2011/9 Modeling and Managing Watersheds Workshop/Training (Kigali, Rwanda)
Overview
The workshop addressed the key challenges to watershed management and explored the data, tools, research and resource needs required to strengthen watershed management throughout Africa. Case studies were presented for pilot projects in Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia, undertaken by the US Forest Service and the Wildlife Conservation Society to address the influence of forest cover/land-use on water quality/quantity. The second half of the workshop focused on technical training on different approaches and tools for modeling the impacts of land-use practices on water quality and quantity. Models specifically covered were: WaSSI-CB (Water Supply Stress Index-Carbon and Biodiversity), InVest (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs), and ARIES (ARtificial Intelligence for Ecosystem Services).
Key Documents
Part 1 - Modeling & Managing Watersheds
SEPTEMBER 13 |
||
| Time | Description | |
|---|---|---|
|
08:00 |
Registration |
|
|
09:00 |
Welcome and Introductions |
|
|
09:30 |
Keynote address |
|
|
09:45 |
Introduction to the United States Forest Service (USFS) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Collaborative Project on Watershed Modeling and Management in Rwanda, Zambia and Tanzania |
|
|
10:15 |
Watershed Management and Development in the Nile Equatorial Lakes Region: Perspectives and Challenges |
|
|
10:45 |
Coffee Break |
|
|
11:15 |
Understanding the Use of Water Resources in the Nyabarongo Catchment |
|
|
11:45 |
Watershed Management Challenges in Rwanda |
|
|
12:30 |
Lunch |
|
|
14:00 |
Watershed Management Issues at Project Site in Zambia |
|
|
14:30 |
Watershed Management Issues at Project Site in Tanzania |
|
|
15:00 |
How Project Models Have Been Applied to Address Watershed Management Challenges Around the World and Within Each Case Study Site |
|
|
16:00 |
Coffee Break |
|
|
16:30 |
Model Overview |
|
|
17:00 |
Adjourn |
|
|
17:30 |
Reception at the Umubano Hotel |
|
SEPTEMBER 14
| Time | Description | |
|---|---|---|
|
8:00 |
Welcome and Introduction to the Day |
|
|
9:15 |
Kivu and Ruzizi River Basin Authority: A new initiative for integrated water resources management at a regional scale |
|
|
9:45 |
Results and Recommendations, Rwanda Project |
|
|
10:45 |
Morning Break |
|
|
11:00 |
Results and Recommendations, Tanzania Project |
|
|
11:45 |
Results and Recommendation, Zambia Project |
|
|
12:30 |
Lunch |
|
|
13:30 |
General Discussion on Project Results and Introduction to Working Groups |
|
|
14:00 |
Break into Working Groups on the Use of Model Results to Address Watershed Management |
|
|
15:00 |
Reports from Working Groups |
|
|
15:30 |
Afternoon Break |
|
|
15:45 |
Reports from Working Groups - continued |
|
|
16:30 |
Conclusions: Synthesis of the Meeting and Next Steps |
|
|
17:30 |
Adjourn |
|
|
Part II - Technical TrainingSEPTEMBER 15 |
||
| Time | Description | |
|
9:00 |
Welcome and Introductions |
|
|
9:30 |
What is the Water Supply Stress Index-Carbon and Biodiversity (Wassi-CB) model? |
|
|
10:15 |
Morning Break |
|
|
10:45 |
What is the Water Supply Stress Index-Carbon and Biodiversity (Wassi-CB) model? - continued |
|
|
11:30 |
Install Wassi on Computers and Walk through WaSSI model on computers |
|
|
12:00 |
Lunch |
|
|
13:00 |
Wassi Exercise and Break Into Groups |
|
|
15:30 |
Afternoon Break |
|
|
16:00 |
Finish Wassi Exercises/ Start Group Presentations |
|
|
17:30 |
Wrap-Up and Adjourn |
|
SEPTEMBER 16 |
||
| Time | Description | |
|
9:00 |
Review of Wednesday
Steve McNulty, Ge Sun and Erika Cohen, US Forest Service |
|
|
10:00 |
Assessing Soil Erosion with the Universal Soil Loss Equation and the use of the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVest) Model |
|
|
11:00 |
Morning Break |
|
|
11:15 |
Assessing Soil Erosion with the Universal Soil Loss Equation and the use of the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVest) Model - continued |
|
|
12:00 |
Lunch |
|
|
13:00 |
What is Artificial Intelligence for Ecosystem Services (ARIES)? |
|
|
15:00 |
Afternoon Coffee |
|
|
15:30 |
Wrap Up Discussion and Synthesis |
|
|
17:00 |
Adjourn |
|
Partners involved in producing this event included:
