rainwater harvesting in India
- traditional methods of retaining water in small catch dams johads that provide water for stock and also recharge groundwater
- in 1940's government policies encouraged logging
- loss of trees meant more erosion and loss of johads
- viscious cycle - from a negative tipping point
- trying to correct this by revegetating stream channels and building johads
- opposite of a tragedy of the commons because:
- good immediately for those who build it (stock watering)
- builds a community resource (well water) over longer time and larger spaces
Water for People - link broken
Green Empowerment in San Jose de Bocay, Nicaragua
- combination project
- microhydro - renewable energy with some excess capacity
- allows for enterprise use of power
- community development lead to
- protect and reforest the watershed
- clean drinking water
- constant source for micro-hydro
- sustainable farming techniques
- biomass rice drier
- agro-forestry training center
Watershed protection
in Nicaragua - Cerro San Geronimo
general watershed protection guide
my courses - Spring 2015 tour or water and energy development in Nicaragua
Rio Calico, Nicaragua
Mitigating climate change through reforestation
- land use changes may improve land use and quality of the resource
- more reliable water
- better food security through variety of crops
- maybe able to tap carbon offsets or credits to pay for reforestation projects
