Report of the International
Workshop:
“From river to coast”
Chennai - India, December 1 and 2 , 1999
Robbert Misdorp, CZMCKees Wulffraat, CZMC
Jeroen Aerts, RA
Report of the International Workshop: “From river to coast”
Chennai - India, December 1 and 2 , 1999
Hosted by Anna University, Chennai (India)
Co-organised by Coastal Management Centre (CZMC/RIKZ) and
Resource Analysis (The Netherlands)
The Hague - The NetherlandsJanuary 2000
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Contents
The participants of the Workshop…
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1. GOAL AND OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP 52. BACKGROUND 53. RESULTS AND NEXT STEPS 64. SUMMARIES OF PRESENTATIONS 8DECEMBER 2ND 10ANNEX 1.
ANNEX 2. WORK SHOP PROGRAMME \"FROM RIVER TO COAST\"
AFTERNOON \"THEMATIC PRESENTATION ON RIVER & COASTAL INTERACTIONS\"ANNEX 3. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS12151516
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Particiants of the Workshop
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1. Goal and objectives of the Workshop
This report contains the results of the international workshop “From river to coast” organized in Chennai India.The workshop was a follow up of work shops organized in November 1996 in each of the countries of theGanges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin (GBM). Since that time, the established network of scientists and policyevolved leading to the Chennai work shop were representatives of the GBM countries jointly discussed waterresource issues of the GBM basin and delta.
This document describes the goal and objectives of the international Workshop and provides briefly somebackground and history. Finally, the results and forseen activities are described.
The general goal of the international Workshop “From river to coast” was to join scientists and policymakersof the four river basin countries Nepal, Bhutan, India and Bangladesh around the central theme: “The relationbetween river basin and coastal management issues, with special reference to the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna(GBM) river basin and its delta”.
The specific objectives of this Workshop were:
1. to exchange knowledge and experiences on river and coastal interactive processes in the frame of river
basin and coastal management in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and the Netherlands;
2. to demonstrate the STREAM-GBM-Delta instrument and its integrating and interactive river-coast
abilities;
3. to explore commitments for further development of the STREAM-GBM-Delta instrument by scientists
and policymakers of the four river basin countries involved;
4. to explore the need for electronic-communication platforms such as the help - desk functionality of the
CZM-C Website-NetCoast being in the same time a window for the Netherlands “coastal market”;5. to strengthen institutional frameworks for the integrated management of rivers and seas in south Asia.This Workshop was prepared by the international Coastal Zone Management (CZM) - Centre (the NetherlandsMinistry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management) in close co-operation with RA (ResourceAnalysis, Delft, The Netherlands) and hosted by the Anna University in Chennai, under the auspices of theDepartment of Ocean Development (DOD) of the Government of India.
2. Background
The first steps on the road of implementing the central theme and objectives above mentioned, were set threeyears ago (November 1996), during a CZM-Centre/RA mission to the four capitals (Dhaka, Kathmandu, NewDelhi, Thimpu) of the GBM basin countries:
The Netherlands Embasssies in New Delhi (First Secretary: Mr. van der Laan) and Dhaka (Secretary: Dr.Mostert and Mr. Zaheeruddin) were informed about the potencies of the STREAM water balance modelas a supportive tool for policymakers in this region. This water balance model, an innovative and
integrated GIS instrument, was originally a scientific designed computer model. Positive reactions werereceived from the Embassies on the direction of further development of this instrument, stressing therelation between river - coast, short and long term land-use changes, and the importance of evaluatingthe order of magnitudes of the impacts of climate changes for the region.
Participatory workshops were held in the four capitals of the region in order to demonstrate the
capabilities of this GIS-applied water-balance instrument. The main conclusion of these four workshopswas, that the development of an assessment instrument on a Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna - river basinscale and demonstrating the influences of short term changes (e.g. land-use ) as well as long termclimate changes in the river basin and low lying coastal areas, will be beneficial for all river basincountries. The further development of such an instrument was appreciated by both the scientific and
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policymaking communities of the four nations. A future wish is to involve into the process of co-operation the southern part of Tibet which forms a substantial part of the Brahmaputra river basin.During the last three years, the CZM-Centre has guided and commissioned to Resource Analysis thedevelopment of the STREAM-GBM-Delta into an user friendly PC – Windows instrument. The acronymSTREAM - GBM -Delta stands for: “Spatial Tool for River- and Environmental Analysis of Managementoptions - Ganges/Brahmaputra/Meghna basin - including its Delta”.
