IWRM and The Temple of Sustainable Development

The balance of temple of sustainable development maintained and is based upon the resting upon IWRM (Integrated Water Resource Development). And IWRM is process not a result, which is being stabilized on the fact that demand of water resources for following three key uses is in equilibrium and harmony. 

1. Water for people
2. Water for food
3. Water for Nature

And the utilization of water resources for one purpose does not affect others in an unreasonable way. 

IWRM has four basic contents

1. Policy and legal framework
2. Management Instruments
3. Institutional framework
4. Infrastructure

These four basic contents of the IWRM are discussed in detail in a separate article.

IWRM Roamap - 25 Point Generalized Approach

IWRM Roadmap is a generalised approach, adopted by Asian Development Bank in order to evaluate the Rivers Basin’s Integrated and sustainable exploitations. Following is IWRM Road map in tabular form. Scoring process of ADB IWRM roadmap relies on an expert who knows well about the target basin, for instance senior staff in RBO. The criterion for scoring is narrative description of developmental stages of each IWRM element

And as stated by  ADB

            “Achieving IWRM in a river basin is a long-term process, and each basin is different.

This generic roadmap illustrates the incremental results of introducing IWRM elements in stages. A score of 30 out of 100 is taken as an indication of good achievement in introducing IWRM in the river basin.”

IWRM Element	Time to Start IWRM 0 points	IWRM On Its Way 2 points	IWRM Getting Results 4 points	Status Score
River basin organization	No RBO exists yet	RBO has been formed but mandate is not well-defined; and organizational set-up and operational responsibilities need improvement	RBO operates under a clear mandate and organizational-set-up; and improves its performance through capacity building programs

IWRM and Dublin Statment

Dublin Statement is also known as Dublin Statement on Water and Sustainable Development  is famous for its four concluding principals called Dublin Principals. The conference was organized by ICWE (International Conference on Water and Environment ), and was held in Dublin, Ireland in 1992. The conference was a form of last preparatory meeting

International Collaborations on Mekong River

The Mekong River Basin has always been used for fishing, irrigation and navigation by the riparian people. The first structured exploration of the river basin began with a French Mekong expedition at the end of the 19^th century (Wikipedia, 2010). Until the 1950s the Mekong River was described as the "only large river left in the world, besides the Amazon, which remained virtually unexploited."(Nakayama, 2002: pp. 274–275. in Wikipedia, 2010) The decolonization of Indochina by the Geneva Accords in the middle of the 20^th century enabled a common water management of the Mekong River Basin by the four riparian countries Vietnam, Lao PDR, Cambodia and Thailand. 

The history of International