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Collective Action in the Noyyal Bhavani Basin - India

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Collective Action in the Noyyal Bhavani Basin - India

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Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
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Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Project Overview

VISION
By 2030, Noyyal and Bhavani are healthy river eco-systems that ensure water security for people and nature. The main objectives are:

  • By 2019, establish the interactions and trade-offs between users and sectors in representative zones of the Bhavani and Noyyal river basin, Southern India
  • By 2022, demonstrate pilots in key sites to strengthen the positive interactions leading to healthy river ecosystems and water security
  • By 2025, influence sectoral, local, regional an…

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VISION
By 2030, Noyyal and Bhavani are healthy river eco-systems that ensure water security for people and nature. The main objectives are:

  • By 2019, establish the interactions and trade-offs between users and sectors in representative zones of the Bhavani and Noyyal river basin, Southern India
  • By 2022, demonstrate pilots in key sites to strengthen the positive interactions leading to healthy river ecosystems and water security
  • By 2025, influence sectoral, local, regional and national policies that deliver on a shared vision and outcomes for sustainable river basin management

Project Results

  • Understand the impacts of Land-use/ Land-cover changes on flows in the rivers
  • 2 key sub-catchments of Upper Noyyal basin rejuvenated
  • Clean Technology and Best water management practices (BMPs) mainstreamed in the Tiruppur textile cluster through clean tech implementation in 30 pilot units
  • Ecological impacts of water diversion from Moyar valley understood
  • Environmental flows policy developed for hydropower operations in the Moyar basin
  • Impacts of invasive species on flows in the Upper Bhavani sub-basin understood
  • Sound invasives management strategies integrated within the management plans of the forest department
  • Interactions and trade-offs between various water users in the Middle Bhavani basin understood
  • Best agricultural water management practices demonstrated within the basin through pilots
  • Policies on direct water withdrawal and discharges from and to the Bhavani river reviewed

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Angela Renata Cordeiro Ortigara
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