Presented by Jeremy Bird, Director General - IWMI, at the 8th Global Environment Facility (GEF) Biennial International Waters Conference (IWC-8) held in Negombo, Sri Lanka, on May 9-13, 2016. Session: ‘Modern Data and Tools for International Waters’ held on May 10, 2016.

1. Cover slide option 1 TitleModern Data and Tools
Jeremy Bird
International Water Management
Institute
GEF International Waters
Conference - 10 May 2016

2. • Assessment of flood risk and the evaluation of measures
to reduce flood risks;
• Calculating the averaged annual costs of damages or
losses, and economic assessment of flood risk;
• Allows flood risk managers, stakeholders and politicians
to propose new strategies;
Flood
Mixed (Crop)
Water bodies
Inter-annual variation (2000 – 2011)
Normal River
2010
2010
Flood Risk Assessment for SA using RS Data

3. INDEX-BASED FLOOD INSURANCE IN INDIA TO ENHANCE
AGRICULTURE RESILIENCE AND FLOOD PROOFING LIVELIHOODS
 Setting up pilot-scale trials to demonstrate
that positive verifiable impacts emerge from
IBFI in terms of agriculture resilience and
improving productivity, and household
incomes, locally and at the broader scale
 Developing tools and strategies that support
IBFI development and upscaling, integrated
with existing and future flood control
measures.
Partners: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Gandhinagar, Indian Institute of Water
Management (IIWM-ICAR)*; Agriculture Insurance Corporation of India, MoA; Bajaj Allianz, Insurer, Swiss Reinsurance
Project Period: 2015 - 2018
Pilot Districts : Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga,
Samastipur
IBFI Concept
http://ibfi.iwmi.org/

4. SOUTH ASIA DROUGHT MONITOR SYSTEM (SA-DMS)
•Established for entire South Asia using multisource remote sensing
observations;
•Historical drought risk mapping and assessment covering SA countries
(2000 – current);
•IDSI - better understanding on drought frequency, duration over 15yrs;
•Tools for drought mitigation studies and in decision-making process.
2015 field observations in Jalna,
Maharashtra

5. Uniting agriculture and nature for poverty reduction
• Multi-institutional initiative of IWMI, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, the
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Government of the Netherlands
(DGIS)
• Based on remote sensing and global hydrological models to better understand state
of water resources, issues and challenges/opportunities for better water management
• Allows users to understand impacts of different interventions – critical for
understanding trade-offs
SDG 6.4: Water Accounting Plus - providing the broader framework
www.wateraccounting.org

6. Uniting agriculture and nature for poverty reduction
Economic water productivity of rice
and wheat (USD/m3)
SDG 6.4: Mapping and monitoring water productivity:
Water productivity as a tool to assess performance and potential, identify
factors and diagnose interventions

7. Data Generation and Portals
Water Data Portal http://waterdata.iwmi.org
 Water Information System for Sri Lanka http://wissl.iwmi.org
Irrigated Area Mapping – Asia & Africa
http://104.45.224.123:8080/IWMIApps/Applications/irri_area/
Myanmar Water Information System for Data Management
http://myanmar-preview.iwmi.org – under development with National
Water Resources Committee
Indus Basin Knowledge Portal http://ibkp.iwmi.org/ - under development
Drought Monitoring System
http://104.45.224.123:8080/IWMIApps/Applications/dp/