ASSESS-HKH: Development of an Assessment System to Evaluate the Ecological Status of Rivers in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region
- Wasser - Atmosphäre - Umwelt
- Beitrag für "Forschung für Entwicklung" (EZA)
Abstract
The ASSESS-HKH Project is an EU funded project under FP6, INCO DEV and addresses research priority A.2.1. (managing humid and semi-humid ecosystems), which is part of the chapter 10.3.1.A of the specific measures in support of international co-operation in developing countries (Contract Number INCO-CT 2005-003659). The Hindu Kush-Himalayan region is not only the world's highest mountain region, but also the most populous, covering some 3,500 km² over eight countries from Pakistan in the west to Myan-mar in the east. It sustains approximately 140 million people and affects the lives of more than three times as many in the plains and river basins below. The HKH region is a vast storehouse of hydropower, timber, firewood, medicinal plants, rich minerals and last, but not least, water. The specific and verifiable objectives of the ASSESS-HKH Project are: 1. Develop and validate a three-tier methodology to identify environmental hot spots in rivers of the HKH region. For incrementally complex ecological assessment using benthic inverte-brates from a manually calculated overview method to computer-aided detail analyses of se-lected regions or sites. 2. Adapt and further develop an information management tool (application software and data-bases) to perform analysis calculations for quantification and rating of ecological status of rivers based on biotic (i.e. macroinvertebrate) data. 3. To interpret ecological data collected in the HKH region to validate the assessment method-ology and information management tool and provide a basis for policy recommendation, transnational water resource planning and ecosystem management. 4. Capacity building of local scientists in the field of recognition and application of criteria for biological indicators in ecosystem management. 5. Dissemination and awareness creation on the importance and usefulness of biological indicators in ecosystem management.
Publications
Current Status of the HKH Macroinvertebrate Taxa Catalogue With Ecological Information. Deliverable 11 for ASSESS-HKH
Autoren: Schmidt-Kloiber A., Brabec K. Jahr: 2007
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
external links and characteristics of the publication:HKH Eco-data Management Tool (ECODAT) Functional Specifications. Deliverable 12 for ASSESS-HKH
Autoren: Vogl R., Schmidt-Kloiber A., Brabec K. Jahr: 2007
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
external links and characteristics of the publication:Development of a field screening methodology to evaluate the ecological status of the streams in the HKH region
Autoren: Hartmann A., Moog, O. Jahr: 2008
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
external links and characteristics of the publication:Results and Consequences from the ASSESS-HKH project in Bangladesh
Autoren: Bari M.F, Badruzzaman A.B.M., Alam M.S., Hoque M.M., Saha M., Huber T., Fliedl B., Rahman M.A. Jahr: 2008
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
external links and characteristics of the publication:Aquatic macroinvertebrates as bio-indicators: a new approach for river quality assessment in Bangladesh
Autoren: Alam M.S., Hoque M.M., Bari M.F., Badruzzaman A.B.M., Huber T., Fliedl B. Jahr: 2008
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
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Description of a simple operative to down typology for the HKH region. Deliverable 4.
Autoren: Sharma S., Moog O. Jahr: 2005
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
external links and characteristics of the publication:Manual for the ASSESS-HKH data-input and calculation program (HKHdip) Version 4.0.- Deliverabel 14.1 for ASSESS-HKH
Autoren: Schmidt-Kloiber A., Vogl R. & Brabec K. Jahr: 2008
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
external links and characteristics of the publication:Contirbution to the knowledge of aquatic macorinvertebrates from the Hindu Kush-Himalaya
Autoren: Sharma S., Moog O., Schmidt-Kloiber A., Brabec K. Jahr: 2008
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
external links and characteristics of the publication:The ASSESS-HKH project: Context, approach, objectives and results.