The instrument uses public data available on the Internet of the entire Ganges Brahmaputra and Meghna basin(1.8 million km2) and is continuously in development. It provides a first order assessment of future conditionsregarding fresh water for people, nature (wetland development of the Sundarabans) and food in this stronglydeveloping region. Preliminary assessments of the impacts of long term climate changes and socio-economicdevelopment in the river basin on the coastal areas, are being taken into consideration.
The development of STREAM is promoting spatial and temporal integration of knowledge on the dynamics ofrivers and coasts in relation to the natural and socio-economic processes. Furthermore, transfer of such
information technology acquired in the Netherlands is supportive to the management of river basin and coastalzone in the Indian sub-continent. Dissemination of integrated knowledge could accelerate the implementationof the concept of sustainable development of natural resources in regard to long-term perspectives on ClimateChange and Biodiversity (UNFCCC - UNCBD, UNCSD, 1992). The Netherlands has showed commitmentsduring the last ten years, in developing and assisting the implementation of adaptive concepts and tools asresponses to future global changes in the frame of these two international Conventions.
3. Results and next steps
The international Workshop: “From river to coast” was characterised by the very friendly hosting Indian
organisations DOD and Anna University of Madras and by the on ease feeling participants of Bangladesh, Nepaland the Netherlands. This international gathering on water issues was all performed in the very much
appreciated presence of the Adj.Secretary of the Ministry of Water Resources of the Government of India. Thedelegates of Bhutan were unfortunately not able to join the Workshop but were in mind with us and assuredtheir interest in the issues and results of the Workshop.
Some persons not be able to join the Workshop wondered: Why should a Workshop on the Ganges,
Brahmaputra and Meghna be organised in a the coastal city of Madras away from the these big rivers and itsdeltaic environment. The answer is: The hosting scientific and policymaking communities of India found itopportune to use the knowledge and expertise on integrated management available in India to be made use ofwhere available: namely in Madras/Chennai, and this was very much acceptable to all participants. One of theinternationally reknowed experts on Integrated Coastal Zone Management is Prof. Dr. Ramanchandran,Director of Indian Institute of Ocean Management (Anna University/Chennai) and he was our host.
The first day of the Workshop was dedicated to exchange knowledge and experiences on river and coastalprocesses in the frame of river basin and coastal management in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and the Netherlands.The valuable contributions of all the Workshop participants (to be edited slightly by Prof. Ramanchandran) willbe published as an CZM-Centre Report, during February 2000 and distributed among the participants andbeyond.
The hands-on demonstration of STREAM-GBM-Delta during the second day was well received by the
participants. Many participants showed enthusiasm to apply this instrument. This straightforward instrumentprovides first order answers to policy questions, without complex and costly modelling efforts. It fills a gapbesides more detailed water quality models.
A good basis for international co-operation in the future was being observed and it was commonly agreed thatthe STREAM-GBM-Delta will be a suitable platform, which can be used for the assessment of regional studieson coastal and river basin management interactions.
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The following actions were agreed:
1. Country co-ordinators.
It has been decided to appoint two country co-ordinators which will co-ordinate all activities related to thefurther development of STREAM. One co-ordinator will be monitoring activities in the policy field and one inthe scientific area.
2. STREAM
It was commonly agreed that the STREAM is an instrument which can be used for the assessment of regionalstudies on coastal and river basin management interactions. Six representatives of the scientific and policy-making communities of the India, Bangladesh and Nepal were nominated and they will be responsible for thenational co-ordination and monitoring the activities in the policy-field and the progress of the further scientificdevelopment of STREAM-GBM-Delta:
Scientists
Prof. Dr. RamachandranDr. Hassan
Dr. Shiva Kumar Sharma
Representative Policy makersDr. Vasudeva
Eng. Masroor-ul Haq SiddiqiDr. Dahal
India
BangladeshNepal
Furthermore:
1. The summary report of the Workshop, being a part of the reporting of the Netherlands Mission to India,
will be sent to the participant by the CZM-Centre, at the end of January 2000.
