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Presentation by Kim Geheb on the CPWF global program and their activities in the Mekong River Basin
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Dr Kim Geheb, CPWF Mekong Basin Leader
CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
The CPWF Objective
To increase the productivity of water for food and livelihoods, in a manner that is environmentally sustainable, socially acceptable,
and alleviates poverty for disadvantaged groups.
The CPWF VisionTo help develop more
prosperous and resilient agricultural societies by
improving access to water, and the ways in which it is managed
and used.
o Basin focus.
Key characteristicso A CGIAR program.o Research-for-development
program.o Partnerships and networks.o Integrated research.
The CGIAR
• 15 international agricultural research centres.• Consortium Office in Montpellier, France.• Includes centres such as IRRI, IWMI, WorldFish
CPWF Research for Development
End usersThose whose
behavior needs to change
Next usersThose who will deliver the change
Research products
The tools we need to effect
the change
The problemThe thing we
need to change
The researchThe research we need to develop the
tools
Partnerships and networks
Partnerships and networks are the only way to get research results into practice
quickly.
Integrated research
Complex problems require integrated research to yield integrated solutions
Where we work
Benefits of being part of CPWF
• International platform.• Science support.• R4D.• Integrated science.• Communications.• Community of practice.
What?CPWF Mekong
In the Mekong, the CPWF looks ways to optimise the management, use and operation of
dams and their reservoirs.
Why?
Between them, the GMS countries have a hydropower potential of 1,090,000 GWh.
As of 1999, just 20,500 GWh had been developed.
The aggregate demand for electricity in GMS is projected to
rise from 108,850 GWh in 1995 to 600,000 GWh in 2020.
Virtually every study of the impact of the dams on the Mekong System predicts substantial
environmental and social costs as a consequence of their development.
The single biggest change to water use and its management in the Mekong today and into the
future is hydropower development.
But these developments also open up opportunities - agricultural, economic, environmental and social.
How?
The the development of a series of research-for-development projects.
1. Optimizing reservoir management for livelihoods.
2. Water valuation.3. Optimising the management of cascades or
systems of reservoirs at catchment level.4. Hydropower governance at the basin scale.5. Coordination and change.6. Governance and the development of
partnerships and knowledge-sharing.7. M-POWER – CPWF Fellowships Program.8. Hydropower decision-making on the Mekong.
We’re looking for new partners, new ideas and new initiatives to help us achieve our vision
Where?
Our projects are scaled – they work at the dam, catchment and basin levels.
We have chosen to work on one
completed dam (Yalli); one partially
constructed dam (Nam Theun Hinboun
Expansion); and one planned dam (Lower
Sesan 2).
The bulk of our field work is in Cambodia, Vietnam and Lao PDR, Project 4 focuses on the basin scale. Future growth into Thailand and China projects.
Thank you for your attention!!
www.mekong.waterandfood.org