasad Sati, Ph. D.

Associate Professor and Head
Department of Geography
Eritrea Institute of Technology
P. O. Box 11370
Asmara, Eritrea, N. E. Africa
E-mail: vishwambhars@yahoo.co.uk

From: Ana Maria Ponce
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 9:15 AM
To: Mountain Forum - E-conference
Subject: [mf-ec] Intro: Ana Maria Ponce, Mountain Forum

Dear Rosenberg E-Conference Participants,

I am pleased to introduce myself on behalf of the
Mountain Forum Secretariat, hosted since 2003 by
ICIMOD in Kathmandu, (Nepal). I am a Peruvian
national, appointed since 2005 as the Executive
Secretary of the Mountain Forum, (www.mtnforum.org).

The Mountain Forum is a global network created to
follow-up the recommendations of Chapter 13 of Agenda
21, to promote Sustainable Mountain Development and
advocacy of the Mountain Agenda across mountain
ecosystems.

The Mountain Forum network operates in a
decentralized way through regional nodes hosted by
centers of excellence world-wide, including the North
American Mountain Forum (NAMF) hosted by the Banff
Centre in Alberta, Canada, since 2003. The Latin
American Mountain Forum is hosted by the International
Potato Centre and CONDESAN in Lima, Peru. The African
Mountain Forum is hosted by ICRAF- African Highlands
Initiative (AHI) in Uganda, the Asia-Pacific Mountian
Forum (APMN) is hosted by ICIMOD in Nepal, along with
a small Secretariat to coordinate the global
operations of the Mountain Forum network.

The Mountain Forum facilitates knowledge sharing
through specialized services, including regional
and thematic discussion lists, for a global membership
of over 2,000 individuals and 500 organizations world- wide.
Mountain Forum facilitates virtual e-consultations across
stakeholders from different mountain ecosystems.

The Mountain Forum On-line library was built as a
contribution from our membership throughout over a
decade of existence of our network. It constitutes
an unique repository of references on sustainable
mountain development.

Based on the expected outcomes of this important
e-Consultation, I believe the Mountain Forum would
have an important role providing hundreds of valuable
references from all the world regarding climate
changes in mountain regions, water policy issues and
watershed management in highlands.

Full-text documents and abstracts are available for
downloading from the MF Online library
(http://www.mtnforum.org/rs/ol/searchft.cfm), these
services are provided for free.

Sincerely yours,

Ana Maria Ponce

Executive Secretary,
Mountain Forum Secretariat
Khumaltar, Lalitpur, G.P.O. Box 3226,
Kathmandu, NEPAL

Tel: (977 1) 5525 313, ext. 675
Direct Line: (977 1) 5525 310
Fax: (977 1) 5531 108
Email: anamaria@mtnforum.org
Website: http://www.mtnforum.org

From: Fernando Carlos Agüero Contreras
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 9:15 AM
To: Mountain Forum - E-conference
Subject: [mf-ec] Intro: Fernando Carlos Aguero Contreras

My name is Fernando Carlos Agüero Contreras, I am
Professor of Sociocultural Studies at the Cienfuegos
University <http://www.ucf.edu.cu> in center and
south Cuba, Caribbean Zone. From ten years ago I do
my scientific research at Central Chain Mountains of
Cuba (well known as Escambray or Guamuhaya Mountain),
in Environment Education. From 25 years I did my
professional works at the university in fields like
methodology of scientific research in the social
sciences, sociology and sociocultural studies. I did
a Masters Degree in Education and a Ph. D., "A
Curriculum Proposal to Rural Communities for
Environment Education (Oviedo University, Spain, 2002).
The subject of all my proposals were community works
as a way to re-approach sustainable development. At
present time I am the head of Sociocultural research
Center of my University. (Recent reviews of my
scientific Ph.D. report have been published in
Germany and can be found on this website.
http://www.wvberlin.de/data/inhalt/aguero.htm)

Today new circumstances are appearing in the scene
like the influence of climate change with great impact
in mountain zones that are on islands, like in the
Caribbean. Today the dry season and the hurricanes
have been increasing their impact for all these
regions. For that reason drought is a reality for the
first time in history which demands that communities
take a new role in the management of water resources.
At the same time these situations have allowed us to
see the interplay between the hydrographic basin and
the community. These new situations are requiring
that communities assume new roles with basins,
forestry, and patterns of culture and production in
order to solve problems and protect and keep the
sources of water. This situation calls for
interdisciplinary research in mountain ecosystems
with great sensibility to whole regions because of
the mountains' role in the equilibrium of regional
ecosystems.

