Integrated Watershed Management

LAND
OCEAN
ATMOSPHERE
ENVIRONMENT
SOCIETY
SPACE
INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
Watershed management deals with the conservation, regeneration and
judicious use of resources (land, water, plants, animals, etc.) by human
beings. The Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India has launched
Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) by modifying
erstwhile programmes namely, Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP),
Desert Development Programme (DDP) and Integrated Wastelands
Development Programme (IWDP) of the Department of Land Resources.
IWMP is aimed towards restoration of ecological balance by harnessing,
conservation and development of natural resources, especially in rainfed
areas of the country.
The space based remote sensing technology, especially with the
availability of high spatial and temporal resolution satellite data and
aided with Geographic Information System (GIS) tools could be effectively
used for watershed management and monitoring activities. The
geospatial technology helps in baseline survey, planning for development
activities, monitoring and evaluation, apply mid-course corrections and
assessing long-term effectiveness of the programme implemented.
MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS
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watersheds scale (~ 60,000 no.)
into national framework for
monitoring and evaluation
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High-resolution satellite images
for impact assessment in terms
of biophysical changes
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Android-based online inventory
of assets created, coupled with
Web-GIS based visualisation
and reporting
Monitoring and Evaluation of Watersheds
Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development
Database integration at micro-
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MAJOR BENEFITS
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Uniform evaluation of
watershed development
programme across the country
using ortho-rectified highresolution satellite image
Regular IWMP Micro-watersheds
Approach for M&E
HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE DATA FOR IWMP
WATERSHEDS
database
Special IWMP Micro-watersheds
Monitoring and Evaluation of Watersheds
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Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development
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creation of future action plans
Project-wise Summary
State: ANDHRA PRADESH, Year: 2011-12, District: CUDDAPAH
Quality checks
using legacy/ multi-thematic
IWMP WEB PAGE ON BHUVAN
(Customization, Visualization & Querying)
layers
Capacity Building - SLNAs / Watershed Teams
·
processes
Quality checks
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Prioritisation of target areas at
national level and modeling of
Field data collection
(State Machinery / Mobile services)
M & E of IWMP watersheds
(Through indicators)
Open source mapper tools for
Summary Reporting
Indian Remote Sensing Satellites
Indian Space Research Organisation
LAND
OCEAN
ATMOSPHERE
ENVIRONMENT
SOCIETY
SPACE
INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
OPERATIONAL PRODUCTS/ SERVICES
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Employing watershed-based development
framework helps to implement, regulate,
correct, assess and report the interactions of
man and nature for harmonious development
of resources
Monitoring and evaluation of watersheds
using Remote Sensing and GIS tools enables
quality implementation and mid-course
corrections
Spatial database of watersheds in 50 districts for
monitoring by PMO as well as for watersheds in
10 States across country collated on Bhuvan
Check dam
2003
2003
2005
2006
2009
2007
Temporal changes in a watershed
Android tool
Multi-thematic Layers:
Prioritisation Inputs for Action Plans
Portal Flow
Monitoring and Evaluation of Watersheds
Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development
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Image
service
Upload data
Progress
Reports
Mapper Tool
Analysis
High-resolution satellite images at 2.5m
spatial resolution, coupled with open source
handheld geo-tagged field data inventory tool
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Citizen
access
Indian Space Research Organisation