Laura Read: Risk & adaptation needs for climate & water resources in rural Andean communitities

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Assessing risk and adapta.on needs for climate and water resources protec.on in rural Andean communi.es Laura Read PhD Candidate, Climber Scien.st July 13, 2013 Huaraz, Peru

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Slides for presentation to High Mountains Adaptation Partnership in Huaraz, Peru, 13 July 2013.

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Assessing  risk  and  adapta.on  needs    for  climate  and  water  resources  

protec.on  in  rural  Andean  communi.es  

Laura  Read    

PhD  Candidate,    Climber  Scien.st    

 July  13,  2013  Huaraz,  Peru  

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Mo.va.on  to  be  a  Climber  Scien.st  

Observa-ons  

1.  Common  regional  water  problems  in  rural  communi.es  

2.  Lack  of  technical  knowledge  and  resources  

3.  Lack  of  local  data  collec.on  to  “prove  climate  change”  

Scope  of  Work  

1.  Work  within  a  group  of  communi.es  to  access  funding  

2.  Hold  workshops  and  explore  par.cipatory  monitoring  

3.  Test  feasibility  of  a  mobile  data  collec.on  system  

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Scope  of  work:  two  projects  Project  1:  PorMolio  of  community  water  problems  in  the  Tres  Cuencas  Commonwealth  •  Ac.vi.es:  Diagnos.cs  of  quan.ty  and  quality  issues  •  Goal  1:  Iden.fy  common  themes  to  access  regional  funds  •  Goal  2:  Pilot  community  scale  data  collec.on  

Project  2:  Building  capacity  to  address  conflict  in  Paron  

•  Ac.vi.es:  workshops  for  community  percep.ons  of  water  problems  and  risk;  pilo.ng  data  collec.on    

•  Goal  1:  Develop  a  watershed-­‐scale  water  management  plan  •  Goal  2:  Organize  the  community  to  prepare  for  risk  

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Project  1:  PorMolio  of  water  issues  

Mo-va-on  –  Why  do  this?  •  Exposure  to  regional  and  

interna.onal  funds  •  Understand  how  water  

systems  are  changing  at  a  regional  level    

•  Scale  projects  between  communi.es  with  similar  issues  

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Tres  Cuencas  Commonwealth  

•  Collec.ve  organiza.on  of  19  rural  communi.es  and  8  municipali.es  in  three  watersheds:  Santa,  Pa.vilca,  and  Fortaleza  rivers  

•  Formed  a  na.onal  en.ty  solely  to  address  impacts  of  climate  change  on  water  and  land  

•  Lack  technical  knowledge  to  receive  government  funding  for  adapta.on  projects  

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Project  1:  PorMolio  of  water  issues  

Process  –  How  we  do  this  •  Meet  with  campesina  

community  members  and  listen  to  their  concerns  

•  Measure  water  quan.ty  and  quality  in  irriga.on  canals,  reservoirs,  springs  

•  Gauge  interest  in  self-­‐monitoring  within  the  campesina  infrastructure  

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Pilot  example:  Canrey  Chico  Concern   Ac-on  

Water  supply  for  irriga.on   Measuring  flow  in  canals  

Drinking  water  during  dry  season  for  the  popula.on  

Explore  quality  and  quan.ty  in  spring  sources;  map  sources  

Water  quality  for  animals   Measuring  quality  in  canals  

Loca-on   pH  Phosphate  (ppm)   Nitrate   Nitrite  

Alkalinity  (ppm)   Flow  (L/s)  

Canrey  A   7   30   1   0   40   0.672  Canrey  B   7.2   35   N/A   N/A   35   N/A  Canrey  C   7.2   25   N/A   N/A   25   8.7  

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Preliminary  outcomes  

•  Lack  of  informa.on  is  a  common  theme  – Communi.es  have  a  general  idea  of  their  problems  and  what  projects  they  want,  but  lack  of  data  obstructs  progress  

•  Water  for  irriga.on  is  the  major  concern  in  5  of  6  communi.es  sampled  – Storage  and  changes  in  rainfall  dura.on  – Human  and  animal  health  (drinking  water)  are  also  cited  

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Future  work:  Mobile  technology  to  collect  informa.on  

•  Communi.es  with  high  levels  of  interest  and  organiza.on  afer  diagnos.c  visits  will  be  chosen  to  pilot  mobile  database  collec.on  project  

•  Goal:  community  members  collect  data  regularly  and  send  it  to  the  database  via  1)  text  message;  2)  hand-­‐wrigen  data  logs  (where  cell  service  is  unavailable)  

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What  data  does  the  community  want  to  

collect?  

