• Author:Bennie Haasbroek
• Post date:27 April, 2016
• Categories:Biota and Ecosystems,Climate,Economy and Society,Infrastructure,Integrated Water Resources Management,Landcover and Use,Policy, Legislation and Strategies,Surface Water Resources,Water Use

Overview The main objectives of this consultancy were to undertake scenario analyses, economic, water requirement projection and ecological support studies to produce the 2014 Orange-Senqu Integrated Water Resources Management Plan (IWRMP). The Project included 5 work packages that are described below. Funding Organisation(s): GIZ   WP 4A: Economic Analysis of Water based on Water Accounting for the […]

Tags:adaptation to climate change, adaptive capacities, irrigation, IWRM, IWRMP, monitoring environmental flows, natural flow, Phase 3, present ecological state, rainfall. natural runoff, socio-economic, water balance, Water Quality, water quality model, water resource model, water resources planning model, WRPM, WRYM, yield

• Author:Bennie Haasbroek
• Post date:27 January, 2014
• Categories:Biota and Ecosystems,Climate,Economy and Society,Infrastructure,Integrated Water Resources Management,Landcover and Use,Policy, Legislation and Strategies,Surface Water Resources,Water Use

  Introduction This article outlines the aims and objectives of the basin-wide Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Plan development  as well as how the work would be carried out through a combination of consolidation of technical studies and stakeholder consultation. During the development of the IWRM Plan it is ensured that the key basic elements are […]

Tags:IWRM, IWRM Plan, IWRMP

• Author:Bennie Haasbroek
• Post date:14 November, 2013
• Categories:Economy and Society,Geology and Soils,Landcover and Use

Background and purpose Land degradation due to human activity is a critical trans-boundary concern in the Orange-Senqu River Basin, and particularly so in the catchment of the Senqu in Lesotho, which contributes nearly half of the Basin’s surface runoff. Grazing on marginal grasslands, especially on steep slopes in Lesotho’s mountainous highlands causes irreversible degradation of […]

Tags:carry capacity

• Author:Bennie Haasbroek
• Post date:4 November, 2013
• Categories:Economy and Society,Geology and Soils,Landcover and Use

Background and purpose Land degradation due to human activity is a critical transboundary concern in the Orange-Senqu Basin. In Botswana, a significant challenge facing environmental protection and conservation of natural resources, particularly wildlife resources, is increasing pressure from other forms of land use. Traditional livestock rearing on marginal grasslands in the drier parts of the […]

Tags:carry capacity

• Author:Bennie Haasbroek
• Post date:24 October, 2013
• Categories:Biota and Ecosystems,Climate,Economy and Society,Infrastructure,Integrated Water Resources Management,Policy, Legislation and Strategies,Surface Water Resources,Water Use

Overview The main objectives of this consultancy were to enlarge and improve the existing models for the Orange-Senqu Basin, so that they incorporated all of the essential components in the four Basin States and are accepted by each Basin State. These models must be capable of providing the current and likely future information needs of […]

Tags:adaptation to climate change, adaptive capacities, capacity building, climate change, evaluation, gauging networks, GIS, hydrological model, irrigation, IWRM, IWRMP, monitoring environmental flows, natural flow, present ecological state, rainfall. natural runoff, socio-economic, spatial data, water balance, Water Quality, water quality model, water quality monitoring, water resource model, yield

• Author:Bennie Haasbroek
• Post date:21 October, 2013
• Categories:Economy and Society

Tags:Botswana, locality, map, towns