Autoren: Stubauer I., O. Moog, D. Hering, T. Korte, A. Hoffmann, K. Brabec, S. Sharma, M. Shrestha, M.A. Kahlown, M.A. Tahir, A. Kumar, M.P. Sharma, M.F. Bari, A.B.M. Badruzzaman, G.K. Chhopel Jahr: 2008
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
external links and characteristics of the publication:ASSESS-HKH Methodology Manual describing fundamentals & application of three approaches to evaluate the river quality based on benthic invertebrates: HKH screening, HKH score bioassessment & HKH multimetric bioassessment
Autoren: Hartmann A., Moog O., Ofenböck T., Korte T. Sharma S., Hering D., Baki A.B.M. Jahr: 2007
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
external links and characteristics of the publication:The effect of environmental conditions on the taxonomic and functional structure of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in the Hindu Kush- Himalaya region
Autoren: Syrovatka V., Brabec K., Korte T., Graf W., Nesemann H., Petrivalska K., Huber T., Hartmann A., Tachamo R.D., Shah D.N., Alam M.S., Hoque M.M., Saha M., Aziz A., Sharma S., Chhopel G.K., Tomanova S., Kubosova K. Jahr: 2008
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
external links and characteristics of the publication:A survey of the caddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera) of Bhutan, with suggestions for further research
Autoren: Malicky H., Chhopel G.K., Moog O. Jahr: 2008
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
external links and characteristics of the publication:Comparison of macorinvertebrate feeding strategies in streams from Asia, South America nd Europe
Autoren: Brabec K., Tomanova S., Syrovatka V., Petrivalska K., Hering D., Sharma S., Miserendino L., Moya N., Rozkovsky R., Soldan T., Graf W., Korte T., Schmidt-Kloiber A., Tachamo R.D., Kubosova K., Jarkovsky J. Jahr: 2008
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
external links and characteristics of the publication:Development of an Assessment System to Evaluate the Ecological Status of Rivers in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region Based on Benthic Invertebrates
Autoren: Stubauer I., Moog O., Badruzzaman A.B., Bari M.F., Brabec K., Chhopel G.K., Hering D., Hoffmann A., Kahlown M.A., Kumar A., Sharma M.P., Sharma S., Shrestha M., Tahir M.A. Jahr: 2007
Journal articles
external links and characteristics of the publication:ASSESS-HKH Methodology Manual describing fundamentals & application of three approaches to evaluate the river quality based on benthic invertebrates: HKH screening, HKH score bioassessment & HKH multimetric bioassessment. Deliverable 10 for ASSESS-HKH
Autoren: Hartmann A., Moog O., Ofenböck T., Korte T., Sharma S., Hering D., Baki A.B.M Jahr: 2008
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
external links and characteristics of the publication:List of reference criteria for the individual stream types and list of reference sites to be investigated. Deliverable 5.
Autoren: Sharma S., Moog O. Jahr: 2005
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
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Status report on sampling (incl. site protocol) and laboratory results entered into database for use in WP5. Deliverable 9.
Autoren: Sharma S., Stubauer I., Hartmann A., Korte T. Jahr: 2007
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
external links and characteristics of the publication:Development of an Assessment System to Evaluate the Ecological Status of Rivers in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region
Autoren: Moog O., Stubauer I. Jahr: 2007
Chapter in collected volumes
external links and characteristics of the publication:Manual for the ASSESS-HKH calculation module – Screening (HKHscreening).- Deliverable 14.2 for ASSESS-HKH
Autoren: Schmidt-Kloiber A., Vogl R., Brabec K. Jahr: 2008
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
external links and characteristics of the publication:Manual for the ASSESS-HKH calculation module – Score Bioassessment (HKHbios).- Deliverable 14.3. for ASSESS HKH
Autoren: Schmidt-Kloiber A., Vogl R., Brabec K. Jahr: 2008
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
external links and characteristics of the publication:Analysis of access rights for exploitation and further research including a proposal for continuing and extending biological river assessment in the HKH-region after project completion. Deliverable 19 for ASSESS-HKH
Autoren: Korte T., Hering D., Stubauer I., Moog O. Jahr: 2008
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
external links and characteristics of the publication:Development and application ogf the HKH Biotic Score to assess the river quality in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya
Autoren: Ofenböck T., Moog O., Sharma S. Jahr: 2008
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
external links and characteristics of the publication:Development of the HKH-Index for ecological river quality
Autoren: Korte T., Hering D., Baki A.B.M., Ofenböck T., Hartmann A. Jahr: 2008
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
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Project staff
Otto Moog
Ao.Univ.-Prof.i.R. Dr.phil. Otto Moog
otto.moog@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81211
Project Leader
15.04.2005 - 14.04.2008
Ilse Schwarzinger
Dipl.-Ing.Dr. Ilse Schwarzinger
ilse.schwarzinger@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-10118
Sub Projectleader
15.04.2005 - 14.04.2008
Wolfram Graf
Assoc. Prof. Priv.Doz.Dr. Wolfram Graf
wolfram.graf@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81221
Project Staff
15.04.2005 - 14.04.2008
Anne Hartmann
Dipl.-Ing.Dr.nat.techn. Anne Hartmann
anne.hartmann@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81208
Project Staff
15.04.2005 - 14.04.2008
Thomas Huber
Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Huber
thomas.huber@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81224
Project Staff
15.04.2005 - 14.04.2008
Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber
Dipl.-Ing.Dr. Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber
ask@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81225
Project Staff
15.04.2005 - 14.04.2008
Martin Seebacher
Martin Seebacher
martin.seebacher@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81220
Project Staff
15.04.2005 - 14.04.2008
Robert Vogl
Ing. Robert Vogl
robert.vogl@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81225
Project Staff
15.04.2005 - 14.04.2008
BOKU partners
External partners
University of Duisburg-Essen
Dr. Daniel Hering
partner
Masaryk University
Dr. Karel Brabec
partner
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Dr. Andreas Hoffmann
partner
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Dr. Madira Shresta
partner
Kathmandu University
Dr. Subodh Sharma
partner
Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources
Dr. Muhammad Akram Kalown
partner
Alternate Hydro Energy Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Dr. Mahendra Pal Sharma
partner
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Dr. Mohammad Fazlul Bari
partner
National Environment Commission Secretariat - The Royal Governement of Bhutan
Dr. G. Karma Chhopel
partner