Shiyang - Shule workshop
Qinghai Scoping Mission in 2008
Irrigation Canal Flow Gates, Qinghai
Australia Study Tour in late August 2011
Final workshop of Inland River Project held in Lanzhou March 2012
Opening speech by Mr LUAN Weigong Deputy Director General of Gansu WRD
P0006 Integrated River Basin Management: Managing the Threats to Sustainable Water Resources Development
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Project Code
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P0006
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Title
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Integrated River Basin Management: Managing the Threats to Sustainable Water Resources Development
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Australian $
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$500,000
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Chinese $
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In-kind
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Project Span
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Apr 2011 – Apr 2012
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Chinese Implementing Agency
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Gansu Water Resources Department, Tsinghua University, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research Institute
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Australian Implementing Agency
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University of Melbourne – Australia China Centre for Water Resources Research
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Pilot location
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Shule River, Shiyang River (Gansu)
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Objectives
The activity is envisaged to aim at strengthening local capacities for managing water scarcity threats in Chinese inland river basins, using the example of Shule and Shiyang River Basins in Gansu Province. It will build on previous interventions by the World Bank and the UK Department for International development DFID. It has the potential to assist in local water resources master planning, replication of successful pilot experiences and contribution to the national policy formulation related to inland basin management.
Key Activities / Components
• Inception workshop: illustrated to 8 stakeholders the activities designed for this project, then clarified which agency had main carriage for each component and work out a time frame for whole project activities.
• Science and policy support for IRBM: supported by THU and IWHR to have comparative analysis of river basin conditions and governance in Australian and China’s arid river basins, review the application of water permitting and markets for China, study modelling approaches including Australian CRC e-Water hydrological models and assess and advise the pilot sites for modelling approaches.
• Study tour to Australia: focus on the Victorian water management framework and the integrated Northen Victorian Irrigation Strategy. Other topics such as water law and regulations, water resources modelling to support water allocation and river basin planning, water policy will also be included.
• Two river basin management: technical inputs by Australian specialists assist two river basins with water law and regulations, water policy and permitting etc application. CAS CAREERI will review and comment on Shiyang RB Masterplan.
• Experience-exchange workshop: representatives from other inland river basins in Gansu province and elsewhere to exchange the experiences. Gansu government will present the lessons learned, relevance to their water resource policy directions, forward plan of actions of the two river basins and future partnership priorities and needs.
Contribution to ACEDP Program Outcomes
This project integrated policy influence, research studies and management approaches into one project. It provided a platform for cooperation and partnership between Australia and China at national, regional, basins and farm levels. The results of the experiences sharing between the two river basins in Gansu and South Eastern Australia will then be extended to the other inland river basins, as well as lead to further joint research and cooperation to build up the leadership of global science for both countries. Some of the conditions and measures in China will also have interest and future relevance for the Australian partners. As brilliant outcomes, many further cooperation plans have been confirmed or under discussion through this project.