adam french: integrated water governance at peru's lake parón

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Slides for presentation to High Mountain Adaptation Partnership in Huaraz, Peru, on 13 July 2013.

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Integrated  Water  Governance  at  Peru’s  Lake  Parón  

Adam  French,  PhD  

University  of  California,  Santa  Cruz/Berkeley  

Environmental  Studies/Energy  and  Resources  Group  

adamkfrench@gmail.com  

Collaborators  César  Portocarrero  Mark  Carey,  University  of  Oregon  EllioJ  O’Brien,  Washington  and  Lee  University  

Further  Reading:  

Carey,  French,  and  O’Brien,  2012.  Unintended  effects  of  technology  on  climate  change  adaptaSon:  an  historical  analysis  of  water  conflicts  below  Andean  glaciers.  Journal  of  Historical  Geography.  

French,  2012.  La  Laguna  Parón:  hacia  la  gesSón  integrada?  La  Revista  Agraria.  

Image  courtesy  of  ANA.  

Lake  Parón  as  a  regulaSng  reservoir  

Discharge  rate  was  >3  X  the  historical  average  (2.58  m3/sec).  

Total  discharge  of  35  million  cubic  meters  annually.  

Lake  level  in  1951  and  2010  

540  hectares  of  HNP  erroneously  Stled  to  Electroperu/Duke  

“an  indiscriminate  use  of  Lake  Parón’s  waters,  in  quanSSes  far  greater  than  the  normal  flow  of  the  river”  

Photo courtesy of PNH.

“Our beautiful lake has become a muddy pond.”

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Annual  Rainy  Seasons  (October-­‐April)  

Yearly  Recharge  of  Lake  Parón  1992-­‐2011  

Volume  

2008  siezure  of  the  lake  infrastructure  by  a  coaliSon  of  local  residents    -­‐-­‐failure  of  formal  complaints    -­‐-­‐absence  of  effecSve  mediaSon  by  state  insStuSons    -­‐-­‐overlapping  and  incompaSble  laws  and  rights  

2009:  lake  fills  to  the  brim  (4190  m);  technical  inspecSons  provide    spaces  of  engagement  and  social  learning  for  diverse  actors  

2010:  lake  fills  again  (>4190  m);  state  of  emergency  declared;    management  commiJee  formed;  lake  successfully  lowered    

2011:  conSnued  operaSon  by  commiJee;  technical  problems,    governance  problems  

2012-­‐13:  conSnued  efforts  to  complete  maintenance  and  form  management  commiJee    

Many Thanks!

CEPES: El Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales

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