AWW2013: Concept and Tools for sharing Knowledge and Awareness on the Rivers of the World by Eric Tilman

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Concept and Tools for sharing Knowledge and

Awareness on the Rivers of the WorldEric Tilman



The Challenge

The sustainable management of river basins and watersheds

is a very comp ex issue. T ere are many genera gui e ines on

how to

proceed.

When confronted to the reality, we have to face numerous

constra nts e.g. po t ca an ega context, an an water use, human resources and basin issues). This requires

building specific

approaches.

ar ng now e ge an essons earne rom e var ous

experiences and case‐studies may contribute to develop new

ideas and elements of comparative analysis of strengths and

.

Internet creates opportunities: interactive and social platforms that may contribute in sharing transparent



What is “riversnetwork.org”

Website:

www.riversnetwork.org

TOOL To share knowledge, To raise awareness LinkedIn

Group:

“ ”o r ge an ne wor the rivers decision

makers, practitionnersand stakeholders

.

Twitter: @riversnetwork



Why ?...

To share lessons learned, success stories, worrying

situations, approaches and methodologies, decision tools and

new technologies related to River Basins and Watersheds

management

To capitalize “real life” experiences through “river specific”

case

studies.

Topics

are

presented

in

terms

of

“case

studies”

“ ”

To cross these geographical case‐studies with key topics in

order to get material for more holistic analysis

o exp ore

ow

nternet

an

oc a

etwor s

may

e p

bridging and networking river basins and watershed

stakeholders.



www.riversnetwork.org

Rivers blogsTag Clouds



The Basic Principles

• The core element of www.riversnetwork.or is

the “River

Blog”.

• The River Basins of the World are classified

. subdivided into 10 to 20 “Major Basins or Areas”

(Level 2)

– approx

190

Basins/Coastal

Entities

for

covering the world

• These Major Basins are then divided into “Sub‐

• A level 4 can be built in when substantial material ma be resented.



The River Blogs



Exploring South Asia…



Exploring Sri Lanka…



Exploring the River Blog Mahaweli river



Interactive Web‐Mapping

A likel uni ue feature of the “River Blo s” is the

constant

reference

to

the

geographical

context with

a

nearly world‐wide coverage (only extreme North basins

Interactive Web Maps show the limit of the basins and

watersheds, the

water

streams

and

water

areas.

For

trans‐boundary basins, the country boundaries are

shown as well (boundaries are indicative just to show

.

The background of the maps is based on Google

Services.



Interactive web‐map of the Lake Balkash

All maps can be embedded into

your website:

Just copy the html code shown

at the bottom of the map you

want to display and past it into

a page of your website.



What kind of information in the river blogs…

Link Video

Document

Tweets

Google Earth

scene



Crossing “geographical case studies” to Key Topics:

The

Ta

Clouds



Exploring some “case Studies” on Transboundary Dialogue

138

items

under

for

this

to ic

ri ht

now



Exploring some “case Studies” on River Restoration

62

items

under

for

this

to ic

ri ht

now



Exploring some “case Studies” on RAMSAR sites

46

items

under

for

this

to ic

ri ht

now



Exploring some “case Studies” on Sharing Information

48

items

under

for

this

to ic

ri ht

now



Audience

• ‐

1000 river

blogs

and

more

than

2500

items

(pages)

• It is now becomin si nificantl o ular with the

number of “guests on line” being nearly always over

500 and

regularly

exceeding

1000

to

1500.



The @riversnetwork Twitter account

The Twitter Service @riversnetwork allows following a wide range of Twitter Accounts and is followed as well by an increasing number of “followers” (more

t an r g t now .

Twitter starts

indeed

to

be

a very

interesting

tool

not

only

for

Water

Dialogue

but

also for close monitoring of the river conditions. Twitter is also more and more

used for providing Early Warning for flood events.

An increasing number of Twitter Accounts are therefore dedicated to specific

rivers. For example, the events occurring on the Willamette River, a tributary of the Columbia river in the United States, are followed amongst others by the

WillametteInitiative @W_R_I

and

the

WillametteRiverKeep

@WilRiverkeeper.

“ ”n e r versne wor .org concep , w er prov es w e o ow ng ou pu s: Sending tweets out by @riversnetwork in order to highlight outstanding items that have

just been introduced in the website.

Re‐tweeting of relevant tweets from third parties that refer to specific rivers (concept of “case studies”

Sending tweets

that

may

help

promote

partner

activities.

For

example,

riversnetwork

is

now promoting the International River Foundation / RiverPrize 2013 by sending out specific tweets related to this event.



Front Page @riversnetwork



The LinkedIn Group of Discussions “riversnetwork.org”

675

members

for

the

time

bein



And next ?....

This initiative may be considered as Research Work. In the future, app ca ons cou e er ve an eve ope on e as s o s

concept. For

example:

Improved website layout and ergonomics (development of a rivers

Countries’ interactive maps developed showing the river basins to

be managed at country level and river basins that are “trans‐

boundary” basins.

Introductions to case‐studies related to specific topics such as

“River Restoration” or “Urban River”developed more systematically.

Potential of LinkedIn improved in order to create and manage

wor ng

groups

or

spec c

reg ons

an

r ver

as ns. Improved management of different languages

…….



Possible development: Country maps

Exam le:

Af hanistan



HELP !...

Riversnetwork.org is an open resource “free access for all”

If you find it is worth supporting this project… It is the right time to do it ...

evaluating and focusing on the most valuable and strategic outputs

supporting future developments and initiatives

bringing sustainability

to

the

project

Partner(s ) are needed to bring support for technical development, advises and or su estin new a roaches or im rovin the conce t.

Sponsor(s) are needed for funding the further developments and O&M Contact : [email protected]



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AWW2013: Concept and Tools for sharing Knowledge and Awareness on the Rivers of the World by Eric Tilman