2. The full report of the Workshop containing the power-point and overhead sheets of the Workshop
presentations will slightly be edited by Prof. Ramachandran and sent by CZM-Centre, during the month ofFebruary 2000.
3. The website of the CZM-Centre: “NetCoast” will be made suitable for the creation of an electronic-working-group for communication and data transmission during the second part of the month of February,beginning March; communication will start in this electronic way with the six above mentioned
representatives of the Workshop. These channels of communication can be extended afterwards (Figure1).4. The next demonstration version of STREAM-GBM-Delta including a socio-economic module will be
distributed among the participants of the Workshop, by means of the GBM-electronic-working-groupNetCoast including a help-desk, at the beginning of March 2000,
5. During the World Water Forum (WWF) Conference, third week of March 2000, in the Hague (The
Netherlands) the latest version of the STREAM-GBM-Delta model will be demonstrated as well asSTREAM-Rhine and Zambesi, hopefully some of the participants will be meeting during the WWF.
6. It is planned that the Netherlands Deputy Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management will
offer to the Ministers of India, Bangladesh and the other countries of the GBM- basin, the complete, fullversion of STREAM-GBM-Delta model during the WWF.
7. This ceremony will be followed by data transmission of the full STREAM-GBM-Delta model through the
established NetCoast- GBM-electronic-working-group of CZM-Centre website, or by CD-ROM.8. Each river basin country will explore the potentials of the STREAM-GBM-Delta instrument, using the
transparent, script-file programming of the formulation of water balance factors, guided by the RA/CZM-Centre.
9. Support on information technology and co-ordination through the CZM-Centre will be provided by RA.10. The next STREAM-GBM-Delta Workshop will facilitated by the CZM-Centre in the autumn 2000, to
monitor the progress of the developments.
11. The institutional framework necessary to execute the above mentioned activities will be structured as
simply as feasible. An international high level steering committee will monitor the progress of the GBM.The above mentioned results of the international Workshop: “From river to coast” are summarised in thememorandum: “ Results and Recommendations of the Chennai Workshop “ and is attached to this report asAnnex I. This memorandum, addressed to the Chairman of the GWP-SASTAC, was handed to the Bangladeshparticipant Mr. Siddiqi at the end of the second day of Workshop (2/12/1999) to ensure the proper handling ofthis document. Further more this document was e-mailed the same night to Mr. Anne van Urk, one of theparticipants of the Regional South Asian World Water Forum meeting in Dhaka on December 4+5, 1999.
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‘GBM workgroup’
NETCOAST / DeltaDownloadableSTREAM-GBM(Internet platformprovided by CZMC)Stream CDROMArticles &discussion papersScientistsPolicy makersFigure. 1. Schematic presentation of the GBM working group using the Internet facility NetCoast of theCoastal Zone Management Centre in The Netherlands
4. Summaries of presentations
A large number of the participants had prepared presentations on river and coastal zone management issues inthe countries involved. The presentations were in general well prepared and provided a valuable overview on themain fields of problems and management experiences. Vivid discussions took place among the participants,policymakers and scientists alike. The results of preparative regional WWF activities to formulate regionalvisions and action plans were very well noticed during the discussions. The participants were eager to exchangevisions, knowledge and experiences.
December 1st, 1999
9.30 h Prof. Dr. Ramachandran: Welcome and Opening
Professor Ramachandran presented the main Workshop issues related to river basin management: increasedhuman pressure, pollutants and salinity. He provided an overview on coastal zone research activities at the AnnaUniversity. His main conclusions were: integrated river management upstream activities should be taken intoaccount and for proper integrated coastal zone management, river management is indispensable.
10.00 h Dr. Subramanian: Opening
Fresh water in India is very important for people and food production. Many inhabitants of India live in thecoastal zone and use the coastal zone in a varied way: fisheries, agriculture, transport, commerce and urbansettlements. Coastal zones are changing. Erosion and flooding, dam building, salt water intrusion, over-fishing,land - and ocean based pollution, river - and lagoonal navigation are affecting the functional uses of the coastalzone. Integration of efforts are envisaged to demonstrate sustainable solutions. Complex problems requireintegration of scientific resource applications and management capabilities.
