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Advancing the Healthy Yangtze Project: Strategies for Sustainable River Basin Management

The Healthy Yangtze Project, spearheaded by Prof. dr. Toine Smits of Radboud University, aims to promote sustainable management of the Yangtze River. Under the "Live with Water" strategy, the project emphasizes the importance of giving rivers sufficient space and utilizing river basins without disrupting their ecological balance. Key initiatives include building awareness through virtual classrooms and enhancing cooperation among universities. The project aims to foster scientific collaboration, capacity building, and innovative solutions for sustainable water management by engaging various stakeholders.

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Advancing the Healthy Yangtze Project: Strategies for Sustainable River Basin Management

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  1. “Healthy Yangtze” project Prof dr Toine Smits Radboud University Nijmegen The Netherlands

  2. “Live with water strategy”means: • Acknowledge that rivers need space • Making use of river basins without destroying the ecological functioning of rivers and lakes • Apply creativity and technology to adapt land use to natural dynamics.

  3. IRBM co-chairs: Prof. Chen Yiyu Prof. Toine Smits Meeting of the CCICED co-chairs with premier Wen Jiabao (October 2004) CCICED = China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development

  4. Healthy Yangtze project: • Phase 1: starting up and defining focal points of cooperation related to IRBM and the “Live with water” strategy. • Phase 2: strengthening of the cooperation on some specific topics.

  5. Healthy Yangtze: 1st deliverable • Raising awareness and capacity building • Virtual classroom with e-lectures.

  6. Healthy Yangtze: 2nd deliverable • Raising awareness and capacity building • Virtual classroom with e-lectures. • Intervision projects

  7. Healthy Yangtze: 3rd deliverable • Raising awareness and capacity building • Virtual classroom with e-lectures. • Intervision projects • Scientific cooperation • PhD-pool focused on “Live with water” topics Tsjinghua University CAS Beijing & Wuhan Peking University

  8. Agenda work meeting HY partners • Introduction participants • Status of the Healthy Yangtze project • Phase 1 funded by “Live with water” knowledge program • Duration two years • Phase 2 program and funding not yet determined • Deliverables 2008 • Virtual classroom; editorial team, software, 4 –example lectures. • Intervision projects; not yet defined • PhD-pool ; start of 10 PhD-students focusing on technological and non-technological innovations.

  9. Selected presentations • Mr Paul van MeelWater management innovations and the EU-China River Basin Management Programme • Mr Henk de HartogPublic participation in design, decision making and realisation in sustainable floor protection • Coffee/Tea break • Mr Claus van de BrinkMaptable: river engineering tool for stakeholders • Mr Xiong Wen (deputy DG of CWRC)Yangtze River Forum • Mr Gang LeiWWF China: nature and economics

  10. Thank You ! 谢 谢 !

  11. Contact persons deliverables 2008 • Virtual classroom; editorial team, software, 4 –example lectures. • Smits (RU), Blom (WWF Netherlands), Lei Gang (WWF China), CWRC ? Zhang Yong Hubei PWRB • Intervision projects • De Hartog (Gelderland), Smits (RU), Zhang Yong ….. • PhD-pool • Smits (RU), Blom (WWF Netherlands), Lei Gang (WWF China), Wuhan contactperson will try to be identified by mr Lei) • Healthy Yangtze conference 2008 limit conference issues to boundaries of province of Hubei. Gelderland and Overijssel.Keywords: nature, economy, urban developments, environmental quality. • De Hartog (Gelderland), Smits (RU), ask CWRC

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