As part of a feasibility analysis, representatives from the Bureau of Water Conservation and Rehabilitation and the Bureau of International Cooperation, Department of Water Resources (DWR), the Huay Sai Bat Working Group, in collaboration with Khon Kaen University, organised a meeting on 27 October to investigate possible Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Measures, which had been designed according to local vulnerabilities.
Stakeholder consultation and a field visit were organised in order to obtain first-hand experiences of the local conditions as well as create a common understanding with key stakeholders. Both are required for the specific design of EbA measures, which will tackle the local sedimentation problems at the Nong Yai Reservoir.
This and two more field visits in Nakhon Si Thammarat and Ratchaburi are part of DWR’s budgeting process to construct the Eba measures in 2017.