Coastal zone research at the Department of Ocean Development (DOD) is addressing many coastal and marineproblems along the coast of India. Capacity building on integrated management is taking place in three coastalStates of India, through financial support of the World Bank.10.30 h Dr. R. Misdorp
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Dr. Misdorp thanks Professor Ramachandran for hosting this international Workshop and all the
representatives of the science and policymaking communities for their participation. A special welcome wasfor Mr. R.S. Prasad, Addl. Secretary to the Government of India (Ministry of Water Resources), taking a keeninterest in the subject of this Workshop.
The presentation was dealing with Global change factors, framework and elements of integrated management,the STREAM-GBM-Delta process and the aims of the workshop (exchange experiences of managementpractices and identify a frame of co-operation using STREAM-GBM-Delta as a vehicle).
11.15 h Drs. K. Wulffraat
Mr. Wulfraat gives a presentation on water management practices in the Netherlands. Water management in theNetherlands actually started already some 2000 years ago. Technological innovations and economic
development of the country form the basis for sound water management. More than half of the Netherlands islying below sea level and most of the high value investments are located in this vulnerable and subsiding area.Most of the rivers in the Netherlands are canalised and protected by dikes. Recently water management of theriver floodplains shifts towards protection trough de-poldering and providing more lateral space to the rivers,without making the dikes ever and ever higher. This change in policy towards increasing of resiliences as anaccommodating response to future global changes is based on changes in future land use in the Netherlands, apart of the European Common market.
12.15 h Mr. Sivadas
Mr. Sivadas gives an overview on extend and consequences of coastal erosion along the entire coast of India.Although sea walls are often applied as coastal protection in India, other measures such as: do nothing, retreat,beach nourishments will be more and more subject for application in India. Further exchange of mutuallyexperiences and transfer of technology with the Netherlands will be appreciated.15.00u Thematic presentations:
Mr. Sharma - Nepal’s potentials for exchanging
Nepal has a high potential for water storage and hydro-electricity. The roughness of the terrain often hampersthe exploitation of these Mimalyan functional uses. Intensification of co-operation between up-hill countrieslike Nepal and Bhutan with the lower lying countries India and Bangladesh could well be very profitable for allparties. An example of co-operation would be building of dams for storage of water during the monsoon andbringing relief to Bangladesh and India in period of the yearly water shortages. This could very well be done inthe form of an exchange since Nepal needs energy, transport and the use of sea harbour facilities.
Dr. J.S. Mani - Research and management , coastal Chennai region
Mr. Mani gives a comprehensive introduction on technical backgrounds of wave formation and some impactsof measures (for example building of a harbour) on coastal erosion. Furthermore results of mathematicalmodelling of the main coastal hydraulic factors (tidal currents, monsoon and waves) north of Chennaiinfluencing the distribution land-based pollution (fly-ash outlet of the southern Electricity Plant) were
discussed. Integrated coastal zone and area management both should be based on close collaboration betweenscientists and policymakers taking into account the knowledge and opinions of local stakeholders.
Eng. A. Hassan - Coherence between river and coastal resource issues - Bangladesh
Water resource (fresh and salt) systems in Bangladesh are productive systems. Water resource management isdealing with short and long term issues. Current issues deal with flood and drainage, drought, groundwateravailability, land erosion, fertilisation of the flood plain, water borne diseases (arsenic), water quality and fishhabitat. In the beginning of the 1990’s impact assessments of the influence of climate change on the water
resources system in Bangladesh reveal high level of vulnerability to increased flooding by rivers and sea as wellas to droughts. Presently first order of magnitude of the changes in salt water intrusion was estimated forBangladesh with the help of the STREAM-GBM-Delta tool.
Dr. Chowdhury - Monitoring and evaluation of water quality - Rhode Island, USA
In the river basin of the Blackstone river in the USA a environmental study dealing with river and cooling waterdischarge, reservoir sedimentation, disposal of dredge material and nutrient content during wet water and drywetter was performed in relation to loading capacity of an estuary.
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Prof. M. Karmegan - Water resource issues and projects - Anna University
Prof. Karmegan gives an overview of the history of the Anna University. He also introduces some of thecurrent and finalised projects of the Center of Water Resources of the Anna University.
Dr. J. Aerts - Introduction to the STREAM-GBM-Delta water balance
Mr. Aerts introduces the STREAM-GBM-DELTA water balance as a policy analysis tool, applying GIS
technology. An overview of the input and output parameters and the formulation of the relation between theseparameters is provided.
