| Thematic
Teams |
Rationale |
Concern |
Thematic
Focus |
Hydrology |
Water is the
critical basin resource and its flows
decide the basin landscape and boundaries.
In this basin, deterioration of water
quality in upper catchments, reduced
environmental flow in channel and
high flood frequency in coastal plain
are some serious livelihood and ecosystem
threats |
Production &
Conservation |
Comprehensive
appraisal hydrological elements and
processes of basin Intensive investigation
on issues related to water balance,
water quality, flood management, agriculture
water and wetlands |
Natural Resource
Management |
Natural resources
hold keys to basin livelihoods considering
the dependence on agriculture and
forests in the basin and opulent mineral
reserves with mushrooming mining industries.
Considering the interdependence of
natural resources, addressing all
of them together is quite natural. |
Production &
Conservation |
Comprehensive
appraisal of natural resources and
their use processes Intensive investigation
on traditional natural resource management;
choices before hill farming systems
and flood plain agriculture; blue
and green water options with focus
on small holders |
Rights &
Governance |
Tribal land alienation
and complex forest tenures on upper
catchments with absentee landlords
and share-cropping in coastal plains
influences land use efficiency in
the basin. This along with weakening
of democratic governance of natural
resource makes access to NR a key
issue in the basin, which not only
influences livelihood in the basin,
also its ecological health. |
Access |
Comprehensive
appraisal of policies and institutions
in the basin along with state of present
governance Intensive investigation
into property rights, environmental
governance, gender and NR-based institutions |
Livelihood &
Micro-enterprise |
Livelihood vulnerabilities
are the cause and result of basin
resources degradation and influence
of market, credit and institutions,
apart from natural resources and policy
influence to a considerable extent
the livelihood options in the basin.
Moreover access transforms to absorption
when income is available |
Absorption |
Comprehensive
appraisal of livelihoods, skills,
market and credit infrastructure and
their interactions etc.Intensive investigation
into livelihood shifts in critical
basin areas and the options available
to enhance livelihoods with focus
on water-based options. |
