Catchments

Blue harvest – Inland fisheries as an ecosystem service – A report by UNEP

Cover This report by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) reviews the importance of inland fisheries as an ecosystem service, the pressures upon them, and management approaches to sustain them and thus helps inform future approaches to conservation and management of freshwater ecosystems.

There is an urgent need for major investment in policy and management approaches that address the direct and indirect drivers of aquatic ecosystem degradation and loss of inland fisheries taking into account their role in sustainable development and human well being. The UNEP Ecosystem Management Programme (UNEP-EMP) provides an effective framework for pursuing this challenge.

Read More

Attachment	Size
Blue harvest – Inland fisheries as an ecosystem service – A report by UNEP (2010)	2.03 MB

Tags:

Content Type: Research
Category: Aquatic Ecosystem Degradation, Catchments, Ecological Processes, Ecosystem Processes, Ecosystem Service, Fisheries, Fisheries Productivity, Freshwater Ecosystems, Inland Fisheries, Lakes, Land Management, Land Use, Natural Forest, Rivers, Water Management, Wetland Ecosystems
Author: WorldFish Center, Welcomme R, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), O'Keefe M, Dugan P, Delaporte A, Andrew N
Source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Location / Time: Africa, Asia, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Europe, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Latin America, Mali, Mekong, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, North America, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, 2010
Difficulty Level: Expert

State Forest Policy of Jammu and Kashmir (2010)

In the backdrop of the essential need for maintaining a healthy forest resource, the valid concern for its continued depletion and degradation, and, being aware of the close association between people and forests, the Forest Department (Government of Jammu and Kashmir), has recently adopted a Forest Policy. The State is richly endowed with diverse forest resources which play an important role in preserving the fragile ecosystem of the region and also serve as catchments for important Himalayan rivers.

Read More

Attachment	Size
State Forest Policy of Jammu and Kashmir (2010)	164.36 KB

Location

Srinagar, JK, India
Latitude: 34.082780, Longitude: 74.808492

Tags:

Content Type: Policies & Laws
Category: Biodiversity, Catchments, Climate Change, Ecosystem, Ecosystem Goods, Environment Security, Firewood, Fodder, Forest, Forest Degradation, Forest Policy, Forest Produce, Forest Resource, Forest Vegetation, Integrated Watershed Management, Non Timber Forest Produce, Rivers, Sediment Levels, Timber, Water Flows, Water Quality, Watershed, Watershed Development
Author: Forest Department (Government of Jammu and Kashmir)
Source: Forest Department (Government of Jammu and Kashmir)
Location / Time: India, Jammu and Kashmir, 2010
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Watershed development in India: Biophysical and societal impacts - Research paper from Environ Dev Sustain journal

The paper argues that watershed management has to be fluid to take into consideration new realities like change in flow conditions, external realities like unintended impacts and the need to maintain minimum downstream flows for environmental and other purposes.Read More

Location

Mustoor, KA, India
Latitude: 13.448169, Longitude: 77.724820

Tags:

Content Type: Case Studies, Research
Category: Agriculture, Catchments, Farm Bunds, Groundwater, Groundwater Irrigation, Hydrological Land Use Change (HYLUC) Model, Irrigated Farming, Irrigation, Irrigation Systems, Rainfed Farming, Rainwater Harvesting, Surface Irrigation, Tank Irrigation, Tanks, Watershed, Watershed Development
Associated People / Organizations: Bijapur Integrated Rural Development Society (BIRDS), Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), Department for International Development (DFID), Karnataka Watershed Development Society (KAWADS), World Bank
Author: MS Rama Mohan Rao, M Snehalatha, Ian Calder, Emma Bishop, Charles Batchelor, Ashvin Gosain
Source: Springerlink
Location / Time: Inchigeri, India, Karnataka, Mustoor, 2007
Difficulty Level: Expert

Flood estimation by GIS based GIUH approach for Ajay basin up to Sarath gauging site of South Bihar – A research report by the National Institute of Hydrology

In this study, the mathematical model developed at the National Institute of Hydrology for estimation of the Clark model parameters using the geomorphological characteristics of an ungauged basin has been applied for simulation of the direct surface runoff (DSRO) hydrographs of the Ajay basin up to the Sarath gauging site of South Bihar.Read More

Attachment	Size
Flood estimation by GIS based GIUH approach for Ajay basin up to Sarath gauging site of South Bihar by NIH (1999-2000)	2.57 MB

Tags:

Content Type: Research
Category: Catchments, Clark Model, Flood Estimation, Flood Event, Floods, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Geomorphological Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph (GIUH), Geomorphology, Hydrograph, Hydrology, Integrated Land and Water Information Systems (ILWIS), Nash Model, Rainfall, Rainfall-Runoff, River Gauging, Sensitivity Analysis, Ungauged Basins, Unit Hydrograph
Author: National Institute of Hydrology
Source: National Institute of Hydrology
Location / Time: India, 1999, 2000
Difficulty Level: Expert

A modified SCS-CN based hydrologic model – A research report by National Institute of Hydrology

The Soil Conservation Services Curve Number (SCS-CN) method presented in this report has been applied to two large catchments in sub-humid regions of India and its performance evaluated. The variation of the curve number is examined and discussed and a critical evaluation of the employment of the single linear reservoir routing technique and linear regression technique presented.Read More

Attachment	Size
A modified SCS-CN based hydrologic model by NIH (1999-2000)	587.8 KB

Tags:

Content Type: Research
Category: Antecedent Moisture Condition (AMC), Baseflow, Catchments, Evapotranspiration, Hydrologic Simulation, Monsoon, Precipitation, Rainfall, Rainfall-Runoff Method, River Basins, Rivers, Single Linear Reservoir Routing Technique, Soil Conservation Services Curve Number (SCS-CN), Soils, Watershed Development, Watersheds
Author: National Institute of Hydrology
Source: National Institute of Hydrology
Location / Time: India, 1999, 2000
Difficulty Level: Expert

Flood estimation for large catchments using deterministic approach – A research report by National Institute of Hydrology

The report presents an interactive software that has been developed to not only provide design flood estimates for large as well as small sized catchments but also help the users analyse their historical rainfall-runoff records for calibration and validation of the various techniques for part or whole of the catchment and river reaches.Read More

Attachment	Size
Flood estimation for large catchments using deterministic approach by NIH (1996-97)	2.73 MB

Tags:

Content Type: Research
Category: Catchments, Channel Routing, Deterministic Approaches, Discharge, Flood Estimation, Floods, Rainfall, Rainfall-Runoff Modeling, Rating Curve Analysis, Reservoir Routing, Reservoirs, River Basins, River Reaches, Rivers, Surface Runoff, Unit Hydrograph, Unit Hydrographs
Author: National Institute of Hydrology
Source: National Institute of Hydrology
Location / Time: India, 1996, 1997
Difficulty Level: Expert

Search India Water Portal

Catchments

Blue harvest – Inland fisheries as an ecosystem service – A report by UNEP

State Forest Policy of Jammu and Kashmir (2010)

Location

Watershed development in India: Biophysical and societal impacts - Research paper from Environ Dev Sustain journal

Location

Flood estimation by GIS based GIUH approach for Ajay basin up to Sarath gauging site of South Bihar – A research report by the National Institute of Hydrology

A modified SCS-CN based hydrologic model – A research report by National Institute of Hydrology

Flood estimation for large catchments using deterministic approach – A research report by National Institute of Hydrology

About the Portal

Channels

Community

Community

About IWP

Other Portals