Strengthening research capacity of China and South Africa (SA) in sustainable water resources management with UK and Australian experiences

借鉴英国和澳大利亚的经验，加强中国和南非在可持续水资源管理方面的研究能力

• 批准号: NE/G008582/1
• 负责人: Ray Ison
• 金额: $ 15.76万
• 依托单位: The Open University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2009 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FG008582%2F1
• 关键词: Strengthening; research; capacity; China; South

Both China and South Africa (SA) face enormous challenges in water scarcity and management. Institutionalizing ecosystem services which also have potential to alleviate poverty within unfolding climate change is a significant theme in water resource management. Implementation of the European Union's Water Framework Directive (WFD) and Australia's integrated catchment management in the Murray-Darling Basin provide potentially valuable lessons for China and SA. However, there are significant differences in the socio-political and geographic contexts among these four countries. The opportunity to collaborate in both comparative and parallel research and knowledge exchange offers significant potential for mutual progress and a more global solution for sustainable water management. The objective of this project is to strengthen research capacity in China and SA as well as providing a platform for reflexive learning by all parties for sustainable water resource management. This will be achieved through the joint preparation of a five year research programme to elucidate and improve the systemic relationships between poverty alleviation, integrated and sustaibable water management through use of ecosystem services in Baiyangdian Lake catchment in China and the Inkomati catchment in SA. This project of 10 scientists with multi-disciplinary expertise from the U.K., Australia, China and SA will run for 11 months; the main activities included are the Baiyangdian Lake Workshop (BLW), Inkomati Catchment Workshop (ICW) and final virtual conference (VC). The BLW will be preceded by a systemic, contextual analysis. A 'learning system' already under development with Inkomati stakeholders will be used to guide the design of the BLW. It will be adapted to include one-day's evaluation, one-day's study tour; two-day's presentations (every investigator presents his/her research programme in combination with his/her research background contextualised to the Baiyangdian Lake situation), half-day's training on GIS tool and management of research projects and half-day's summary. The BLW will provide an initial experiential event in which tentative research agendas will be developed. These will be complemented and reinforced by the ICW, then consolidated through a combination of a VC and written exchanges. The expected outputs of this project are a) strengthened research capacity in China and SA through the process of developing a five-year research programme for two major case studies to showcase sustainable water resource management balancing ecosystem services and poverty alleviation in China and SA; b) two peer-reviewed papers; c) a GIS-based tool for spatially presenting the ecosystem services, poverty alleviation and linking the two; d) an established inter-disciplinary partnership and on-going research projects to exchange experiences and information and to address together the pressing ecosystem services and poverty issues; e) a contextual evaluation of China and SA capacity building to manage research and f) refinement and elaboration of the Watercourse 'learning system' now being implemented in SA. The prepared five-year research programme will be used by the local governments, water and environment mangers, various stakeholders, international agencies and NGOs to develop scientific understandings and policies for poverty alleviation through improving catchment ecosystem services. The resulting datasets will be used in the on-going research projects through the research network among four countries established by this proposed project. A detailed report including scientific methods and policy recommendations based on the findings at the case study sites is intended to reach a wide audience and have a beneficial effect on poverty alleviation through improvement of catchment ecosystem services in both China and SA through press release, follow up media work and symposia.

中国和南非都面临着水资源短缺和管理方面的巨大挑战。生态系统服务也有可能在不断发展的气候变化中减轻贫困，将生态系统服务制度化是水资源管理的一个重要主题。欧盟《水框架指令》（WFD）的实施和澳大利亚墨累-达令流域的综合集水管理为中国和南非提供了潜在的宝贵经验。然而，这四个国家的社会政治和地理环境有很大差异。在比较研究和平行研究以及知识交流方面开展合作的机会为共同进步和可持续水管理的更全球性解决方案提供了巨大的潜力。该项目的目标是加强中国和南非的研究能力，并为各方提供一个可持续水资源管理的反思性学习平台。这将通过联合编制一个五年期研究方案来实现，该方案旨在阐明和改善通过利用中国白洋淀流域和南非Inkomati流域的生态系统服务来实现减贫、综合和可持续水资源管理之间的系统关系。这个项目由来自英国的10位具有多学科专业知识的科学家组成，澳大利亚、中国和南非将持续11个月;主要活动包括白洋淀研讨会（BLW）、因科马蒂流域研讨会（ICW）和最后的虚拟会议（VC）。在BLW之前将进行系统的上下文分析。一个已经在与Inkomati利益相关者开发的"学习系统"将用于指导BLW的设计。活动内容包括：为期一天的评估、为期一天的参观考察、为期两天的报告（每位研究者结合白洋淀情况介绍自己的研究方案和研究背景）、为期半天的GIS工具和研究项目管理培训以及为期半天的总结。BLW将提供一个初步的体验活动，其中将制定暂定的研究议程。国际妇女理事会将补充和加强这些活动，然后通过《维也纳公约》和书面交流加以巩固。该项目的预期产出是：a）通过为两个主要案例研究制定一个五年期研究方案，以展示中国和南非平衡生态系统服务和减贫的可持续水资源管理，加强中国和南非的研究能力; B）两篇同行评审论文; c）一个基于地理信息系统的工具，用于在空间上展示生态系统服务、减贫和将两者联系起来; d）建立跨学科合作伙伴关系和正在进行的研究项目，以交流经验和信息，共同解决紧迫的生态系统服务和贫困问题; e）对中国和南非管理研究的能力建设进行背景评估; f）完善和阐述南非目前正在实施的水道"学习系统"。地方政府、水和环境管理人员、各利益攸关方、国际机构和非政府组织将利用已编制的五年研究方案，通过改善流域生态系统服务，形成科学认识和扶贫政策。由此产生的数据集将通过该拟议项目在四个国家之间建立的研究网络用于正在进行的研究项目。通过新闻发布、媒体跟进和座谈会等形式，以案例研究点的调查结果为基础，编写一份详细的报告，包括科学方法和政策建议，旨在通过改善中国和南非的流域生态系统服务，向广大受众提供有益的扶贫效果。

项目成果

Building learning catchments for integrated catchment managing: designing learning systems based on experiences in the UK and South Africa.

建立综合流域管理的学习流域：根据英国和南非的经验设计学习系统。

• DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.889
• 发表时间: 2009
• 期刊: a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research
• 作者: Collins K