05/10/19 |   Forestry and silviculture

Specialist proposes public/private civic partnership to address water issue

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Gyawali was Nepal’s Minister of Water Resources and an author of the report "Forest and Water on a Changing Planet: Vulnerability, Adaptation, and Opportunities for Governance,” compiled by the Global Forest Expert Panel. Researcher Meine van Noordwijk of the World Agroforestry Center is another author of this text, and presented alongside Gyawali in a plenary session on interactions between water, soil, and forests on the last day of the 25th Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) in Curitiba, Brazil.

According to Gyawali, there are some uncomfortable truths within the scientific community that need to be addressed, including public/private civic partnership. "It is a slightly longer process, but it is long-lasting. Another uncomfortable truth is that within the context of climate change, scenarios are very accurate for predicting temperature increases, but there are no estimates for precipitation."

Meine van Noordwijk reinforced this approach, saying that the debate on the relationship between water and forests must also include aspects related to people and the climate. "Policies and discussions on forests and climate should be realigned from the perspective of the water issue: actions and local concerns in line with global needs," said Noordwijk.

The coordinator of the plenary session, president of the Chinese Academy of Forestry Studies Shirong Liu, said that the debate over water resources is becoming increasingly intense. "The scientific debate currently focuses mostly on carbon emissions, but the water crisis will be much more challenging," he concluded.

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