SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF WATERSHEDS IN THE LOWER MEKONG BASIN- NAMTON(SUMALOM-NAMTON)

11 June 2012

JRP Training - MRC

Project History

2007: general agreement (KfW, GTZ, LNMC, MRC)

2007: Feasibility study

2009: Appraisal mission and revision of project set up

TC partner project completed in May 2011 and shifted to neighboring Nam Song Watershed --- Lao Priority basin

09/2010: Project start ( Inception Phase: 10/2010-03/2011)

Project Information

Supported by the German Government (BMZ) through KfW. DWR under MoNRE is Project Executing Agency and DoP under MAF is Project Implementing Agency.

Objective: Communities manage their natural resources

more effectively and sustainably Farm households improve their farm and

forestry production

Pilot site for IWRM Sub-Basin Implementation in Lao PDR

Project Information

Target Groups: Population in the Nam Ton Watershed Govt. officials and local authorities of district and

provincial levels

Project Duration:

7 years: 2010-17 ( including inception phase)

Budget (€): Lao Con. Ger Con. Total

Project part I 505,511.- 4,612,9195,116,430

Project Part II / 500,000 500,000

Total 503,511.- 5,112,919 5,616,430

Project Area

70Km northwest of VTE, upper part belongs to HH District (9 villages) and Lower part in ST District (34villages). ST one of the 47 poorest District in Lao PDR

Major Land Use in the Project Area

Rain-fed and Irrigation agricult. and garden

14% (10,350 ha)

Forest Cover ( incl. dense, degraded, forest mosaic, plantation

29% (22,715ha)

Fallow land (incl. shifting cultivation & shrub-land, pasture/livestock

53% (42,185 ha)

Urban Areas 1 % (900 ha)

Water bodies 2% (1,750 ha)

Total area is 80,000 ha

Existing Farming System

Rain-fed lowland paddy farming system:

found in middle and lower reaches of the area. This system intensively applied fertilizer and pesticides ---influencing water quality of Nam Ton River

Upland rice (shifting cultivation):

Mainly practiced by poor ethnic families, causing erosion and reduced infiltration on the watershed, leading to increased sedimentation.

Project Outputs

PP1: covers all project measures within the project area and is carried out by the GoL and local population

Output 1: Communities are assisted to establish and execute sustainable village based land use planning

Output 2: Farmers are supported to use appropriate farming systems

Output 4: (new) Multi-stakeholders Watershed Management Process is established

Project Activities

Activities under Output 1: NRM

Watershed and village development planning Participatory Land Use Planning (PLUP) Registration of land certificate for household and

communities (both agricultural and forest land) Natural resource management and management

of Protected Areas Support to Kum Ban Centres

Project Activities

Activities under Output 2: Farming System

Capacity building on district and farmers’ level Irrigation systems and paddy development Rangeland management Aquatic resource management Tree plantation development Micro-finance system for small-scale productive

investments

Project Activities

Activities under Output 4: IWRM

Mainstreaming water as a natural resource by merging land and water use planning

Support water quality & quantity monitoring Support process for multi-stakeholder watershed

management (establishing and consolidating of a Watershed Committee)

Support Watershed Knowledge (Basin Profile)

Project Structure

Note: Watershed Committee/River Basin Committee is proposed

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Sangthong District Project Steering Committee

Sangthong District Project Office (DPO) & District Consultant Office

HinHerb District Project Steering Committee

HinHerb District Project Office (DPO) & District Consultant Office

Project Steering Committee

(MoNRE, DWR, MAF, MPI, MoF, LNMC, NLMA, LWU, PAFO (2), PoNRE (2), PPI (2), District Governor (2), MRC

Project Part I

Project Part II

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MRC-KfW WSM Focal Point, Planning Division

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Focal Point at Vientiane Capital Focal Point at Vientiane Province

NPO (MoNRE): responsible for the overall financial management

NPO (MAF): in charge of technical project implementationDPOs: coordinate Implementation on district level

CO: support implementation on national and district level

Focal area for WSM

About 90% of the base flow originates from the upper North-Western parts of the watershed.

This is the focal intervention area for watershed management activities, including afforestation, irrigation, etc.

Watershed Sensitive Participatory Land Use Planning Stage (PLUP Manual) IWRM Planning elements for PLUP exercises

1 Preparation for land use planning

Add water related to present preparation documents

2 Socio-economic, land and forest data collection

Add water related data and water and related natural resources data

3 Delineation of village and village cluster boundaries

Locate where water resources are tapped or used

4 Village and village cluster land use zoning

Consider adding water sources (surface water and groundwater), riparian buffer zones, wetlands, Fishery conservation zones, spots of possible pollution – draft a plan for water allocation

5 Village and village cluster land management plans

Associate water management plans – identify possible change in water use, possible change in water quality

6 Land data and digital map record keeping

Add water related data collected in stage 2 and 3

7 Land registration in rural villages

Draft a plan for water allocation

8 Village and village cluster networks and networking

Facilitate a “Villages and Kum Ban Watershed Network” as the place for water and land dialogue at that level.

9 Monitoring and evaluation

Draft a land and water village monitoring and evaluation system

Afforestation

Introduce farming system integration by promoting on-farm tree plantation establishment and management

Encourage individual farmers to target degraded forest and to improve their livelihood

Areas of concern include deforested and unproductive uplands which are currently mainly covered by fallow and shrub land

Total planned area for afforestation is 1,000 ha

Intervention Approach base on slope level

< 5% Lowland intervention: rain-fed & irrigation paddy, cash crops, aquaculture, fruit tree plantation, forest management

6-36% upland intervention without soil conservation: upland agri. & forestry, integrating faming, pasture , fruit tree/ timber plantation and Forest Manag.

37-45% upland intervention with soil conservation: timber tree plantation, integrating farming, appropriate conservation measures to be applied

> 45% Forest conversation

Irrigation and Paddy Development

Irrigation schemes in areas where shifting cultivation is practiced

Targeting areas critical for watershed functions in the upper part of the watershed

More than 350 ha for 200 HH to be benefitted by irrigation and paddy development,

Extension Service

Farming systems development is implemented through a training and extension package for smallholders and extension staff

Capacities and knowledge of staff and farmers in upland farming systems development are improved by in-country study trips, farmer-to-farmer

Technical Kum ban centres (3) are key locations for district staff to learn and exchange their skills and knowledge before disseminating them to villagers

IWRM

Planning Cycle

3 Cycles to achieve Sustainability

Building the Committee

Step-Wise Approach towards Nam Ton Watershed Management Planning

Output and Activities