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| 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. |
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Apart from these four
thematic areas, project will look at cross-thematic
overlaps and trans-thematic areas to make
holistic appraisal of basin and delineate
possible options and tradeoffs for sustainable
livelihoods and landscapes in the basin |
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| PARTNERS Project
is forging partnerships through formal collaboration
with individuals (national and local advisory
boards and consultants) and organizations
(Research Institutions, NGO and Govt Agencies)
to gain from synergies.
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| TAB: Thematic Advisory Board (constituted
with local experts drawn from academia, NGOs,
Govt Departments and experienced individuals) |
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| BROAD
METHODOLOGY
At Project
Level
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| Objective/Activities
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Methodology
/ Procedures |
| Objective
1 |
| Secondary Appraisal |
Thematic
literature review of basin management
issues and processes in other Indian
and foreign basins through browsing
of soft (internet) and hard sources
of information
Strategic appraisal of basin resources,
institutions, policies, management
processes and influences along and
across project themes from published
and grey literatures and statistics
available with different Govt, Non-Govt,
Quasi-Govt agencies
Understanding processes, identification
of linkages, Analysis of trends and
delineation of critical issues (and
areas, key stakeholders etc.) for
further investigation through analysis
of information, peer-group discussions
etc. |
| Primary Appraisal |
Intensive
information collection from primary
sources on critical issues Villages
/locations will be selected through
stratified purposive sampling Information
collection through in-depth probing
through participatory and exploratory
processes - qualitative and quantitative
(PRA, FGD, Questionnaire, Field transact,
Survey and measurements etc.) Sharing
information and initiating stakeholder
dialogue through formal meetings |
| Objective
2 |
| Basin Stakeholder dialogue |
Pure
and Mixed Group stakeholder dialogues
(Groups : PRI, CBOs, NGO, Politicians,
Academicians, Bureaucrats, Technocrats,
Industry) Sharing of appraisal findings
and recording key feedbacks Recording
planning suggestions Multi-stakeholder
basin dialogue (at basin level) Representatives
from each group Sharing with them
the draft plan and seeking feedbacks
Process will start right from the
primary information collection stageFirst
dialogue process to be kick-started
with basin-transact by the study teamDialogue
process will be structured and hierarchical
In a two-way process, they will be
apprised of basin information and
their opinion and perception about
basin processes and vision plan would
be documented |
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3 |
Development
of Approach paper and strategy for
vision plan preparation |
With
involvement of stakeholders and collaborative
partners By analysis of information
collected To develop an approach road
map towards perspective futuristic
planningAlso to suggest institutional
set up and strategies for operationalization |
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| At Thematic Team and Cross-thematic
Level |
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| Activity |
Integrated |
Hydrology |
NRM |
Livelihood |
R & G |
| KEY TOPICS/ASPECTS |
| Secondary Review
: Other Basin Experiences |
Integrated River
Basin Management; Ecosystem services; |
Environmental flowWater
Balance Water Quality Flood Water logging |
Integrated resource
management |
Livelihood frameworks |
Basin Institutions
& Governance; Gender, Equity, Property
rights; Conflict |
| Secondary Review
: Basin Resource Appraisal (BRA) |
Demography, Area,
GIS maps, Mining-livelihood-NR-hydrology
linkages, Traditional NR Governance
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Ground Water Surface
waterWater Quality Hydro- meteorology
Agriculture water |
Land & Agriculture;
Forest & Biodiversity; Livestock
& Fisheries; Mines and Minerals;
Energy |
Livelihood Market
Credit Physical infrastructure –
communication, storage/ processing etc.
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Laws & Policies
related to NR and Institutions; Formal
and Informal Institutions involved in
NR; Projects and programs in NR |
| Analysis
of trends, linkages, influences, impacts
and delineation and prioritization of
critical issues, places for further
probing |
| Primary Basin Appraisal
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Specific
issues/topics and areas will be decided
once the above phases are over (Will
be put in September, 2006) |
| Basin stakeholder
dialogue processes |
Will
be designed to incorporate strategic
thematic inputs in September, 2006 |
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| A Suggestive Framework showing
Typologies of Basin Issues proposed to be
addressed and their Thematic Linkages |
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| TIME
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2007 |
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| Team
Building Phase |
Inception
Phase |
Basin
Appraisal Phase |
Basin
Resource Management Plan Development
Phase |
| Stakeholder
dialogue Phase |
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| Team
Building Phase |
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| Inception Phase |
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Understanding
of the project (concept, objective,
rationale, aspects process, outcomes
etc.) by the team members
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Role understanding
of team members
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Developing
team (theme-wise) and individual
Operational frameworks
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Organization
of Launching Workshop
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Secondary
of basin management processes
in and outside India
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| Basin Appraisal
Phase |
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Secondary review
of information about natural and
human resource base covering economic,
social and environmental attributes,
resource management patterns across
theme and cross-themes
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Primary investigation
of critical issues in field for
themes and cross-themes
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Sensitization
of basin communities in these
sites and also initiation of first
stage stakeholder dialogue process
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| Stakeholder Dialogue
Phase |
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| Basin Resource Management
Plan Development Phase |
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time in hand and enormity of task, the
appraisal and planning will be strategic
and stakeholder dialogue will be limited
in numbers and in all these cases collaborative
linkages with partners will be forged
to gain from synergies. |
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