The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has implemented the programme of "the Diagnosis of Water Problems and Management Solutions in Zhejiang Province”. In order to collect recommendations and suggestions, the programme staff of the TNC visited GWP China on June 4, 2014. Prof. Wang Hao and Prof. Jiang Yunzhong from GWP China were invited by the TNC to serve as the experts’ team leader and consultant of this programme respectively. Prof. Wang Hao and Prof. Jiang Yunzhong, on behalf of GWP China, gave their professional comments on the programme.
This consultancy programme was initiated by the Zhejiang Province Government and implemented by the TNC. It aims at diagnosing and analyzing the problems of water management and their impact on ecosystem as well as economic and social development in Zhejiang Province. Combining with the actual situation of Zhejiang Province, the programme introduces the successful international experience to develop a practical ecological management plan as the reference to the existing water management plan and implementation measures. Through ecological methods, the programme will analyze the challenges and opportunities to the water resources management in Zhejiang Province, and then put forward a set of response programs in short, middle and long-term. Meanwhile, it also covers the assessment of the influence on environment, economy and society.
The programme is implemented from May to November, 2014. GWP China plays one of cooperation partners and sends Prof. Wang Hao and Prof. Jiang Yunzhong to serve as the experts’ team leader and consultant of the programme respectively.