17.00u Discussion
Some questions arise if the stream model can also be applied on a daily basis instead of the monthly time stepsand how detailed is the model ? It is mentioned by J. Aerts and A. Hassan that the model can be used fordifferent resolutions and time steps as well as long as the input data are available at this scale. However, andmore importantly it should be realised that the STREAM model is meant for as a tool for policy makers. It isnot meant to evaluate into a very detailed model, the model should stay simple and transparent. A daily timestep would not enhance the quality of the model.
With respect to the further development of the stream model, Mr. Misdorp and Aerts stress the importance ofthe future contributions by the participants. The participants are requested to consider their contribution to thefurther development in the fields of scenarios and measures that should be included in the STREAM model.Possible contributions of the participants could be in the fields of :
• Establish a regional framework for co-operation in the GBM and which could provide a frame for further
development of STREAM-GBM-Delta instrument• Develop the STREAM-GBM-Delta model further by:
• introduction of the shelf water quality models using the data sets on pollutants• further work on coastal erosion & river sediment dynamics• elaborate snow melt predictions
• improve land use / soil mapping using e.g. the Indian IRS satellite
18.00 Dr. Misdorp
R. Misdorp closes the first part of the workshop, thanking the participants for their contributions.
A summary report of the workshop will be made. A second report of the Workshop will be prepared with theOverhead/Power Point sheets of the presentations, (slightly edited by Dr. Ramachandran) and will be sent to allparticipants.
December 2nd
10.15 Prof. N.V. Pundurikanthan
Gives an introduction on several case studies carried out by the Water Resource Management Projects. Mr.Pundurikanthan points at the tension between plans made by an engineer and possibilities seen by the farmersliving in an area.
10.45 Mr. J. Aerts and Anne van Urk
Mr. Aerts presents the backgrounds of the stream instrument and explains how the model functions. After thisintroduction, a hands-on, interactive session by means of three computers gave the participants the opportunityto familiarise themselves with the STREAM-GBM-Delta water balance model.
2.00 pmProf. Ramachadran and Robbert Misdorp
A Workshop memorandum: “Results and Recommendations of the international Workshop ”From river tocoast” was drafted and discussed by the participants. The final version was handed to Mr. Siddiqi in order toconvene this document to the Chairman of STA….. , as well a copy was sent by e-mail to Mr. Anne van Urk ,Dhaka., for further distribution during the Dhaka regional WWF meeting on December 3, 4 and 5, 1999.4.00 pm Closing remarks by Prof. Ramachandran and Robbert MisdorpThe participants were thanked for their contributions.
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It is stressed that it is expected that participants will give their inputs from own resources. In turn, the STREAMmodel will be installed at the institutes which will participate in the joint further development of STREAM.A summary workshop report will be made and as well as a report with the full presentations of the participants.RIKZ will continuously monitor the progress and search for a support of the organisation of yearly meetings.Some of the participants will be meeting during the WWF conference in The Hague, The Netherlands, March2000, during which occasion the full STREAM-GBM-Delta model will be handed to representatives of theGMB basin countries. A NetCoast help desk will assist with installations and problems arising during furtherdevelopment. Progress of the development will be discussed during the next Workshop in the autumn 2000.
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ANNEX 1.
Memorandum:
“Results and Recommendations of the Chennai December 1999Workshop”
To:
the Chairman of the Regional South Asian Technical Advisory Committee -Global Water Partnership (GWP-SASTAC)
Date: December 2, 1999
From: the participants of the international Workshop:”From river to coast - Chennai”The contents of this Memorandum is offered for discussion during the December 4+5,1999 WWF Meeting in Dhaka and will be delivered to this meeting by Mr. M.H. Siddiqiand Mr. Anne van Urk.
Background
The importance of river basin linkages in Integrated Coastal Zone Management has been realised in viewof the impacts of upstream activities on the coastal areas. The major impacts include pollution, siltationof reservoirs, lakes and river mouths and eutrophication. Furthermore the impact of climate change hasassumed greater importance. The GBM-countries look for appropriate tools to predict the impact ofupstream activities, especially, the movement of water and its characteristics on physical and chemicaleffects on the coast and the adjoining sea. An effort has been made by the Coastal Zone Management -Centre, The Netherlands, in association with RA Consultants to develop a tool STREAM, a GIS basedsoftware to address such predictions in the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna (GBM) basin. The
international Chennai meeting of December 1 and 2 , 1999 entitled: “From river to coast” was organisedby CZM-C/RA/IfOM in order to deliberate on the perspectives of future water availability and use in theGanges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) river basins effecting the sustainable developments of the naturalresources in the coastal zone.
