Presented by Jeremy Bird, Director General - IWMI, at the 8th Global Environment Facility (GEF) Biennial International Waters Conference (IWC-8) held in Negombo, Sri Lanka, on May 9-13, 2016.
Session: ‘Modern Data and Tools for International Waters’ held on May 10, 2016.
Cyclone Case Study Odisha 1999 Super Cyclone in India.
Modern Data and Tools
1. Cover slide option 1 TitleModern Data and Tools
Jeremy Bird
International Water Management
Institute
GEF International Waters
Conference - 10 May 2016
2. • Assessment of flood risk and the evaluation of measures
to reduce flood risks;
• Calculating the averaged annual costs of damages or
losses, and economic assessment of flood risk;
• Allows flood risk managers, stakeholders and politicians
to propose new strategies;
Flood
Mixed (Crop)
Water bodies
Inter-annual variation (2000 – 2011)
Normal River
2010
2010
Flood Risk Assessment for SA using RS Data
3. INDEX-BASED FLOOD INSURANCE IN INDIA TO ENHANCE
AGRICULTURE RESILIENCE AND FLOOD PROOFING LIVELIHOODS
Setting up pilot-scale trials to demonstrate
that positive verifiable impacts emerge from
IBFI in terms of agriculture resilience and
improving productivity, and household
incomes, locally and at the broader scale
Developing tools and strategies that support
IBFI development and upscaling, integrated
with existing and future flood control
measures.
Partners: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Gandhinagar, Indian Institute of Water
Management (IIWM-ICAR)*; Agriculture Insurance Corporation of India, MoA; Bajaj Allianz, Insurer, Swiss Reinsurance
Project Period: 2015 - 2018
Pilot Districts : Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga,
Samastipur
IBFI Concept
http://ibfi.iwmi.org/
4. SOUTH ASIA DROUGHT MONITOR SYSTEM (SA-DMS)
•Established for entire South Asia using multisource remote sensing
observations;
•Historical drought risk mapping and assessment covering SA countries
(2000 – current);
•IDSI - better understanding on drought frequency, duration over 15yrs;
•Tools for drought mitigation studies and in decision-making process.
2015 field observations in Jalna,
Maharashtra
5. Uniting agriculture and nature for poverty reduction
• Multi-institutional initiative of IWMI, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, the
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Government of the Netherlands
(DGIS)
• Based on remote sensing and global hydrological models to better understand state
of water resources, issues and challenges/opportunities for better water management
• Allows users to understand impacts of different interventions – critical for
understanding trade-offs
SDG 6.4: Water Accounting Plus - providing the broader framework
www.wateraccounting.org
6. Uniting agriculture and nature for poverty reduction
Economic water productivity of rice
and wheat (USD/m3)
SDG 6.4: Mapping and monitoring water productivity:
Water productivity as a tool to assess performance and potential, identify
factors and diagnose interventions
7. Data Generation and Portals
Water Data Portal http://waterdata.iwmi.org
Water Information System for Sri Lanka http://wissl.iwmi.org
Irrigated Area Mapping – Asia & Africa
http://104.45.224.123:8080/IWMIApps/Applications/irri_area/
Myanmar Water Information System for Data Management
http://myanmar-preview.iwmi.org – under development with National
Water Resources Committee
Indus Basin Knowledge Portal http://ibkp.iwmi.org/ - under development
Drought Monitoring System
http://104.45.224.123:8080/IWMIApps/Applications/dp/