Only two weeks ago I fortunately found the Mountain
Alliance and Mountain Forum. I will do my best
endeavour to keep in touch with the organization and
links that I will surely find in its activities, like
this possibility of the water forum, will help me so
much. Since then I have a great expectation to share
my modest experiences and mainly to learn about what
is just happening in the world. Currently I manage a
scientific project for the whole region of central
Cuba, which subject is "An Integrated Model of
Socioeconomic, Cultural and Environment Development
to Settlements System of the Mountain Zone" in which
water management becomes so important.

Fernando C. Aguero Contreras M. Sc, Ph. D.

Sociocultural Studies Research Center
Cienfuegos University
Cienfuegos City
Postal Code. 59430
Telef. 53 - 43 - 524666, Private 53 - 43 - 522040
Fax. 53 - 43 - 522762.
E - mail. faguero@ucf.edu.cu
Cuba.

From: Danielle Droitsch
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 11:59 AM
To: Mountain Forum - E-conference
Subject: [mf-ec] Intro: Danielle Droitsch, Bow Riverkeeper

My name is Danielle Droitsch and I direct a regional
non-profit organization called Bow Riverkeeper based
out of Banff, Alberta. My interest in the Rosenberg
Forum stems from my involvement in the ongoing South
Saskatchewan River Basin planning process and from my
involvement in the Water for Life Strategy.

More than any other region in Canada, issues of water
scarcity are most pronounced in southern Alberta
extending along the prairie river systems into
Saskatchewan and Manitoba. I received my law degree
in the US and recently served as a Policy Director
for a national non-profit (American Rivers) that
focused on water management issues particularly in
relation to dam operations.

Currently, I sit on the Board of Directors for the
Bow River's newly formed Watershed Protection and
Advisory Councils (WPACs). I also sit on the Alberta
Water Council's Subcommittee to evaluate how to
integrate water conservation, water efficiency, and
water productivity objectives. Finally, I am chair of
the Alberta Environment Network's Water Caucus, a
collection of approximately 15 environmental
organizations throughout the province engaged in the
Water for Life Strategy.

Bow Riverkeeper is concerned with protecting aquatic
ecosystems and assuring source water protection not
just on the Bow River but also on all of Alberta's
rivers. We are engaged in the Alberta Water for Life
Strategy that is just now forming its basic foundation.
But we are still a long way away from achieving Ms.
Taylor's vision for the Strategy's three outcomes:
1) reliable and quality water supplies; 2) healthy
aquatic ecosystems; and 3) safe drinking water.

Some questions:

1. What is the vision for watershed management in
   Alberta's future? More specifically, how can we
   manage water allocations in such a way that is
   more sustainable not just for users but also for
   the environment? And how can we do this given our
   first-in-time, first-in-right system?

2. Are there good case studies (particularly from
   first-in-time and first-in-right jurisdictions)
   where more progressive water management strategies
   were adopted? And, more importantly, what case
   studies demonstrate where ALL parties have come
   together to agree on a plan that is viewed as a
   win for water users and the environment? [I know
   of a few already and would like share them when it
   is appropriate.]

3. The new approach in Alberta is "shared governance"
   where WPACs write and deliver watershed plans
   using a collaborative approach. But what is
   "shared governance"? How does it actually work on
   the ground? And where will the government take
   leadership?

4. And finally, I can't help but ask questions about
   funding for Alberta's Water for Life Strategy. We
   are getting a lot done on a shoe string but to
   make this vision work (e.g. watershed planning
   regionally, watershed councils, research, "tool"
   development, etc.) we need sufficient resources
   in terms of money, citizen involvement, and
   expertise.

I hope this email discussion facilitates good
discussion. If Canada is to adopt a new framework for
managing water given water scarcity, global climate
change, and drought, Southern Alberta is the place to
begin.

Thank you,

Danielle Droitsch

--
Danielle Droitsch
Bow Riverkeeper
P.O. Box 3120
Banff, Alberta
CANADA T1L 1C7

Tel. 403.762.0591
Fax. 403.762.0351
http://www.bowriverkeeper.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Weir
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 3:24 PM
To: Mountain Forum - E-conference
Subject: [mf-ec] Intro: Don Weir

Hello,

My name is Donald V. Weir and I am a groundwater and
environmental geologist with extensive contaminant,
water resource and soil science experience. In
conducting environmental audits, impact assessments
and natural resource allocations plans I have a firm
grasp of the technical issues facing natural area,
site assessments and management professionals.

