Inte

rnat

ion

al D

ay o

f Fo

rest

s 2

01

7 (

21

Mar

ch)

AN

D

Wo

rld

Wat

er D

ay 2

01

7 (

22

Mar

ch)

SE

MIN

AR

on

Stra

tegi

es f

or W

ater

Sec

urit

y in

Bun

delk

hand

to

Mee

t th

e Cha

lleng

e of

Clim

ate

Cha

nge

K

haju

raho

(M.P

.): 2

1-23

Mar

ch 2

017

VEN

UE:

Hot

el J

hank

ar, K

haju

raho

(M.P

.)

Org

anis

ed b

y C

entr

e fo

r Inl

and

Wat

ers

in S

outh

Asi

a (u

nder

Pra

gya

Educ

atio

n an

d En

viro

nmen

t Tru

st, J

aipu

r) Jo

intly

with

the

Mah

araj

a C

hhat

rasa

l Bun

delk

hand

Uni

vers

ity, C

hhat

arpu

r (M

.P.)

with

sup

port

from

Oth

er O

rgan

isat

ions

Wat

er is

mos

t crit

ical

nat

ural

reso

urce

for a

ll ki

nds

of s

ocio

-eco

nom

ic d

evel

opm

ent i

nclu

ding

fo

od s

ecur

ity, s

anita

tion

and

heal

th. H

owev

er, t

he c

limat

e ch

ange

thre

aten

s th

e w

ater

reso

urce

s by

incr

easi

ng s

patia

l and

tem

pora

l var

iabi

lity

and

the

effe

cts

of ri

se in

tem

pera

ture

. Stra

tegi

es

and

appr

oach

es to

man

agem

ent o

f wat

er re

sour

ces

is c

entra

l to

adap

tatio

n to

and

miti

gatio

n of

cl

imat

e ch

ange

impa

cts.

Bun

delk

hand

regi

on, a

low

ele

vatio

n, u

ndul

atin

g pl

atea

u, in

ters

pers

ed

with

flat

topp

ed h

ills,

lies

betw

een

the

Vin

dhya

n hi

lls in

the

sout

h an

d a

wid

e pl

ain

alon

g th

e riv

er Y

amun

a, c

over

ing

parts

of

both

MP

and

UP.

The

reg

ion

is d

rain

ed b

y se

vera

l no

rth-

flow

ing

river

s, pa

rticu

larly

the

Ken

and

Bet

wa,

and

oth

er tr

ibut

arie

s of

Yam

una.

How

ever

, in

spite

of g

ood

aver

age

annu

al ra

infa

ll, th

e re

gion

exp

erie

nces

freq

uent

dro

ught

s. It

expe

rienc

ed

two

cons

ecut

ive

year

s of

sev

ere

drou

ght (

2014

and

201

5). R

ecen

t dat

a su

gges

t tha

t the

rain

fall

has

been

dec

reas

ing

durin

g th

e pa

st 5

0 ye

ars

and

the

prob

abili

ty o

f re

ceiv

ing

even

75%

of

norm

al r

ainf

all

is d

ecre

asin

g at

an

alar

min

g ra

te.

His

toric

ally

, B

unde

lkha

nd r

elie

d on

lar

ge

num

ber

of t

anks

con

stru

cted

by

form

er r

uler

s bu

t th

ese

have

now

bee

n gr

ossl

y ne

glec

ted.

W

ater

res

ourc

es d

evel

opm

ent

proj

ects

, whi

ch r

aise

ser

ious

env

iron

men

tal c

once

rns

and

are

cost

ly a

nd t

ime

cons

umin

g, h

ave

not

yet

help

ed t

he r

egio

n si

gnifi

cant

ly. T

here

is a

n ur

gent

nee

d fo

r ad

optin

g ap

proa

ches

and

str

ateg

ies

for

quic

k vi

able

sol

utio

ns to

impr

ove

wat

er a

vaila

bilit

y fo

r de

velo

pmen

t an

d to

ens

ure

wat

er s

ecur

ity w

ith c

limat

e ch

ange

. W

ater

is c

erta

inly

the

high

est p

riorit

y fo

r the

regi

on.

Scop

e of

the

Sem

inar

Th

e to

pics

for d

iscu

ssio

n at

the

Sem

inar

incl

ude:

For

ests

and

Wat

er; S

urfa

ce a

nd G

roun

d w

ater

re

sour

ces

of B

unde

lkha

nd; C

limat

e C

hang

e sc

enar

io in

Bun

delk

hand

; Fut

ure

chan

ges

in w

ater

av

aila

bilit

y an

d W

ater

req

uire

men

ts o

f B

unde

lkha

nd;

Wat

er,

sani

tatio

n an

d liv

elih

oods

; A

gric

ultu

ral s

yste

ms a

nd G

row

th p

oten

tial i

n B

unde

lkha

nd; W

ater

Sec

urity

and

Foo

d Se

curit

y;

Trad

ition

al W

ater

man

agem

ent;

Rep

air,

Ren

ovat

ion

and

Res

tora

tion

of T

anks

Ex

pect

ed O

utco

me

The

disc

ussi

ons

focu

sed

on w

ater

man

agem

ent i

n B

unde

lkha

nd w

ould

hel

p fo

rmul

ate

real

istic

and

act

iona

ble

reco

mm

enda

tions

whi

ch c

an b

e im

plem

ente

d in

the

regi

on.

Part

icip

atio

n Pa

rtici

patio

n is

ope

n to

all

thos

e in

tere

sted

in th

e su

bjec

t but

with

a fo

cus

on m

anag

emen

t of

wat

er re

sour

ces.

Inte

rest

ed in

divi

dual

s fr

om u

nive

rsiti

es, c

olle

ges

and

rese

arch

inst

itutio

ns a

nd

Gov

ernm

ent D

epar

tmen

ts, N

GO

repr

esen

tativ

es e

tc. s

houl

d in

form

abo

ut th

eir p

artic

ipat

ion

by

emai

l to

ciw

sa.n

ie@

gmai

l.com

lat

est

by 1

8 M

arch

201

7. T

hey

mus

t m

ake

thei

r ow

n ar

rang

emen

ts f

or t

rave

l an

d ac

com

mod

atio

n. P

artic

ipan

ts,

othe

r th

an t

he i

nvite

es,

will

be

requ

ired

to p

ay a

Reg

istra

tion

Fee

(Rs

1200

) to

the

Prag

ya E

duca

tion

& E

nviro

nmen

t Tru

st,

Jaip

ur. I

t can

be

paid

in c

ash

at th

e Se

min

ar V

enue

at t

he ti

me

of R

egis

tratio

n.

Con

tact

P

rof.

Brij

Gop

al, F

ound

er-C

oord

inat

or,

Cen

tre fo

r Inl

and

Wat

ers

in S

outh

Asi

a (K

haju

raho

, M.P

., &

Jai

pur)

E

mai

l: ci

wsa

.nie

@gm

ail.c

om

Mob

: +91

-941

4044

283

(ww

w.a

quat

icec

osys

tem

s.or

g/)