Climate Resilient Basins: Chinchina (Colombia)
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CLIMATE RESILIENT BASINS: CHINCHINA (COLOMBIA) AND MANTARO (PERU) REPORT July-September, 2018 September 30, 2018 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. 1 It was prepared by CIIFEN. CLIMATE RESILIENT BASINS: CHINCHINA (COLOMBIA) AND MANTARO (PERU) REPORT July-September, 2018 Submitted to: USAID/Washington Prepared by: International Center for Research on El Niño Phenomenon (CIIFEN) 2 DISCLAIMER: This document is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of CIIFEN and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the U.S. Government. 3 TABLE OF CONTENT 1. Evaluation of Activity Implementation ....................................................................................... 5 1.1. Activities and Results .......................................................................................................... 5 Outcome 1 ................................................................................................................................... 5 Outcome 2 ................................................................................................................................... 8 Outcome 3 ................................................................................................................................... 9 Outcome 4 ................................................................................................................................. 17 Outcome 5 ................................................................................................................................. 19 2. Operational/Administrative Matters ........................................................................................ 22 2.1. Audit: ................................................................................................................................. 22 2.2. Semi-Annual Evaluation .................................................................................................... 22 2.3. Consultancies Executed and Completed ........................................................................... 23 3. Conclusions of The Execution Of Period ................................................................................... 23 3.1. Events And Most Important Actions Of The Period .......................................................... 23 3.2. Main Problems Or Constraints Faced In The Period ......................................................... 24 3.3. Recommendations ............................................................................................................ 24 4. Coordination with other Institutions or Projects in the basin .................................................. 24 5. Principal Activities Planned for the Next Quarter ..................................................................... 25 4 1. EVALUATION OF ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION 1.1. Activities and Results OUTCOME 1 1.1 Description of climatology, climate trends and projections for the region of the basins. After publishing the two documents “Understanding the climate of the Chinchina river basin" and "Understanding the climate of the Mantaro river basin” based on the climate analysis for both basins, the project began their dissemination and delivery to the different institutions and local stakeholders of the basins. The goal was to make known the results obtained and ensure that they will be considered for decision making in local and regional planning, especially regarding risk management. In Chinchina, the document was delivered to institutions such as Corpocaldas, Governorship of Caldas, municipalities of Villamaria, Manizales, Neira, Palestina and Chinchina, the Directorates of Climate Change and Water Resources of the Ministry of Environment and IDEAM, among others. Some copies were also delivered to Vivo Cuenca and have been widely disseminated among its visitors as well as in interviews with media attended by the Director of Vivo Cuenca. Regarding transfering climate information to communities, the Local Actiona Coordinator for Chinchina agreed with the Secretariat of Planning of the municipality of Villamaria and with CHEC socio-environmental management area to hold meetings with community groups with whom they work to carry out the socialization, both in climate and vulnerability issues. 1.4 Participatory process for the integration of formal knowledge and local knowledge. MANTARO 5 In this quarter, the terms of reference (ToR) for the hiring of a consultant for the rescue of ancestral knowledge on water harvesting, as well as traditional knowledge and practices for the prediction of extreme hydroclimate events in the Ichu River sub-basin and the Palca River micro-basin (two very important tributaries of the Mantaro river) were elaborated. The ToRs of the contract were drawn up; the terms of the contract and the products to be obtained from the consultancy were included. Due to the specific nature of the topic, a direct contract was made with the prior approval of the CIIFEN International Directorate. The Local Activities Coordinator of Mantaro basin suggested to contract Prof. Silvano Guerrero, who has a vast experience in similar works in the region. He has successful experiences in recovery of high Andean grasslands and wetlands ecosystems, and water harvesting. The contract was signed and the consultant sent the preliminary work plan that was reviewed by the Regional Coordinator; later, the consultant acquitted her observations, solved them and prepared a new work plan. The work plan adjusted to the requirements of the project was approved. This work will be articulated with the exchange of experiences between delegations of the Mantaro basin in Peru and Chinchina basin in Colombia. A final product of this consultancy will be a document that details the main knowledge and traditional practices of predictability of the occurrence of extreme hydrometeorological events and technologies of water harvesting, as well as two fora for transferring this knowledge to young people from the regions of Ayacucho and Junin. 1.5. Analysis of climate variability, hydrometeorological and extreme hydroclimate events and their impacts on basin territories. MANTARO 1.5.1. Master’s degree theses on the impacts of climate variability and climate change in basin territories. The thesis advisor Victoria Calle, M.Sc., is permanently monitoring the activities carried out by the two Master´s thesis, Gerardo Jacome and Weidi Flores. According to the 11th report sent by the consultant, the advances in the Master´s thesis work are the following: Gerardo Jacome: Thesis: "INDEXES OF CLIMATE EXTREMES OF RAIN AND TEMPERATURE IN THE BASIN OF MANTARO - PERU USING THE MODEL WRF (1981-2065)" In this quarter, Mr. Jacome took and passed his graduate exam prior to obtaining his master's degree. At the moment Mr. Jacome is waiting for the date for the thesis defense which will be in October. 6 Weidi Flores: Thesis: "ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRIC DISCHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH HEAVY RAINS, BETWEEN 2008 AND 2017 ON MANTARO RIVER BASIN " On September 3rd, the graduate school of La Molina National Agrarian University, approved the thesis project for Early Warning System (SAT, for its acronym in Spanish) for Atmospheric Electric Discharge for the Mantaro River Basin presented by Weidy Flores. The certificate EPG-CE- 001/09/2018 of approval by this instance is attached. The application for the degree exam has already been submitted, the date is still pending. The thesis draft is advancing and it is expected to be presented to the members of the qualifying Jury in the next weeks. In coordination with the project local team, the first two workshops for the peasant communities of Marcapomacocha and Huayao were held on August 17th and 18th. It is important to mention that both workshops served to explain to the local communities, the scope of the thesis project and the activities that will be carried out with the participation of the population and its authorities, as well as to know the residents' concerns regarding this topic. During the workshops in Marcapomacocha and Huayao, population´s great interest in the implementation of the SAT was confirmed and they committed themselves to support the initiative. The exercise for the simulation of the early warning system in the Marcapomacocha community is pending and was scheduled for mid-October. 7 CHINCHINA 1.5.5. Climate Agendas for the Municipalities of the Chinchina River Basin CORPOCALDAS had planned to have climate agendas for all the municipalities of the department. They hired the Catholic University in Manizales to carry out this work. Considering CIIFEN’s previous work in the 5 municipalities of the Chinchina river basin (Neira, Manizales, Villamaria, Chinchina and Palestina), CORPOCALDAS requested the project to carry out the agendas of these municipalities. This activity had not been considered in the planning of the project, but, the project had generated most of the necessary information for these documents. However, the Catholic University defined a content of the agendas that went beyond the issues addressed by the project: the agendas had to include mitigation issues, among other aspects, that were not part of the scope of the project. This led the project to reconsider the support in the development of the climate agendas of the 5 municipalities of the Chinchina basin. In this quarter,