I started my career in 1987 after graduating with a
specialization in geology from the University of
Alberta. Since then, I have worked extensively in
natural resource characterization, evaluation and in
sustainable yield and carrying capacity determinations.
I have had the opportunity to work in Southern Africa,
South America and the Middle East in addition to Canada,
including BC, and the United States on a wide variety
of projects. These projects include resource management
and extraction plans, environmental assessments and
park management plans.

I have also conducted extensive environmental impact
assessments under the U.S. National Environment Policy
Act, Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and various
other national, provincial and state statutes and
regulations and I am the author of "A Guide to the
Impacts of Non-Motorized Trail Use," a resource that
has helped land managers and user groups alike. I have
made presentations on the subject to numerous audiences,
including the 2000 National Trails Symposium in Redding,
Calif and the International Mountain Bicycling Summit in
Vancouver, B.C. in 2003.

Donald V. Weir,

Sr. Environmental Geologist, Hydrogeologist
Amberg Corporation
Suite 604,
10025-106 Street
Edmonton, AB
T5J 1G4
Canada

Ph. +1 (780) 990-0911
Fax: +1 (780) 988-8876
Cell: +1 (780) 886-2453
email: dweir@amberg.ca
Web: http://www.amberg.ca/

Environmental & Regulatory Consultants
Board member MTBAccess
web: http://www.mtbaccess.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Ralf Ludwig
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 9:44 AM
To: Mountain Forum - E-conference
Subject: [mf-ec] Intro: Ralf Ludwig

Dear Rosenberg e-Discussion participants,

May I briefly introduce myself: My name is Ralf
Ludwig. I work as a Professor for Physical Geography
at the University of Kiel, Germany, where I direct the
Working Group for Remote Sensing and Environmental
Modelling. Over the last years, I have been strongly
concerned with mountain hydrology under conditions of
global change and the newly developing water
legislations in Europe (European Water Framework
Directive). My research focuses on the engineering of
integrated (natural and social sciences) models to
develop and support adaptation strategies and decision
support for climate and global change issues in
hydrology and watershed management. Most of my test
sites are located in or near the northern Alps, where
quantitative water scarcity is not expected to be a
major problem over the next decades. Yet, there are
serious concerns emerging due to an expected shift in
the regional water balance related to climate change,
with the most important being the vanishing of
glaciers and the decrease of summer rainfall: These
phenomena are expected to cause (among other things):

- severe problems maintaining ecologically sound flow
  conditions and water levels in rivers during summer
  months
- higher nutrient concentrations
- severe problems for water-bound energy production
- strong conflicts between different actors (such as
  tourism and agriculture)
- the demand for irrigation in agriculture (which is
  not really an issue at this time)

As a geographer, I became a member of the German
Society for Canadian Studies, where I developed great
interest in Canadian ways of water management.
Together with colleagues from Quebec, I am currently
involved in a new pilot project between Ouranos and
GLOWA-Danube (GLOWA 3D Global Change in the
Hydrological Cycle, a large international project
initiative funded by the German Federal Ministry of
Education and Research, www.glowa.org), in which we
try to interface core competences in global and
climate change research related to water issues. The
pilot project is intended to supply the conceptual
framework for a climate and global change modelling
network across the Atlantic.

It will be a great pleasure and chance for me to
learn from the manifold perspectives of managing
water in the future (especially in relation to its
socioeconomic and sociocultural impacts) and I'd be
happy to maybe contribute something thoughtful from
my European perspective to this forum. I have great
trust that the discussions in this forum can
contribute to highlight the necessities and current
weaknesses in water and watershed management.

Kind regards,

Ralf Ludwig

____________________
Prof. Dr. Ralf Ludwig
Physical Geography and Remote Sensing
Department of Geography
University of Kiel
Ludewig-Meyn-Str. 14
D-24098 Kiel

fon (0)431-880-3330
fax (0)431-880-4658
email: ludwig@geographie.uni-kiel.de
web: www.agfe.geographie.uni-kiel.de

-----Original Message-----
From: Susmita Dhakal
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 9:57 AM
To: Mountain Forum - E-conference
Subject: [mf-ec] Intro: Susmita Dhakal

