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Agenda - Brazil Workshop
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Session |
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Monday
Feb 11 |
09.00-10.45 |
1. Welcome & introduction
- workshop overview
- introduction to the Plata basin & Itaipu dam
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Break |
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11.00-12.45 |
2. Principles of environmental flows
- what is an environmental flow?
- upstream and downstream perspectives on modification of flows
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Lunch |
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14.00-15.45 |
3. Goals for flow management
- contrasting stakeholder interests
- framework for environmental flows assessment and implementation
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Break |
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16.00-17.45 |
4. Introduction to methods of environmental flow assessment
- overview of flow methods
- applications
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Tuesday
Feb 12 |
09.00-10.45 |
5. Case studies of environmental flow assessment
- examples of EF assessments
- making results useful for decision makers
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Break |
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11.00-12.45 |
6. Design of environmental flow assessments
- data needs and uses
- resourcing and management of assessments
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Lunch |
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14.00-15.45 |
7. Setting flow objectives and using scenarios
- understanding impacts of alternate choices and trade offs
- dialogue on scenarios for the Plata
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Break |
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16.00-17.45 |
8. Management options for infrastructure
- engineering tools and re-operation of dams
- regulation of flow in the Plata and other basins
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Wednesday
Feb 13 |
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Technical visit |
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Lunch |
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Technical visit |
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Thursday
Feb 14 |
09.00-10.45 |
9. Requirements for implementing environmental flows
- review
- building blocks of implementation
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Break |
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11.00-12.45 |
10. Application of economic tools to environmental flows
- economic justification using ecosystem valuation
- compensation and incentives
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Lunch |
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14.00-15.45 |
11. Policy and legal frameworks for environmental flows
- global review and governance in IW basins
- Brazilian experience
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Break |
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16.00-17.45 |
12. Reform of governance
- regional perspectives
- constraints and opportunities
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Friday
Feb 15 |
09.00-10.45 |
13. Multi-stakeholder platforms for flow management
- mobilising participation
- negotiation in flow decisions
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Break |
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11.00-12.45 |
14. Building political support for environmental flows
- who should be engaged and how
- dialogue on political engagement in flow management
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Lunch |
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14.00-15.45 |
15. Synthesis
- checklists for environmental flows assessment and implementation
- finalising action plans
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Break |
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16.00-17.45 |
16. Closing
- follow-up actions
- evaluation
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