watersheds and conflict

oldman river allocation conflicts

local, based on absolute allocation

various regulations in place to limit use of water but agriculture/industry still have major use and are above ecological impacts

streamflow is decreasing, other environmental impacts

oldman river mining conflict

coal mining in crowsnest past area

local, pollution based

impact on water quality, fish → industry over ecological

oldman river IWM

oldman water shed council - combines many stakeholders and public involvment for license applications

not a very comprehensive commission

oldman river climate change

as temps increase so does drought

streamflow decreases, ice packs are decreasing

combo is dangerous

fraser river urban conflicts

local, large growing cities and relative allocations

increased pressure for more allocations

social above ecological, protecting cities, etc

fraser river agriculture conflict

local, conflict of use

agriculture and industry vs environmental and indigenous voices

flood control, dikes, wetland drainage on the industry side, and then conservation, losing fishing rights, etc

need to include TEK

fraser river IWM

collab of stakeholders across regions

pacific fisheries resource conservation council

stakeholders dont really have equal power and voice

fraser river climate change

extreme weather, increasing water temp, and more droughts

harming habitats, migration patterns, humans and enviro affected

peace river industry conflict

national, pollution caused by forestry, oil/gas and ag - eutrophication

economics vs ecological impacts

peace river hydropower conflicts

conflict of use, national

flow regime changes, subsistences practices and navigation changed

dams built with poor consultation

economic above all else

peace river IWM

triple bottom line approach - people, planet, profit

traditional land vs management framework

plans being reviewed every 10 years, main stakeholders but mostly in AB - poor spatial scale - many plans but less completion

mighty peace river alliance

la grande river james bay project conflict

local, relative distribution based

economic and social - indigenous people are not being consulted - found out in newspaper

prioritizes economy, monopoly power, major bias in resources/research

la grande river hydroquebec conflict

local, conflict of use/pollution - excavation and diversions

economic vs environment

affecting fish, caribou, eelgrass, etc with Hg accumulation

reservoirs are decreasing nutrients, no environmental assessments created before

la grande river IWM

mitigation effects with indigenous people w self governance - but minor actions considering the scope

lots of unaddressed legacy, limited stakeholder involvement - compensation over real restoration

red river eutrophication conflict

international - occuring in lake winnipeg across us/ca border

pollution, increased P and N, pesticides, ag runoff

economic - ag over enviro and social - fisheries, indigenous groups, etc

red river flooding conflict

management, international, conflict of use

economic vs social and enviro

what to protect?, mitigation, BMPs, floodways/diversions/waffle

draining wetlands, etc

red river IWM

international red river watershed board, international joint commission, red river watershed management board

lots of advocacy but most of it is jurisdictional, rather than full scope of watershed

funding, and transnational is major limitation to full

red river climate change

increasing temp and changes in climate causes unpredictability in flooding and droughts

hard to predict and esp w size floods when building infrastructure

gila river ag conflict

local, absolute allocation and scarcity

ag irrigation for high water crops under prior appropriation

ag districts have senior allocations high % of water is being used

gila river data centers conflict

google and intel are building cooling centers

local, relative allocation

economics prioritized over enviro and social

technical content disrupts widespread understanding

gila river IWM

govt collab with all stakeholders - some symbolic?

technical contents limits widespread understanding

needs community friendly content

gila river and climate change

desalination, sustainable water use is causing higher GHG, energy use etc

heavy rains harming treatment facilities, untreated discharge

higher ET, decreasing snowpack, reduced water supply from colorado river, harms to the water available

bangladeshi river industry conflict

tanneries and textiles, pollution, local w international interests

rivers are being used as dumping grounds for byproducts

economics way over ecological/social, major health issues, dead river!

bangladeshi river ag conflict

local, relative allocation/pollution

irrigation uses river water during the wet season and GW in dry, pollution exacerbated by uneducated ppl

economic over ecological and social

bangladeshi river and IWM

govt only trying to meet demand and keep up GDP, old polices arent being enacted

legal personhood granted to turag river 2019

Bangladesh water act, NRPC act, river restoration project, delta plan 2100 for sustainable management

bangladeshi and climate change

increasing floods and droughts basically just make everything going on worse

madeira river gold mining conflict

illegal mining causing pollution, mercury is being dumped

local/national

economic is over ecological and social, but this is illegal so not rly industry

madeira river hydropower conflict

conflict of use, no regards to impact, murder for environ activism

dams are local in brazil, deforestation predicted and not

economic> ecological - lots of protesting

madeira river IWM

water quality monitoring, stricter regulations, protected areas, education, environmental licenses, new tech, etc

upper parana river ag conflict

eucalyptus plantations cause loss of forested land, local, pollution from ag/relative allocation, GW being taken

big companies are above all else, little progress being made

economic >

upper parana river indigenous conflicts

ICMBio impeding on indigenous territory for “enviro reasons”

local, use for industry - buying land for cheap, relative allocation

economics have lots of power

upper parana river IWM

national water resources policy - stakeholders voice, sust.

not many resolutions, some treaties, but no major entity

participatory mapping, regional value landscapes to compromise w stakeholders

Itaipus binacional - int. organization for dam management

upper parana river climate change

ABC low carbon program

decreasing carbon and sust ag, decreasing water usage

syr darya ag conflict

relative or absolute distribution

cotton (high water crop) needs irrigation for export to w during soviet time

economics>environ → destroyed the ecosystem, fishing, etc and the aral sea collapse

many stakeholders involved, international

syr darya uranium mining conflict

international scale, many countries involved, pollution

economics > all else

pollution due to open pit mining, old infrastructure, abandoned mines all over

ecosystem damage, health damage, etc

syr darya IWM

interstate commission for water coordination of central asia - 1992 after fall, monitoring q and allocation

various restoration and coordination projects, trying to restore aral sea

regional coop needed

syr darya river climate change

fears of what could happen to old mines with climate unpredictability

rising temps, shifting rainfall, more evapo, losing water, etc