Hello All,

Firstly, I would like to thank Mountain Forum for
organizing this e-discussion. I am Susmita dhakal. I
have a Masters in Environmental Science. I am teaching
at Trichandra College, Ghantaghar and Amrit Science
Campus, Lainchour, Kathmandu, Nepal. I am working for
these two campus as an part time Lecturer. I am also
working for ICIMOD as an intern under "Kyoto: Think
Global, Act Local" project. My master Thesis is "Land
use Change Effect on Soil Organic Carbon Stock in
Balkhu Khola Watershed Southwestern Part of Kathmandu
Valley, Central Nepal." My favourite field of
interests are Climate Change (mainly Clean Development
Mechanism), Natural Resource Management and Watershed
Management. I do not believe political boundary rather
I believe natural boundary i.e. watersheds. If we
manage our small watersheds very well we can
contribute great role to protect our Planet's natural
resources.

Nepal is very sensitive to climate change because of
higher melting rate of ice in himalaya. Mount Everest
is in danger due to this reason. Glacier Lake Outburst
Flood (GLOF) is one of the prominent consequences of
climate change in here. Besides, desertification of
upland areas is also noticeable in Nepal. However
community forestry programme is very successful to
make green the barren mountains and hills. We have
large amount of fresh water but people are facing
drinking water scarcity, electricity is very expensive
due to low generation of electricity, irrigation
facility is lacking. Ultimate effect is declining
agricultural productivity. We have soil and water
everywhere in the country. Climate is also not very
harsh but people in far western part of the country are
losing their lives due to starvation. Livelihood in
mountainous region of the country is very hard. If we
manage the gifts of nature (especially water resources)
properly these sorts of problems can be minimised.

I am very glad to be a part of this e-discussion. I am
optimistic towards future. I always want to exchange
the idea and knowledge. This is good forum for me to
learn.

Regards,

Susmita Dhakal
ICIMOD
Kathmandu
Nepal

-----Original Message-----
From: Hans Schreier
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 12:11 PM
To: Mountain Forum - E-conference
Subject: [mf-ec] Intro: Hans Schreier

Hello: My name is Hans Schreier, I am a professor at
the Institute for Resources and Environment, at the
University of British Columbia. My research focus is
on Integrated Watershed Management and our team works
mostly in the Himalayas, The Andes, and the Western
Canadian Mountains. We also teach 4 WEB based
Graduate Courses on watershed Management
http://www.rmes.ubc.ca/nav.php?page=b_courses
that address many of the issues that will be
discussed during the Rosenberg Policy discussions and
the Forum.

I look forward to reading your comments.

Hans Schreier

-----Original Message-----
From: Luc Vescovi
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 11:14 AM
To: Mountain Forum - E-conference
Subject: [mf-ec] Intro: Luc Vescovi

Dear Rosenberg e-Discussion participants,

My Name is Luc Vescovi, I work as senior program
specialist at Ouranos. Ouranos is a consortium in
climatology and adaptation to climate change launched
in 2002 by the Government of Québec, Hydro-Quebec and
the Meteorological Service of Canada to develop and
adapt the tools necessary for providing decision
makers with detailed climate change scenarios and
evaluations of expected local negative impact on a
regional scale to optimize adaptation strategies.
Ministries and agencies of Québec are collaborating
with four universities. I was also a couple years ago
managing the activities of the World Assembly of Water
Wisdom (WAWW) which is an initiative of the
International Secretariat for Water (ISW) in
collaboration with Green Cross International and
Alliance Maghred Machrek pour l'Eau. The WAWW was
convened in the Citizen's House of the Water at the
2002 Johannesburg Summit on Sustainable Development
and in Kyoto at the 3rd World Water Forum. This
experience gave me an opportunity to work with many
international, regional and local organisations on
sustainable water management issues in developing
countries.

One of the main reasons of my participation at this
e-discussion on water management in uplands watershed
is to learn about other experiences and to provide
any inputs specifically during theme 1 discussion:
Planning for Climate Change, Locally. All I will be
learning will be helpful to our recent collaborative
initiative with Glowa-Danube, presented in an earlier
e-mail by Ralf, aiming to assess Quebec and Bavarian
methodologies and tools to adequately address the
question of integrated watershed management under CC
conditions. 2 watersheds (one in Germany - pre-Alps-
the other in Quebec - Adirondack's foothills).

