This module introduces terms and concepts related to aquatic resources and their management. Various examples of participatory methods for water monitoring, assessment, governance, and conservation are highlighted and discussed.
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Additional Resources
References
- Renewable Water Resources Per Capita: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/renewable-water-resources-per-capita?country=CHN~OWID_WRL~USA~ARM~AZE~GEO~IRN~TUR
- Global Freshwater Use over the Long Run: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-freshwater-use-over-the-long-run
- SDG Indicator 6.4.2 - Level of Water Stress: Freshwater Withdrawal as a Proportion of Available Freshwater Resources: https://www.fao.org/sustainable-development-goals/indicators/642/en
- Water Sector Adaptation Plan for Armenia: http://www.nature-ic.am/Content/announcements/12796/WSAP_draft_report_eng.pdf
- Toward Integrated Water Resources Management in Armenia: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/20459
- Armenia‘s Fourth National Communication on Climate Change: https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/NC4_Armenia.pdf
- Water Resources Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment: env.am/storage/files/2-water-resources-climate-risk-and-vulnerability-assessment-eng.pdf
- Module 1 - Overview of Participatory Approaches: https://ace.aua.am/files/2021/05/GAtES-E-Learning-Module_-Overview-of-Participatory-Approaches.pdf
- Water Governance: https://www.watergovernance.org/governance/four-dimensions-governance
- What is Integrated Water Resources Management?: https://www.gwp.org/en/GWP-CEE/about/why/what-is-iwrm
Video Links
- The Water Cycle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al-do-HGuIk
- AMBER Barrier Tracker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjHJwy2wODM&feature=emb_title
- Sevan Hackathon: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MAf4GRan0tAXyvYM2JnR_fjsytE3Zq5x/view?resourcekey
- Water Quality Testing Methods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rjDhyWtKgQ
- Integrated Water Management as a Pathway to Climate Resilience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkWVZ41kUgA
- Participatory Water Management: An integrated approach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4aHbAqgX7U
- Restoration of Riparian Zones: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1asWIb8m1TwGQ4SIyuP55g5FQW9PvfrjG/view?resourcekey&usp=slides_web
- Integrated Water Resource Management: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeIq-RPPL8U&feature=emb_title
- Participatory Water Management: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qad3odoPBE&feature=emb_title
- Participatory Modeling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe4SgAg3dw8&feature=emb_title
Image Links
- Evaporation, transpiration, and Evapotranspiration: https://forestrypedia.com/evaporation-transpiration-and-evapotranspiration
- Distribution of Water on Earth: https://k12.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Science_and_Technology/Earth_Science/08%3A_Earth%27s_Fresh_Water/8.01%3A_Distribution_of_Water_on_Earth
- Water Scarcity: https://www.fao.org/land-water/water/water-scarcity/en
- Map of Kura-Araks River Basin: https://www.euwipluseast.eu/en/about/pilot-river-bassin/kura
- Lake Sevan: http://www.photo-armenia.com/photo/sevan2.html
- Water Quality from Source to Tap: https://www.awwa.org/Resources-Tools/Resource-Topics/Water-Quality
- Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation: https://sswm.info/category/glossary/participatory-monitoring-and-evaluation
- Environmental Monitoring and Research: https://jencoi.com/environmental-monitoring-research
- European Barrier Atlas: https://amber.international/european-barrier-atlas/
Example Links
- More than one million barriers fragment Europe’s rivers: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-3005-2
- AMBER Software: https://amber.international/software
- Barrier Tracker (for iOS): https://itunes.apple.com/al/app/barrier-tracker/id1246829944
- Barrier Tracker (for Android): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.natural_apptitude.amber
- How to Make a Secchi Disk - Materials: https://www.sarasota.wateratlas.usf.edu/upload/documents/HowToMakeSecchiDisk.pdf
- The Secchi Dip-In - Explore the Data: https://www.nalms.org/secchidipin/explore-the-data
Other Tool & Breakpoint Activity Links
- Water level stress per country: https://www.fao.org/sustainable-development-goals/indicators/642/en/
- Water-Use Efficiency: Advances and Challenges in a Changing Climate: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2019.00103/full
- Strategies to Improve Water Use Efficiency: https://extension.psu.edu/strategies-to-improve-water-use-efficiency-part-1
- Technology Provides Innovative Solutions for the Water Problem: https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/science/environment/technology-provides-innovative-solutions-for-the-water-problem
- Water and The Global Climate Crisis: 10 Things You Should Know: https://www.unicef.org/armenia/en/stories/water-and-global-climate-crisis-10-things-you-should-know
- Climate Impacts on Water Resources: https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/climate-impacts/climate-impacts-water-resources_.html
- https://www.carbonbrief.org/world-population-facing-water-stress-could-double-by-2050-as-climate-warms
- Citizen Science: A Community Approach to Water Monitoring: https://earth.org/a-community-approach-to-water-monitoring
- Public participation in the management of China’s waterways improves their water quality:
- https://smartwatermagazine.com/news/uc-santa-barbara/public-participation-management-chinas-waterways-improves-their-water-quality
- Why Citizen Science for Water Quality?: https://terra.nasa.gov/citizen-science/water-quality
- Integrated Water Resource Management: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeIq-RPPL8U&feature=emb_title
- Participatory Water Management: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qad3odoPBE&feature=emb_title
- Participatory Modeling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe4SgAg3dw8&feature=emb_title
Module is Prepared by
Slides and scripts by: Alexander Arakelyan and Garabet Kazanjian
Editors: Siranush Harutyunyan, Nare Krmoyan, Gohar Shahinyan
Advisors: Claudia Bieling and Alen Amirkhanian
Editing and Post Production: Argishti Azizyan
Publication Year: 2021