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BFPANDES Leader: Mark Mulligan, KCL Coordinator: Jorge Rubiano, UNAL WP1(POV): G Hyman A Farrow G Lema (CIAT) WP1(POV): G. Hyman, A. Farrow , G. Lema (CIAT) WP2(AVAIL): M. Mulligan (KCL), J..G. Leon (UNAL) WP3(PROD): M. Kirby (CSIRO), J. Selvaraj (UNAL) WP4(INST): D. White (CIAT), V. Vargas (UNAL) WP5(INTERV) M S i (CONDESAN BC) i l CP j WP5(INTERV) M. Saravia (CONDESAN,BC), incl. prev. CP projects WP6(KNOW): N. Niederhauser (CIAT) + tied PhD, MSc and UG students AIM: To have the best available science used in the formulation and testing of land and water policy for better livelihoods in cases where currently it is not better livelihoods, in cases where currently it is not Brief for presentation: What Andes BFP is intended to achieve? And for whom? Expected Research products How you intend to get outputs?

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BFP‐ANDES– Leader: Mark Mulligan, KCL– Coordinator: Jorge Rubiano, UNAL

• WP1(POV): G Hyman A Farrow G Lema (CIAT)WP1(POV): G. Hyman, A. Farrow, G. Lema (CIAT)• WP2(AVAIL): M. Mulligan (KCL), J..G. Leon (UNAL)• WP3(PROD): M. Kirby (CSIRO), J. Selvaraj (UNAL)• WP4(INST): D. White (CIAT), V. Vargas (UNAL)

WP5(INTERV) M S i (CONDESAN BC) i l CP j• WP5(INTERV) M. Saravia (CONDESAN,BC), incl. prev. CP projects• WP6(KNOW): N. Niederhauser (CIAT) • + tied PhD, MSc and UG students

AIM: To have the best available science used in the formulation and testing of land and water policy for better livelihoods in cases where currently it is notbetter livelihoods, in cases where currently it is not

Brief for presentation:

– What Andes BFP is intended to achieve? And for whom?

– Expected Research products 

– How you intend to get outputs?

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Team Experience 

• Extensive knowledge of the region• Poverty mapping and analysis

• Water accounting and productivityWater accounting and productivity

• Institutions and interventionsL l t k h ld d t k• Local stakeholders and networks

• Spatial hydrological modelling and GIS

• Global datasets• Policy support systems and knowledgePolicy support systems and knowledge systems

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Water related issues and basins

FUQUENE

Deforestation (F,A,T,AL,J)Erosion/Sedimentation (F,L,A,E,T,AL,J)Pollution (F E J) FUQUENE

ANGEL

LA MIEL

Pollution (F,E,J)Loss of biodiversity (F,L,AL,J)Ecosystem degradation (A,E) Contamination (F,L)

AMBATO

ALTOMAYO

SG505SG510

Water scarcity (A,T,J)Poor institutional framework and 

infrastructure (A,T,AL)Poverty lack of education (A TAL)

JEQUETEPEQUE

SG510Poverty, lack of education (A,T,AL)Water use and management (E)Natural hazards (T)Low productivity (AL)

TUNARI

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Basin(s) Context• High but variable rainfall steep slopes spatial• High but variable rainfall, steep slopes, spatial heterogeneity, climate change

• Poverty sometimes related to lack of water, sometimes of y ,excess water:– Hazards to productivity : (landslides, soil erosion/degradation, nutrient losses)nutrient losses)

– Downstream impacts : (sedimentation, water quality losses, flooding, supply to major cities)

.... with impacts on health and poverty sometimes through food.

• Competing land‐use demands on steep‐lands E i ti d d j d j t i t b i• Existing and proposed major dam projects, inter‐basin transfers, mining...

• Payments for environmental services and other non ag.Payments for environmental services and other non ag. livelihood options

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‘Clients’

• Farmers, (basin) communities, interested citizensa e s, (bas ) co u t es, te ested c t e s• Local government (policy advisors)• National government (policy advisors)National government (policy advisors)• Universities, research orgs (e.g. IDEAM)• Commercial : Water/HEP companiesCommercial : Water/HEP companies• International Conservation NGOs (CI, WWF, TNC)• International organisations (CP/CGIAR CAREInternational organisations (CP/CGIAR,CARE, Oxfam)

• International donors (WB, IADB,DfID,GTZ..)International donors (WB, IADB,DfID,GTZ..)

