Environmental flows and water reserves: Principles, strategies, and contributions to water and conservation policies in Mexico
| Autor: | A. J. Wickel, Sergio A. Salinas-Rodríguez, Rafael Sánchez-Navarro, Jorge E. Barrios-Ordóñez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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geography
geography.geographical_feature_category business.industry 0208 environmental biotechnology Environmental resource management Drainage basin Declaration Public policy 02 engineering and technology 020801 environmental engineering Environmental flow Environmental water Sustainable management Environmental Chemistry Environmental science Ecosystem Norm (social) business General Environmental Science Water Science and Technology |
| Zdroj: | River Research and Applications. 34:1057-1084 |
| ISSN: | 1535-1459 |
| Popis: | Since the Brisbane Declaration in 2007, implementation of environmental flows in public policies has witnessed a steady increase around the globe. Environmental water reserves are an annual volume that is designated to remain in the ecosystem for the sustainable management of river basins. In Mexico, these reserves are determined on the basis of the Mexican Environmental Flows Norm and must be established at a river basin scale through a presidential decree for 50 years. In this manuscript, we present and discuss the implementation strategy of the norm developed for the National Water Reserves for the Environment Program, and its results in 25 reference sites based on environmental flow assessments conducted from 2012 to 2015 using hydrological and holistic methodologies. An analytical evaluation revealed an overall consistency between the Norm's environmental objectives (baseline) and the current ecological conditions on‐site for the 80% of the cases (96% over high confidence rating). Furthermore, in 72% of the reference sites, the coefficient of variation among the reserve's was below the fourth quartile ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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