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Water Stewardship in Yangtze Basin
Wenwei Ren Director of Yangtze Footprint Head of Shanghai Hub, WWF-China Email: [email protected]
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Green Initiatives' "A World Without Water" August Event”, 2015, Shanghai
Wild Yangtze• 6,300km long – world’s 3rd longest
river • 7,500m difference in altitude from
source to sea • Area of 1.8million km2 – almost the
same size as Mexico • Unique ecosystem full of rare
endemic wildlife • One of WWF’s 35 priority eco-regions
Background
Yangtze River Basin: A unique Eco-system
for a living planet
Tibetan antelope
Snow leopard Wild yak Wild Donkey
Brown Bear Black neck craneBlue Sheep Tibetan antelope
Source of the Yangtze
for a living planet
Giant Panda
Golden MonkeyBlack Bear
Blue Sheep
Lesser Panda, Red Panda
Upper Yangtze
for a living planet
Population: ~1400 Red-crowned Crane
Yangtze Dolphin Finless porpoise
Yangtze Alligator
Central Yangtze
Chinese Sturgeon
Black face spoonbill Oriental Stork
Père David's Deer
Lower Yangtze
Human Yangtze• 476million people – 36% of population of China • Rich in resources –
70% rice, 60% freshwater fish, 40% grain, 33% cotton, 40% hydropower, 50% industrial products
• Represents 40% of GDP, annual growth rate of 10-15% • Yangtze Delta: “World Factory” – more than 400 out of
Top 500 companies
Hydro-project & Navigation
A number of lakes and associated wetlands have been reclaimed for agricultural and aquaculture use in C&L Yangtze: (a) rice field; (b) radish field; (c) cotton field; and (d) mussel cultivation for the production of pearls
Wetland Loss
An increasing human population has led to an overuse of water surface in lakes of the C&L Yangtze: (a) fish aquaculture with retiary boxes; (b) collecting aquatic plants for fish food; (c) cultivation of water bamboo (Zizania caduciflora), a persistent perennial root plant; and (d) lotus cultivation.
Overuse of Surface Water
Lakes in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River form a shallow lake group unique in the World that is becoming increasingly polluted by heavy metals. (Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2013)
Pollution
Extreme WeatherGlacial Melting Sea level rise
PollutionDeforestation & Soil Erosion
Shipping & Navigation
Urban DevelopmentInfrastructure: Dams, Mining, Roads
Mass Tourism Development
Reclamation of Wetland for Farming
Over-fishing
Result of Climate Change Direct Human Interference
Achievement and challenge
Basin water governance
Development and climate drivers
Community Bio-physical People Governance => Ecosystem health
Government Physical / biophysical Social / economic Institutional
=> Political
Corporate Physical
Reputation Regulation
=> Economic value
Essence of Water Stewardship: Shared risk and opportunity
Shared Risk & Opportunity
Fiver steps of "Water Stewardship Journey"
Achievements and learning
Time
Water awareness
Knowledge of impact
Collective Action
Influence governance
Better Basin Governance
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Internal action
Training/Wetland 1+1
Water risk mapping
WF management/ Eco-industrial park
WS standard /Green Supply Chain/ Multi-stakeholer engagement
Water dialogue, roundtable/IRBM
Government
Wetland Community Corporation
WWF
Wetland 1+1
Research institute and experts
Wetland 1+1
Government
Wetland Community CorporationWWF
Responsibilities lPreserve the wetland lMonitoring & Evaluation lProvide activities venue
Benefits lBetter water for life & agri. lImprove life quality lIncrease income
Responsibilities lProvide funding & technology lInspection
Benefits lPlatform for engaging staff lImprove water performance lStrengthen corporate image
Responsibilities lPolicy for encouraging lEco-compensation lbuy eco-service
Benefits lEase financial burden lReduce the tension between government and corporation
• Nine Dragons Manage River
Bad governance Good governanceIRBM
Role of WWF in China’s Environmental Governance
(1) Catalyst role (i.e. IRBM: Integrated River Basin Management )
(2) Advocator role (Low carbon life)
Shanghai EXPO WWF’s Pavilion
Earth Hour, the WWF global campaign to combat climate change spread over 30 cities in China, and had its climax in Shanghai, with the Shanghai government announced its official participation on Mar 28.
(3) Incubator role:support local environmental NGOs
(4) Facilitator:facilitate company to green transition
•Gov. investment
• Biz CSR
•Local NGOs
WWF
WWF Vision
4 August 2015 - 28
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