Install  basic  instruments  for  

collec.on  

Send  a  text  message  with  the  data  and  an  associated  code  

Data  is  stored  on  the  internet  and  

accesible  to  the  municipality,  NGOs,  

and  other  organiza.ons  

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Scope  of  work:  two  projects  Project  1:  PorMolio  of  community  water  problems  in  the  Tres  Cuencas  Commonwealth  •  Ac.vi.es:  Diagnos.cs  of  quan.ty  and  quality  issues  •  Goal  1:  Iden.fy  common  themes  to  access  regional  funds  •  Goal  2:  Pilot  community  scale  data  collec.on  

Project  2:  Building  capacity  to  address  conflict  in  Paron  

•  Ac.vi.es:  workshops  for  community  percep.ons  of  water  problems  and  risk;  pilo.ng  data  collec.on    

•  Goal  1:  Develop  a  watershed-­‐scale  water  management  system  •  Goal  2:  Organize  the  community  to  prepare  for  risk  

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Project  2:  Capacity  and  conflict  in  Paron  (Cruz  del  Mayo  Community)  

Mo-va-on  –  Why  do  this?  •  Ongoing  conflict  could  

escalate  as  resource  availability  changes  

•  Community  wants  to  be  organized  to  face  challenges  (water,  conflict,  risk)  

•  Water  demands  are  increasing,  usage  is  not  “efficient”  

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Process  –  How  we  do  this  •  Held  two  diagnos.c  

workshops  for  1)  water;          2)  risk  percep.on  

•  Follow  up  field  workshop  on  data  collec.on  

•  Introduce  community  to  exis.ng  hazards  and  Peru  laws/rights  for  risk  protec.on  

Project  2:  Capacity  and  conflict  in  Paron  

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Preliminary  outcomes:  water  

•  Community  wants  to  develop  a  management  plan  for  all  15  canals  

•  Interested  in  collec.ng  climate  and  water  data  

•  Our  group  ain  gauge,  temperature  gauge,  flow  meters  expected  to  be  installed    

What  are  the  failures  of  the  community,    and  of  you  and  your  

families,  to  resolve  these  problems?  

%  of  total  

No  agendance  at  the  mee.ngs   13.9  Disorganiza.on   11.4  

Failure  of  the  dirigentes   15.2  Failure  of  all  par.es   11.4  Lack  of  aJachment     24.1  Lack  of  capacity   24.1  

What  is  the  major  problem  in  the  community  with  respect  to  water?  

%  of  total  

Shortage   48.8  Cost   3.03  

Realloca.on  of  water   21.21  Conflict   27.27  

From  a  survey  of  45  workshop  a=endees  

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Preliminary  outcomes:  risk  

•  Risks  iden.fied  as:  avalanche,  floods,  plagues  on  crops,  animal  sickness  

•  Vulnerabili.es  as:  lack  of  capacity,  organiza.on  

•  Community  and  mayor  formed  a  civil  defense  commigee  to  address  physical  risks  

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Con.nuing  work  in  Paron  

•  Watershed  op.miza.on  model:  managing  demands  

•  Pilo.ng  mobile  data  collec.on  in  Cruz  del  Mayo  

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Final  Thoughts  

•  Communi.es  have  a  sense  of  the  problems  but  lack  technical  data  to  support  claims  

•  Interest  in  measuring  data  comes  from  wan.ng  to  adapt  (needing  to)  

•  Irriga.on  supply  and  water  quality  are  emerging  major  concerns  in  TCC  communi.es  

•  Scaled  projects  can  benefit  a  group  of  communi.es,  encourage  informa.on  sharing  

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Acknowledgements    

•  Cesar  Portocarrerro  and  Marlene  Guerrero  

•  The  Mountain  Ins.tute,  Fidel  Rodriguez  

•  Daene  McKinney,  University  of  Texas  

•  Devyn  Powell,  Tufs  

 

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Pictures on pictures

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La Mancomunidad Tres Cuencas (Three Watersheds

Commonwealth) •  Something

something history background Fidel

•  Organizing together gives small communities greater resources and political power

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