Purpose of the workshop:
• to review the status of research and policy formulation on the use of water and its effects in the
lower part of the GBM basin;
• to familiarise the GIS software, namely, STREAM among Bangladesh, India and Nepal and its
application in the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Magna river basin areas;
• to obtain feedback from these countries on the utility and further development of the software for
national and regional purposes.
Participants
The Secretaries of the Ministries of Water Resources of India and Bangladesh sent their high level
representatives to this meeting. Governmental officials of Nepal and the Netherlands, as well asrepresentatives of the Regional South Asian GWP, academic communities and consultants haveparticipated (Annex 1). The representation of Bhutan was in mind with us.
Overviews about the status of research and policy formulation on the use of water and its effects in
the lower part of the basin and associated coastal issues were provided, visions were explored andactions were identified, during the first part of the meeting. The participants discussed water
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management issues supporting the country visions towards the WWF March 2000 conference. TheBangladesh participant presented the 2025 scenario indicating that the country may face serious watershortage and deterioration of water quality. The Indian participants presented experiences of river basinand coastal management and proposed integration of these. The Nepalese participant underlined thelarge potential of water resources in his country providing hydropower, irrigation, shipping and peak loadshaving. All participants benefited from the exchange of experiences and stressed the need to developsuitable tools for policy making and water management decisions.
Coastal issues such as erosion, flooding and salt water intrusion in relation to river basin managementwere discussed. Case studies on these issues were presented by the experts.
Interactive presentations and hands-on demonstrations of the water balance: STREAM-GBM-Delta
acronym for Spatial Tools for River basins and Environment and Analysis of Management options wereperformed during the second part of the meeting. The input parameters of this GIS-PC water balanceare: land use, soil type, digital elevation, rainfall, temperature (monthly, grid: 7*7km2) and it provides theoutput parameters: river discharge, soil aridity (monthly, grid:7*7km2), salt water intrusion in the delta.Furthermore for the first time, a basin wide assessment of the impacts of climate change including sealevel rise on river discharge, soil aridity, and salinity intrusion is made, while the effects of policy optionslike dam building and dredging in the Delta on the salinity is provided. Additional important output
parameters for the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna region are the changes in snow cover and groundwater.STREAM-GBM-Delta is a script file programmed GIS-PC water balance. Presentations of the first
version were held in New Delhi, Kathmandu, Dhaka and Thimpu three years ago and resulted in positivesignals to continue its development. New, socio-economic (2025 - 2050) and ecological modules arepresently being developed for the GBM region addressing the issues: water for people, food and naturein the region and subject for improvement by the co-operating partners.
The participants of the meeting “From River to Coast” presenting:A vision - in terms of the WWF - STREAM-GBM-Delta is not a dream but a quantifying basis for a
continuing discussion between riparian partners on water availability and usage and its coastal effects.The water balance is a good vehicle to explore the challenges mentioned in the South Asian - WaterVision 2025.
The participants furthermore decided that:• a number of scientific institutions of India, Bangladesh and Nepal will take the responsibility
of the further development of STREAM-GBM-Delta.
• the mentioned scientific institutions furthermore decided that they would take action to
elaborate on the challenges of the South Asian regional vision on water in 2025 by means ofthe water balance STREAM. Measures such as water retention in up stream areas by meansof reservoirs, or damming of river branches in order to regulate river flow or land use
measures such as afforestation, will be explored with regard to their impact on riverine andcoastal water management;
• The scientists could scrutinize the existing development plans and take into account the
actions following from the GWP Regional Vision resulting in defining scenarios on futurewater management and coastal management options. These options will be introduced in theSTREAM-GBM-Delta water balance in order to assess their effects. Policy makersexpressed their willingness to co-operate;
• continuity and progress of work in future will be reflected through a series of dedicated
workshops, the first to be held during the autumn of the year 2000. During these workshopsthe scientific institutions will present the progress they have made with regard to the
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implementation of the socio economic and ecological module as well as the results of waterbalance studies with regard to the challenges of the regional GWP vision; the results of theIndian, Bangladeshi, Nepalese and Bhutanese STREAM updates will be merged to totalriver basin level;
• the participants agreed that on a scientific and technical platform, the modern tools of
modelling could be put to use for regional studies. Regarding implementation of the regionalvision so developed, it will have to be through bi-lateral discussions. The experiences ofvarious countries in coastal zone management can be shared to build up co-operationbetween countries;
• both communication between participants and creation of regional databases is important
and could be facilitated by the Netcoast website.
