Inception meeting held on June 29, 2016 at the conference room of the Forestry Department.
The Watershed Management Plan is a Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP) initiative.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide the Water Resource Management Agency (WRMA) with technical assistance in the development of guidelines for watershed management plan preparation in the context of the water and Sewerage Act Cap. 9.08 of 2008 and to develop one critical watershed in keeping with the principles of Integrated Water Resources Management.
Among other things, the consulting team is expected to review current land use and recommended land management/administration in the upper, middle and lower watershed ares; analyze natural hazards that affect the watershed such as slope instabilities, flooding, coastal erosion etc; and list strategies to augment potable water supply within the watershed especially during times of emergency.
The consultancy is for a period of 18 months.