Best regards

---------------------------------------------------
Luc Vescovi, Ph.D
Chercheur et coordonateur de programme
Ouranos Inc.
550 Sherbrooke Ouest, Tour ouest, 19íeme étage
Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3A 1B9

Tel: 514.282.6464 ext 324
Fax: 514.282.7131
vescovi.luc@ouranos.ca
www.ouranos.ca

-----Original Message-----
From: Ihsanullah Khattak
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 11:33 AM
To: Mountain Forum - E-conference
Subject: [mf-ec] Intro: Ihsanullah Khattak

Dear Mountain Forum Participants,

I would like to thank and appreciate Mountain Forum
for the efforts they are making for the mountain
communities in all respects.

I am Ihsanullah Khattak, working as a Lecturer in the
Dept. of Geography, Urban and Regional Planning,
University of Peshawar, Pakistan. Presently, I am
working on my PhD topic "Evaluation and Prospects of
Scientific Management of Water Resources in Karachi
City: A GIS Perspective." I am an alumni of ICIMOD in
GIS & RS Training in 1999 which was "The application
of GIS & RS to Slope Instability and Hazard Mapping".

I have worked in mountainous areas of north Pakistan
in different projects and can share my knowledge and
understanding in different aspects. However, I am
interested to work for the mountain people
specifically in their drinking water issues. I expect
from this e-discussion to know about case studies and
ideas which can be applied to the mountains of
Pakistan.

I hope a success for this discussion.

Best Regards

Ihsanullah Khattak

Lecturer
Department of Geography
Urban and Regional Planning
University of Peshawar
NWFP, Pakistan

and

PhD Student
Department of Geography
University of Karachi

From: Anu Nagar
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 11:33 AM
To: Mountain Forum - E-conference
Subject: [mf-ec] Intro: Anu Nagar

Hi!

I am working in Himachal Pradesh Mid Himalayan
Watershed Development Project, India. Our main
emphasis is natural resource management through user
communities facilitated by 'panchayats', which are
units of local governance.

I also have experience working as a participatory
development coordinator of an integrated watershed
development project in Shiwalik hills of Himachal
Pradesh, India I am a forester by profession.

Anu Nagar

-----Original Message-----
From: Brenda Lucas
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:46 AM
To: Mountain Forum - E-conference
Subject: [mf-ec] Intro: Brenda Lucas

Hello everyone,

I manage a program on water policy for a private
Canadian foundation. We support work in Canada toward
strengthened public policy, particularly around demand
management and groundwater. We also have an interest
in transboundary water management. We support some
academic work with applied policy aspects, and many
non-government organizations for research, education
and advocacy. The focus is largely provincial policy;
increasingly, the discussion and work that we are
supporting is focused on local watershed management
and governance.

My own background is in fish ecology and
environmental policy. I spent a month this summer in
Alberta trying to get a better sense of the Water for
Life strategy and how it is being implemented. Key
questions for me there include how to move beyond
"water" management planning toward more integrated
"watershed" management planning, and how to make the
links to source water protection.

The following projects and developments might be of
some interest:

1. The province of Ontario has recently introduced
   legislation which, if passed, will require the
   development and implementation of source water
   protection plans at the watershed level. The
   approved plans will create the ability to
   restrict or limit activities within designated
   wellhead protection areas and intake protection
   zones. See
   http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/envision/water/cwa.htm

2. The Foundation published a report last year
   comparing the policies for groundwater management
   in each Canadian province and territory. Buried
   Treasure: groundwater permitting and pricing in
   Canada is available at:
   http://www.buriedtreasurecanada.ca

3. The POLIS Project on Ecological governance
   produced At a Watershed: Ecological Governance
   and Sustainable Water Management in Canada which
   is an excellent resource and co-produced Soft Path
   for Water in a Nutshell, a 20-page "practical
   guide to water security in Canada". Both are
   available at: http://www.waterdsm.org/

Brenda Lucas

Programme Manager, Fresh Water Resources Protection
The Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation
11 Church Street, Suite 400
Toronto Ontario M5E 1W1
ph. 416-601-4776
fax 416-601-1689
http://www.gordonfn.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Benedicto Q. Sànchez
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 12:11 PM
To: Mountain Forum - E-conference
Subject: [mf-ec] Intro: Benedicto Q. Sànchez

Dear Rosenberg Participants,

As a personal introduction on myself and interest on
this e-forum, I am representing the Broad Initiatives
for Negros Development (BIND). BIND's current program
on watershed conservation, especially of timber
resources, focuses on agroforestry and on soil and
water conservation, and on non-timber forest products
(NTFPs), particularly the role of mountain freshwater
systems on harvesting wild honey of Apis dorsata.

