1. Socio-ecological dimensions of
Freshwater Management
Jayshree Vencatesan
Care Earth Trust

2. A limited natural resource
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Over 70 per cent of Earth’s surface is covered by water
97 percent of this volume is saline/brackish water, only 3
percent is freshwater
Of this 3 percent only, 1 percent (less than 0.007 percent of
the total volume on the planet) is available to humans directly

4. Of floods and Climate Change !!

5. Of issues and concerns
•Wastewater management is not an issue of compliance
•It is fundamentally a responsibility towards life on Earth
•Focus at the level of the system: landscape, watershed or habitat
•Going beyond a human centric approach

7. Reorienting the Greening Agenda
 Perhaps
a Blue-Green Agenda
 Scientific planning of green belts and
green spaces
 The Michelin Case Study

8. The Michelin Case Study
 The
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statutory Green Belt – reoriented to
restoration of the Landscape
Targets of restoration defined
Greening agenda based on availability
of water
Dry forests’ – Valid
Native species
Bioindicators