Knowledge Documents
Formerly entitled "Lessons Learned," this section of the site contains documents, reports and project case studies in GEF focal areas, developed by various GEF stakeholders. These documents enable projects to share their experiences in international water management with other IW projects in their region and worldwide.
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Value: Counting Ecosystems as Water Infrastructure
- Author(s): Emerton, Lucy ; Bos, Elroy; IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative Published: 2004 Series: WANI Toolkit ISBN: 2-8317-0720-X
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Flow: The Essentials of Environmental Flows
- Author(s): Teplyakov, Victor ; Grigoriev, A. Dyson, Megan, ed. ; Bergkamp, Ger, ed. ; Scanlon, John, ed. ; IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative Published: 2003 Series: WANI Toolkit ISBN: 2-8317-0725-0
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Developing environmental flow recommendations for a river with recommendations for a river with limited data: Rio Patuca, Honduras limited data: Rio Patuca, Honduras (Glauco)
- Presentation given during the IUCN - IW:LEARN workshop on Environmental Flows from 11 - 15 February 2008 in Foz de Iguaçu, Brazil TOPICS 1. 1. Goals Goals 2. 2. Area description Area description 3. 3. Problem definition Problem definition 4. 4. Activities Activities 1. 1. Hydrological analysis Hydrological analysis 2. 2. Field trips Field trips 3. 3. Environmental flows workshops Environmental flows workshops 5. Next steps 6. Lessons learned
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Determinacion de una Metodologia Para Estimar el Caudal de Compensacion en los Rios de Costa Rica con Base en Dos Estudios de Caso (Nevillo)
- Presentation given during the IUCN - IW:LEARN workshop on Environmental Flows from 11 - 15 February 2008 in Foz de Iguaçu, Brazil Marcelo Gaviño Novillo Coordinador -Programa Regional de EcohhidrologíaGrupo de Trabajo Caudales AmbientalesDepartamento de Hidráulica –Universidad Nacional de La Plata magavino@gmail.com
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Estableciendo caudales empleando escenarios (Nevillo)
- Presentation given during the IUCN - IW:LEARN workshop on Environmental Flows from 11 - 15 February 2008 in Foz de Iguaçu, Brazil 1. Algunas definiciones Definición de escenarios Diferencias entre modelos y escenarios Análisis de escenarios Otras definiciones fuerzas impulsoras (forzantes) invariantes 2. Ejemplos de aplicación Marcelo Gaviño Novillo Área Departamental Hidráulica – Universidad Nacional de La Plata Maestría en Gestión del Agua – Universidad de Buenos Aires magavino@gmail.com
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Vazao Ecologica, Vazao Ambiental, Vazao Remanescente, VAzao Minima, Vazao de Restricao (Gondim)
- Presentation given during the IUCN - IW:LEARN workshop on Environmental Flows from 11 - 15 February 2008 in Foz de Iguaçu, Brazil JOAQUIM GONDIM SUPERINTENDENTE DE USOS MÚLTIPLOS DA ANAVAZÃO
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EFA Case Story: Pangani Basin, Tanzania
- Presentation given during the IUCN - IW:LEARN workshop on Environmental Flows from 11 - 15 February 2008 in Foz de Iguaçu, Brazil
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Methods and tools for defining Environmental Flows (de Freitas)
- Presentation given during the IUCN - IW:LEARN workshop on Environmental Flows from 11 - 15 February 2008 in Foz de Iguaçu, Brazil 1. Overview of methods for flow assessment a. What is an environmental flow assessment? b. Categories of environmental flow assessment methodologies • Hydrologic • Hydraulic rating • Habitat simulation • Holistic 2. Examples of practical applications • Ecologically Sustainable Water Management (ESWM) 3. Choosing the right method a. Advantages and disadvantages b. Fitting tools and approaches to the situation Glauco Kimura de Freitas The Nature Conservancy
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Escenarios para la Cuenca del Platadel Plata: Conclusiones del Análisis Diagnóstico Transfronterizo (ADT) (Rucks)
- Presentation given during the IUCN - IW:LEARN workshop on Environmental Flows from 11 - 15 February 2008 in Foz de Iguaçu, Brazil Jorge Rucks, OAS
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Aplicacion de Caudales Ambientales en el MAnejo de Cuencas Fluviales (Arcelus)
- Presentation given during the IUCN - IW:LEARN workshop on Environmental Flows from 11 - 15 February 2008 in Foz de Iguaçu, Brazil Alejandro Arcelus, CARU Regulation of flow for the Rio Uruguay Plata system
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Nutrient Management (Popovci)
- Presentation given at the final seminar of the Danube Regional Project in February 2007 in Bucharest, Romania. Mihaela Popovci, ICPDR • MONERIS • Scenarios for the WFD Program of Measures • Cost effective management options • Open issues for discussion
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The GEF Strategic Partnership for the Danube/Black Sea: A Partnership for Moving from Planning to Action (Battaglini)
- Presentation given at the final seminar of the Danube Regional Project in February 2007 in Bucharest, Romania.
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Working Group: Resources for Sustaining ICPDR Activities
- Presentation given (covering working group discussion) at the final seminar of the Danube Regional Project in February 2007 in Bucharest, Romania.
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IW:LEARN: Replicating the Danube Model (Mendler de Suarez)
- Presentation given at the final seminar of the Danube Regional Project in February 2007 in Bucharest, Romania.
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Working Group: Nutrient Management (Danube Final Seminar)
- Presentation given (covering working group discussion) at the final seminar of the Danube Regional Project in February 2007 in Bucharest, Romania.
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Enhancing Access to Information and Public Participation in Water Management in Romania (Ciurea)
- Presentation given at the final seminar of the Danube Regional Project in February 2007 in Bucharest, Romania. ANEMARIE CIUREA Head of Office Directorate for Water Resource Management
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Working Group: Municipal Water and Wastewater Systems
- Presentation (covering a working group) given at the final seminar of the Danube Regional Project in February 2007 in Bucharest, Romania.
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Resources for Sustaining ICPDR Activities: Resource Needs, Sources, Actions (Weller)
- Presentation given at the final seminar of the Danube Regional Project in February 2007 in Bucharest, Romania.
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Project Component on Water and Wastewater Utilities - Future Use of Information, Analysis and Tools Developed (Kis)
- Presentation given at the final seminar of the Danube Regional Project in February 2007 in Bucharest, Romania.
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Institutional Strengthening - Support to the Danube Environmental Forum (Wolf)
- Presentation given at the final seminar of the Danube Regional Project in February 2007 in Bucharest, Romania. Johannes Wolf, DEF Speaker, DEF NFP Austria



