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Why Green Water management? Some highlights, what does the Kenya experience learn us?

Green Water Credits Pre-Concluding workshop Introduction Sjef Kauffman. Why Green Water management? Some highlights, what does the Kenya experience learn us? Workshop goals + program structure ISRC GWC team. Green Water Credits - Kenya

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Why Green Water management? Some highlights, what does the Kenya experience learn us?

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  1. Green Water Credits Pre-Concluding workshop Introduction Sjef Kauffman • Why Green Water management? • Some highlights, what does the Kenya experience learn us? • Workshop goals + program structure • ISRC GWC team

  2. Green Water Credits - Kenya Investment mechanism for farmers and pastoralists in soil and water conservation RESULTS www.greenwatercredits.net

  3. Achievements: in 4 work domains • Biophysical analysis • Socio-economic study • Institutional inventory • Financial Mechanism

  4. Green and blue water, Kenya flows 4

  5. More water cannot be created, but: • Green waterresources can be better managed • Downstream blue water delivery better regulated by upstream green water management: • more infiltration, cutting runoff • less unproductive evaporation 5

  6. One of many biophysical outputs: Mt Kenya Aberdare's Nairobi

  7. Who are the key players? Water suppliers and users 7

  8. Better soil and water managementcan greatly increase water supply downstream and improve rural livelihoods 8

  9. Upper Tana:Erosion in Farm and Rangeland Examples Tana Google photo layer

  10. Time scale

  11. Institutional framework 11

  12. Much scope for improvement 14

  13. Green Water Credits: a financial mechanism to support farmers and pastoralists to implement soil and water conservation Kenya implementing institutions and land users are ready to implement under WRUAs, WSTF and TaNRMP www.greenwatercredits.org

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