The participants of the meeting: “From River to Coast “ are kindly requesting the Chairman of GWP-SASTAC to take the above into consideration during the deliberations in Dhaka December 4 and 5,1999, in order to foster the implementation of the water balance and to give guidance with regard to theanalysis to be carried out.
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ANNEX 2. Work Shop Programme \"FROM RIVER TO COAST\"
1st December, 19999.00 a.m9.30 a.m10.00 a.m10.30 a.m11.00 a.m11.30 a.m12.15 p.m
Tea
Prof. S. Ramachandran
Welcome by Coastal Zone Research & Anna UniversityRiver & Coastal InteractionsDr. B.R. SubramaniamCoastal Management in IndiaDr. R. Misdorp
Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Global Change and next stepsMr. M.H. Siddiqi
Vision WWF Conference preparationVision & River Basin ManagementMr. Kees Wulffraat
\"From River to Coast: case the Netherlands\"Lunch
Afternoon \"Thematic Presentation on River & Coastal Interactions\"
2.00 p.m2.20 p.m2.40 p.m3.00 p.m3.20 p.m3.40 p.m4.00 p.m4.30 p.m6.30 p.m
Mr. Sivadas
Coastal Erosion Problems and Policy Initiatives towards Integrated River Basin ManagementMr. S. K. Sharma
Water Resource Management: Current Issues
Future Visions for Nepal within GBM basin 'What are the main goals'Dr. J.S. Mani
Coastal Erosion with reference to Coastal Zone ManagementEng. A. Hassan
Water Resource Management: Current Issues ( Flooding, Salt Water Intrusion)Future Visions for Bangladesh within GBM basin 'What are the main goals'Dr. Rajat Roy Chaudhury
Land based Impacts to Coastal ZoneProf. M. Karmegam
Water Resource Management - Case StudiesDr. Jeroen Aerts
STREAM-GBM-Delta, A River Basin Management InstrumentDiscussion
Close Meeting First Day
2nd December, 19999.30 a.mTea10.00 a.mProf. N.V. Pundurikanthan
Water Resource Management Projects - Case Studies
10.20 a.mDemo Session for STREAM Instrument12.30 a.mAction Plan for 2000, How Cooperate?
Integrated activities in the Framework for Action of WWF Conference Planning
1.00 p.mLunch2.00 p.mWorkshop memodarum: “Results and Recommendations”4.00 p.m.Closing by Prof. Ramachadran and Robbert Misdorp
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ANNEX 3. List of Participants
India
Prof. S. RamachandranDirector
Institute For Ocean Management
Anna University, Madras 600025, India
Tel: 00 91 44 235 1723 ex. No 3283 direct 2353312Fax: 00 91 44 2353312 or 44 235 0397E-Mail: ramachandran_sun@hotmail.comchandran@annauniv.eduDr. B.S. Subramanian
Director Department of Ocean DevelopmentNew Dehli
Telefoon + 91 44 235 3312 of 91 44 230 1845Fax +91 44 230 1846en + 91 44 235 0397email: brs@icmam.tn.nic.in
Dr. R.S. Prasad
Member (Water Planning & Projects)Central Water Commission
Secretary to the Govt. Of India (Ministry of Water Resources)201 (S). Sewa BhawanP.K. Puram
New Delhi - 110066
Phone: 91 11 6108590 (O), 7016186 (R)Fax: 91 11 6195289
Email: mwp@cwc.hub.nic.id
Dr. Rajat Roy Chaudhury
National Institute of Ocean Technology
(Dep. of Ocean Development, Govt. of India)IC & SR Building, ITT CampusMadras 600 036
E-mail: Chaudhur@niot.ernet.in
tel: 91 44 2353683, 2351365 of 91 44 445 8781fax: 91 44 2353686, 2352545
Prof. M. KarmegamDirector
Center for Water Resources
Email: karmegam@annaunive.educwr@annaunive.edu
