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Integrated water resources management (IWRM) in Canada : recommendations for agricultural sector participation / Dimple Roy, Bryan Oborne, and Henry David Venema.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Winnipeg, MB : International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2009.Description: vi, 84 p. : ill. ; 28 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD1696 .C2 R695 2009
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Contents:
Integrated water resources management around the world -- Evolution of IWRM as a global framework -- Conservation and management of Bhoj Wetlands, India -- Fergana Valley, Central Asia -- The Catskills/Delaware watersheds: New York City's drinking water supply -- Integrated catchment management in the Murray Darling, Australia -- San Jeronimo Basin, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala -- Lake Rotorua, New Zealand -- Key elements of successful IWRM -- Social elements of success -- Economic elements of success -- Technical elements of success -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendix. Provincial IWRM highlights-- References
List of acronyms -- 1. Introduction and background -- Water in Canada -- Understanding agricultural communities and IWRM -- Climate change and agriculture -- Assessing agricultural sustainability and watershed impacts -- 2. Discussion of Canadian IWRM inventory and case studies -- Key analytical themes -- Provincial summaries and federal roles -- British Columbia -- Alberta -- Saskatchewan -- Manitoba -- Ontario -- Qu⥢ec -- New Brunswick -- Nova Scotia -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Prince Edward Island -- Northwest Territories -- Canadian IWRM case studies -- Tobacco Creek Watershed, Manitoba -- Ag- environment group planning in the Lower Souris Watershed, Saskatchewan -- Alberta environmentally sustainable agriculture delivered through Alberta's local agricultural services boards -- Participatory integrated assessment in the Okanagan Basin, British Columbia -- Atlantic Coastal Action Program, Canada -- Fraser Basin Council, B.C. -- Grand River Watershed, Ontario -- Integrated management in the Yamaska watershed in Quebec
Summary: While there is no single accepted definition of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), the international community, including key organizations, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, has widely accepted the Global Water Partnership's definition of IWRM as a process that promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems. Practitioners agree that this requires a highly consultative process, engaging the watershed communities as well as stakeholders

"September 2009."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-84).

Integrated water resources management around the world
-- Evolution of IWRM as a global framework -- Conservation
and management of Bhoj Wetlands, India -- Fergana Valley,
Central Asia -- The Catskills/Delaware watersheds: New
York City's drinking water supply -- Integrated catchment
management in the Murray Darling, Australia -- San
Jeronimo Basin, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala -- Lake Rotorua,
New Zealand -- Key elements of successful IWRM -- Social
elements of success -- Economic elements of success --
Technical elements of success -- Conclusions and
recommendations -- Appendix. Provincial IWRM highlights--
References

List of acronyms -- 1. Introduction and background --
Water in Canada -- Understanding agricultural communities
and IWRM -- Climate change and agriculture -- Assessing
agricultural sustainability and watershed impacts -- 2.
Discussion of Canadian IWRM inventory and case studies --
Key analytical themes -- Provincial summaries and federal
roles -- British Columbia -- Alberta -- Saskatchewan --
Manitoba -- Ontario -- Qu⥢ec -- New Brunswick -- Nova
Scotia -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Prince Edward
Island -- Northwest Territories -- Canadian IWRM case
studies -- Tobacco Creek Watershed, Manitoba -- Ag-
environment group planning in the Lower Souris Watershed,
Saskatchewan -- Alberta environmentally sustainable
agriculture delivered through Alberta's local agricultural
services boards -- Participatory integrated assessment in
the Okanagan Basin, British Columbia -- Atlantic Coastal
Action Program, Canada -- Fraser Basin Council, B.C. --
Grand River Watershed, Ontario -- Integrated management in
the Yamaska watershed in Quebec

While there is no single accepted definition of Integrated
Water Resources Management (IWRM), the international
community, including key organizations, such as the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, has
widely accepted the Global Water Partnership's definition
of IWRM as a process that promotes the coordinated
development and management of water, land and related
resources in order to maximize the resultant economic and
social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising
the sustainability of vital ecosystems. Practitioners
agree that this requires a highly consultative process,
engaging the watershed communities as well as stakeholders

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