TITLE:
Hydrologic Monitoring Plan of the Brazilian Water Producer/PCJ Project
AUTHORS:
Denise Taffarello, João Guimarães, Regiane Kock de Sousa Lombardi, Maria do Carmo Calijuri, Eduardo Mario Mendiondo
KEYWORDS:
Ecohydrological Monitoring, Brazilian Water Producer/PCJ Project, Hydrologic Services, Quali-Quantitative Aspects of Water Resources
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Environmental Protection,
Vol.7 No.12,
November
30,
2016
ABSTRACT: Both Ecosystem-based
Adaptation (EbA) and Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) have a wide range of
strategies that include different economic instruments for nature conservation.
Although the generation and maintenance of payment for hydrologic ecosystem
services (Water-PES) is expanding in Brazil, there are difficulties in the
implementation of projects. Due to the complexity and non-linearity of the
hydrological processes, also affecting both
EbA and Water-PES goals, monitoring quali-quantitative aspects of
streams have been here addressed as a useful management tool. This study
presents the Hydrological Monitoring Plan (HMP) of the Water Producer/PCJ
project, operating between 2009-2014, in order to: 1) evaluate the impact of project actions under water
quali-quantitative aspects; and 2) promote the incorporation of HMP’s elements in water resources
management. HMP of the Water Producer/PCJ project has been implemented
following the conditions for efficiency (baseline, long-term scale compatible
with the actions of the project, in the experimental and reference watersheds).
In addition, HMP is being implemented from upstream to downstream in catchments
with areas ranging from 17 to 130 km2. This proposal favors the
quantification and valuation of hydrologic services that could be assessed by ecohydrologic
monitoring and modeling. Thus, we look forward to the consolidation of the Brazilian information system of water
resources, the reduction of modeling
uncertainties and integrated assessment of the consequences of land-use/land-cover
change that strongly impact goals of EbA and Water-PES initiatives.