Policies to Protect Ecosystems in Developing Countries Karin Krchnak, Director, International Water Policy, KKrchnak@tnc

1. Policies to Protect Ecosystems in Developing CountriesKarin Krchnak, Director, International Water Policy, KKrchnak@tnc.org

3. Water Flow Benefit Water Quality Benefit Water Quality (grey water) Impact Water Flow (blue water) Impact Impacts at the Watershed Scale

4. Managing physical risk:will we have enough water in the future?

5. Courtesy of Water Witness International

6. Courtesy of Water Witness International

7. International Water Policies & Processes • International Conference on Freshwater (Bonn, Germany 2001) • World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg 2002) • 5th World Water Forum (Istanbul 2009)

8. Integrating Strategies for Watershed Protection Integrated Water Resource Management Informing Policy with Science Market-based Mechanisms Water Funds Incentive Approaches Alliance for Water Stewardship

9. Goals The Implementation Challenge: Taking stock of government policies to protect and restore environmental flows Tom Le Quesne, Eloise Kendy, and Derek Weston

10. Goals

11. Goals

12. Water Funds Users Providers Eg: Condor Bioreserve Park and Rural farms Eg: Quito, Ecuador Pop: >2 million $ $ FUND CLEAN WATER

13. Goals • Invest $9M • Establish 32 water funds by 2015 • Leverage $325M public & private sectors • Protect 5M acres in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru

14. Water Fund Sites Board of Directors Meeting – July 16 & 17, 2009 – Arlington, Virginia

15. Great Rivers Partnership Mississippi River ► Center for Great Rivers Yangtze River A partnership to sustain great river systems around the world for people and nature using the Mississippi River as a case study Magdalena River Zambezi River Paraguay-Parana Rivers

16. Status of the Monitoring Networks Status of the Monitoring Networks Yangtze Mississippi

17. Integrated Policy Package – Hydropower Planning • Strategic Environmental Assessment – using our ecoregional plans to influence national or regional development of water infrastructure • Ecosystem Service Compensation Funds – mandating that dam developers capitalize a fund that will pay for adaptive ecosystem management and habitat restoration

18. Water Stewardship: the AWS value proposition for environmental, social, and business interests • Responsible use of fresh water that is socially beneficial, environmentally and economically sustainable • Maintains or improves biodiversity and ecological processes at the watershed level • Recognizes basic human needs and ensures long-term benefits • Minimizes corporate risk while ensuring that water is available in the long-term

19. Categories of Impacts Spiritual & Cultural Well-Being Human Health Loss of water access Economic opportunities Ecosystems & species

20. Alliance for Water Stewardship

21. Blueprint for the Magdalena River with Cormagdalena Classification Preliminary Blueprint Threats

22. Thank you! Protecting rivers for people and nature.