Regards,

Benedicto Q. Sànchez
Program Coordinator BIND
Dr 1 Adela Arcade,
Don Vicente Bldg., Locsin St.
Bacolod City 6100, Negros Occidental
Philippines

Telefax (6334) 433 8315
Telephone: (6334) 432 1510
E-mail: bindbcd@globelines.com.ph
URL: http://www.bindnegros.org

__________________

Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever does. -Margaret Mead

-----Original Message-----
From: Shelly Minarik
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 9:12 AM
To: Mountain Forum - E-conference
Subject: [mf-ec] Intro: Shelly Minarik

Hello:

Perhaps it is too late to participate in this
discussion group? If not, I would be pleased to join.
Let me introduce myself in any event.

My name is Shelly Lobay-Minarik. I am a Master's
Candidate at the University of Calgary (Canada) in
the Faculty of Law.

My thesis topic concerns international water
apportionment agreements. What is the ability of
these agreements to respond to climate change, in
particular to local and regional hydrological changes
being predicted by climate change?

My thesis examines the International Milk and St.
Mary Rivers Watersheds, shared between the United
States and Canada under the terms of an Order issued
in 1921 by the International Joint Commission. A
preliminary examination of this issue, as it applies
to this watershed, was funded by Alberta's Ingenuity
Fund during the 2005-2006 academic year. My work on
this issue will continue in to the 2006-2007 academic
year.

I am also a current recipient of a Fellowship, granted
by the Gordon Foundation. During the term of this
Fellowship I will be focusing on a separate but
similar watershed, the inter-provincial South
Saskatchewan River Basin. In conjunction with a local
NGO, the Bow Riverkeeper, our goal is to communicate
contemporary research being conducted in the SSRB to
the drivers of policy-making.

The headwaters of both these river systems are located
in alpine environments. Their respective flows are
therefore affected by seasonal snowpack and glacier
melt.

In conclusion, I am interested in the various policy
and governance mechanisms which are responsive and
adaptive to climate change impacts in these alpine
environments, particularly where there are
complicating inter-jurisdictional issues.

Regards,

 
D. Shelly Lobay-Minarik
Murray Fraser Hall
University of Calgary
2400 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
 

From: Taylor, Leslie [mailto:Leslie_Taylor@banffcentre.ca]
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 10:29 AM
To: Mountain Forum - E-conference
Subject: [mf-ec] Intro: Leslie Taylor & Bow River watershed

INTRODUCTION

I apologize for being late in introducing myself to
this discussion group. I'm associate director,
responsible for environmental programming, here at
The Banff Centre. Living at the top of the watershed,
I'm interested in being a responsible steward of the
water that briefly passes us on its way to the three
prairie provinces. As a native Albertan, I'm also
interested in helping to ensure that my province
recognizes that our water is the most precious
natural resource we have. And, as a senior staff
member of a mountain institution, I'm interested in
helping people collaborate effectively to improve
water policy and management.

RESOURCE FOR EDUCATION AND COLLABORATION

There is a lot of interesting and useful information
about regional adaptation projects on the Natural
Resources Canada website at:
http://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/overview_e.asp

THE FUTURE OF OUR BASIN

The "Geoscape" section of the same website summarizes
the predicted climate change effects for the Bow River
Basin as follows (I see many commonalities with the
Quebec predictions listed by Dr. Vescovi) ....

Bow River Basin Waterscape Climate change: what is the
future for our water?

Snowpack: A possible reduction of snowpack could change water supply.

Glacier melt: Reduced water supply from shrinking glaciers

Forest fires: Warmer, drier summers and earlier springs may lead to increased forest fires.

Extreme weather: A possible increase in extreme weather e.g. tornadoes, hail storms, heat waves, droughts, dust storms, floods, blizzards

Agriculture: Increased demand for irrigation and a change in crop types due to a longer growing season

River flow: Lower river flow reduces water supply, water quality, and recreation activities.

Habitat: Warmer river temperatures stress cold-water species such as trout.

Groundwater: Reduced recharge causes lower water tables which in turn cause some shallow wells to go dry.

Hydroelectric power: Reduced flow decreases power generation.

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(Ms.)L.A.Taylor
Associate Director, Mountain Environment
Mountain Culture at the Banff Centre
107 Tunnel Mountain Drive
Box 1020, Banff Alberta Canada T1L 1H5
Tel: 403-762-6215 Fax: 403-762-6277
www.banffcentre.ca/mountainculture