The Government of Lesotho has embarked on a national programme for Integrated Catchment Management (ICM). It is aimed at rehabilitating degraded watersheds across Lesotho and putting in place mitigating efforts that will halt any further degradation of Lesotho's catchment areas to improve the health of the headwaters of the Orange-Senqu River Basin. At the high point of this programme, the government of Lesotho aspires to establish an Integration Water Resource Management (IWRM) national movement. The movement that will promote the implementation of ICM in Lesotho is known as 'ReNoka' – 'We are a River' and it identifies that the system is a vital and fluid element of a greater cycle of evaporation, precipitation, and flow. ReNOKA programme is a one-of-a-kind initiative in the region supporting the "on the ground" mandate of the River Basin Organization from a national-level perspective. Translating that, the ReNOKA is meant to benefit the country, the Orange-Senqu basin, and the entire Southern African region through improved conservation of biodiversity, land, and water resources in the catchment areas of the rivers in Lesotho.
Objectives of the Sessions
The session aims to share ICM experiences and promote the ReNOKA visioning and scaling ingredients for ICM innovations, technologies, approaches, and best practices that aid in the reduction of land degradation and soil erosion; sustainable land and water management; and contributions to resilience to climate change impacts best practices for wider sensitization, knowledge transfer and adoption by riparian states.
Target Audience
Land and water managers (ICM and IWRM experts); academia and knowledge transfer experts and providers; community-level administrators; ...
Virtual 3 23rd WaterNet/WARFSA/GWPSA Symposium waternet@waternetonline.org
The Government of Lesotho has embarked on a national programme for Integrated Catchment Management (ICM). It is aimed at rehabilitating degraded watersheds across Lesotho and putting in place mitigating efforts that will halt any further degradation of Lesotho's catchment areas to improve the health of the headwaters of the Orange-Senqu River Basin. At the high point of this programme, the government of Lesotho aspires to establish an Integration Water Resource Management (IWRM) national movement. The movement that will promote the implementation of ICM in Lesotho is known as 'ReNoka' – 'We are a River' and it identifies that the system is a vital and fluid element of a greater cycle of evaporation, precipitation, and flow. ReNOKA programme is a one-of-a-kind initiative in the region supporting the "on the ground" mandate of the River Basin Organization from a national-level perspective. Translating that, the ReNOKA is meant to benefit the country, the Orange-Senqu basin, and the entire Southern African region through improved conservation of biodiversity, land, and water resources in the catchment areas of the rivers in Lesotho.
Objectives of the Sessions
The session aims to share ICM experiences and promote the ReNOKA visioning and scaling ingredients for ICM innovations, technologies, approaches, and best practices that aid in the reduction of land degradation and soil erosion; sustainable land and water management; and contributions to resilience to climate change impacts best practices for wider sensitization, knowledge transfer and adoption by riparian states.
Target Audience
Land and water managers (ICM and IWRM experts); academia and knowledge transfer experts and providers; community-level administrators; ecosystem services investors and financiers.
Keywords
Ecosystem services; water; land; investments; restoration.
Expected outcome
At the end of the interaction, the session participants will be knowledgeable about ICM innovations, technologies, approaches, and best practices which ReNOKA is pioneering in land and water management.
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