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The problem with research:

After Briggs and Smithson (1985)

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“Th h h l d th“The researchers … have already thrown much darkness on this subject, and it is probable that if they continue [their investigations] we shall soon know nothinginvestigations] we shall soon know nothing at all about it. “ (Mark Twain)

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‘Client’ NeedsUnintended consequences

• Simplification of a complex problem• Accessible baseline data and information• Accessible baseline data and information• Accessible tools for testing effects of alternative policy options (interventions) and their intended and unintended consequences

• Accessible  knowledge on impacts of climate change ibl k l d f ( l) d• Accessible knowledge of (seasonal) downstream 

impacts of land use change on water supply to cities/dams/

• Accessible spatial planning tools for optimisation in a highly heterogeneous and connected environment

• An Institutional framework for evidence‐based policy implementation

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Products• Capacity built in local institutions/stakeholders (and• Capacity built in local institutions/stakeholders (and networks e.g. CONDESAN)

• Students engaged and trained• Students engaged and trained• Report diagnosing current status of water poverty, water productivity environmental security andwater productivity, environmental security and social and institutional context incl. gender

• Maps of long term average water availability and• Maps of long term average water availability and trends

• Maps of resource sensitivity to land use and• Maps of resource sensitivity to land use and climate change 

• Maps of the poverty outcomes of changing access• Maps of the poverty outcomes of changing access to water

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www.ambiotek.com/fiesta

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A research model : FIESTA : contribution of cloud forests to runoff in the Southern Andes (%)

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Products• Maps of the sensitivity of food production to climate (variability and change) and land use change

D b f i i i d i i j• Database of institutions and intervention projectsand likely outcomes of a range of these in the basin

S f i t f t t d t f• Summary of points of contact and types of data/information required by institutions

• Andes BFP portal on IDIS• Andes BFP portal on IDIS

M h f th b i t t d i tMuch of the above integrated into:

• CPWF‐ANDES PSS (Web‐based Policy Support System) for impact assessment of policySystem) for impact assessment of policy interventions (bilingual)

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Why a PSS?Premise is that policies are better when based on the science (naturalPremise is that policies are better when based on the science (natural and social), so how do we get the analysts to look at the science?  ‐make it easy.

What is a PSS (Policy Support System) : •combines best available data and knowledge of process (models),•integrated spatial database and test‐bed for user policies or interventions•leaving the simplest possible messages without losing the important•leaving the simplest possible messages without losing the important complexity of the data and the science,• flexible and dynamic project legacy in addition to static data and 

bli tipublications,•Visual and informative to a wide range of audiences, a learning and thinking tool•Clearly defined output requiring specific inputs (sub‐models) from each WP in the BFP,

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Like science in general most classic PSS are poorly used in the policy

CPWF ANDES BFP PSS : ApproachLike science in general, most classic PSS are poorly used in the policy frameworkWhy?

th t dd th d‐ they may not address the end users concerns‐ they are technically difficult to work with‐ they are insufficiently visualh h f f d li i h i‐ they have few or poor means of dealing with uncertainty

‐ they require a lot of data

The CPWF‐ANDES PSS APPROACH‐ link tightly with institutions and interventions at design stage‐Web and geobrowser‐based, simple scenarios (models may be 

complex but outputs are simple)‐ Using visual power of Google Earth etc.‐ Uncertainty analyses inbuilt – results grey out as uncertainty 

increases‐ Self‐parameterising for any basin by connection to KCL geodata portal

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An Example : The DserveA model

Testing complete March 2008Testing complete March 2008

Embedded geobrowser interface, self‐parameterising, ‘global  extent, local scale’, online, always up to date, results shared with stakeholder community

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Interaction with science tailored to different user types

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Community modelling, GEOWIKI for choice of study area and addition of data

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Self‐parameterising if no local data available : user can add data if available

Connects to KCL Geoportal (www.kcl.ac.uk/geodata) global datasets e.g. CSI‐SRTM derived flowlines above

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Outputs as maps : e.g. Precipitation  e.g. Actual evapotranspiration

Outputs as timeseries for points or areas.... 

e.g. Runoff

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Proposed system diagram for Andes BFP PSS....

Water and climateScenariosClimate

Markets (prices)Population

Indicators of wellbeing and poverty

Ag. Profit and loss

Climate

W t Runoff Population Environmental flowsWater availabilityWater quality

Nature conservation

Water balance

Erosion

Runoff

Farmer decision making

Nature conservationContamination

Ag. Productivityg

InterventionsLand  use planning

Ecosystem protectionDams

Crop growth

Land use

DamsIrrigation

Water transferPES

Yield Crop type

Soil management (e.g. fertilisers)Slope management (e.g. slope 

reduction)

Livestock (grazing)

Yield Ag. Profit and loss

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Th kThank you