Fax: 91 44 235 1075 or 91 44 235 0397Prof. N.V. PundarikanthanCentre for Water ResourcesAnna University, Chennai -25Emiratus Professor
email: nvpundari@hotmail.com
Fax:91 44 235 1075 or 91 44 235 0397Dr. J.S. Mani
associate Professor
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Indian Institute of TechnologyOcean Engineering CentreChennai - 600 036C1-12-36 16th CrossDelhi AvenueIIT Madras 60036
Tel. + 91 44 235 1365 (extn): 4220Fax: + 91 44 235 2545
e-mail: manijs@hotmail.comjsmani@shiva.iitm.ernet.inDr. Krishnamoorthy
Training Programme CoordiantorIndo-British ICZM Training ProgramInstitute for Ocean ManagementANNA UniversityPost Bag No: 5327College of EngineeringChennai 600025, India
Phone: + 91 44 220 0159 (Off) or 235 33 12, 244 4308 (Res)Fax: 00 91 44 230 1846 or 491 0740E-mail: krish46@yahoo.com
Mr.SivadasDirector,
Government of India
Central Water Commission,Beach Erosion Directorate31/800 Chittor Road,Cochin, KeralaPin - 682096
Phone No: (O) 91 484 367366 (R) 91 484 311480FAX: 91 484-400286H.K. VasmaDirector
Central Water CommissionNew Delhi
Fax (011) 6102267, 6195516Phone (011) 6102267 (R)S.P. Vasudeva
Director (External assistance)Ministery of Water ResourcesGovt. Of India
423, Shram Shakti BhawanRafgi Marg,
New Delhi - 110 001Phone 6235183Fax 3710253
Bangladesh
Mr. M. H. Siddiqi,
Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad (BUP)Tel: 880 2 8113292Fax: 880 2 861 7021Email: mhs@bangla.net
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Eng. Ahmadul HassanEGIS II
House 49, Road 24Banani, Dhaka-1213Bangladesh
tel: +880-28821570fax: +880-28823128
email: ahassan@cegisbd.comMr. Emad Uddin Ahmed
Director, Surface WaterModelling Centre email: emad@swmc.bangla.netProfessor Dr. Muhammed .F Bari,
Professor of Water Resorces EngineeringDept of Water Resources Engineering
Bangladesh University of Engineering &Technology (BUET)Civil eng. Building, 6th Floor, RamnaDhaka 1000Bangladesh
Tel: +880 2 9665631, 8619830 (Off)
+880 2 8616833-8, 8614640-4/ext 7403 (Res)Fax: +880 2 8613046, +880 2 8613026Email: buet-dut@bd.drik.net.
Nepal
Shiva Kumar SharmaSenior Divisional Engineer
Ministry of Water Resources, HMG NepalSingha DurbarKathmandu Nepal
E-mail: shiv@info.com.np
Fax/Phone: 977-1-423310 (Residence)Fax: 977-1-227536 (Office)Phone: 977-1-228923 (Office)Ngamindra Dahal
Nepal Water Conservation FoundationKathmandu
NetherlandsJoris de Vente
RESOURCE ANALYSIS
P.O. Box 2814, 2601 CV DelftThe Netherlands
e-mail: lineke.mourits@resource.nl
visiting address: Zuiderstraat 110, 2611 SJphone: +31 15 2191519 fax: +31 15 2124892internet: http://www.resource.nlJeroen Aerts
Resource Analysis
P.O. Box 2814, 2601 CV DelftThe Netherlands
e-mail:jeroen.aerts@resource.nl
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visiting address: Zuiderstraat 110, 2611 SJphone: +31 15 2191519 fax: +31 15 2124892internet: http://www.resource.nlRobbert Misdorp
Coastal Zone Management CentrePostbus 209072500 EX Den Haagtel. + 31 70 3114 364
fax +31 70 3114 380 / 300
emailaddress R.misdorp@direct.a2000.nlKees Wulffraat
Coastal Zone Management CentrePostbus 209072500 EX Den Haagtel +31 70 3114 340
email: K.J.wulffraat@rikz.rws.minvenw.nl
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