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Creating education opportunities for Integrated Catchment Management skills in Lesotho
We need to ensure that natural resources are used wisely so that they are available for us and for future generations. Skills in integrated catchment management are, therefore, critical as...
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Advancing Water Resources Sustainability in Lesotho
The increasing challenges related to water security, exacerbated by rapid urbanisation, population growth and climate variability, necessitate accurate and reliable forecasting methodologies to support sustainable water resources planning. This study...
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PIEVC Assessment Metolong Dam Systems
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ReNOKA’s Operational Plan 2023
ReNOKA’s Operational Plan for 2023 with stakeholders and partners to coordinate their activities for restoration of land and water in Lesotho.
Lethathamo la lintlha-kholo tsa mosebetsi oa ReNOKA
Tokomane ena e hlalosa ka botebo sepheo le leano la lenaneo la boikopanyo ba sechaba le litsebi, le tsejoang ka hore ke ReNOKA (‘we are a river’), leo Lesotho e...
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Regional Policy Harmonization Assessment
The regional policy harmonisation study provides a replicable framework to assess the alignment between international, regional and national policy for Integrated Catchment Management and applies it to the Lesotho context.
BRIEF – Meta-Review: Interventions for Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Lesotho, 1970-2020
Overview of the relevant factors that determine the successes and failures of interventions for the sustainable management of natural resources in Lesotho.
Meta-Review – Interventions for Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Lesotho, 1970-2020
Overview and analysis of the main interventions on sustainable natural resource management in Lesotho carried out by the GoL and its international partners between 1970 and 2020.
Orange-Senqu River Basin Stewardship Learning Journey
This report presents a description of and reflection on the pilot Orange-Senqu Basin (OSB) Stewardship Learning Journey. This project was specifically designed to explore the potential of establishing a multi-stakeholder,...
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ReNOKA Indigenous Knowledge Systems study
A new research study for ReNOKA presents the value of mainstreaming indigenous knowledge systems to address catchment degradation and improve climate resilience.
External Policy Review for ICM in Lesotho
Main findings and recommendations from ICM policy review undertaken in 2020-2021.
Priorities and roadmap for ReNOKA policy harmonisation
Overview of priority actions for policy harmonisation under the ReNOKA programme in 2022 and 2023.
ReNOKA 10 Highlights of 2021
Implementation of ReNOKA in 2021 brought us 10 exciting achievements highlighted in this publication.
ReNOKA Operational Plan 2021
Operational planning of ReNOKA movement activities in 2021 through GIZ support to ICM.
ReNOKA’s Operational Plan 2022
Operational plan 2022 with ReNOKA stakeholders to coordinatetheir activities for restoration of land and water in Lesotho’s catchments.
ReNOKA Factsheet
A brief description of the ReNOKA movement and its change areas in achieving land and water restoration in Lesotho and the Orange-Senqu region.
Lesotho Water Act No. 15 of 2008
An Act to provide for the management, protection, conservation development and sustainable utilisation of water resources
Organizational Structure for Integration Catchment Management in Lesotho
Graphic overview of the organizational structure for ICM in Lesotho
Revised Protocol on Shared Watercourses – 2000 – English
The overall objective of this protocol is to foster closer cooperation for judicious, sustainable and co-ordinated management, protection and utilisation of shared watercourses and advance the SADC agenda of regional...
View resourceLesotho Water Act No. 15 of 2008
An Act to provide for the management, protection, conservation development and sustainable utilisation of water resources
Creating education opportunities for Integrated Catchment Management skills in Lesotho
We need to ensure that natural resources are used wisely so that they are available for us and for future generations. Skills in integrated catchment management are, therefore, critical as...
View resourcePIEVC Assessment Metolong Dam Systems
View resourceReNOKA’s Operational Plan 2023
ReNOKA’s Operational Plan for 2023 with stakeholders and partners to coordinate their activities for restoration of land and water in Lesotho.
Meta-Review – Interventions for Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Lesotho, 1970-2020
Overview and analysis of the main interventions on sustainable natural resource management in Lesotho carried out by the GoL and its international partners between 1970 and 2020.
BRIEF – Meta-Review: Interventions for Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Lesotho, 1970-2020
Overview of the relevant factors that determine the successes and failures of interventions for the sustainable management of natural resources in Lesotho.
ReNOKA Indigenous Knowledge Systems study
A new research study for ReNOKA presents the value of mainstreaming indigenous knowledge systems to address catchment degradation and improve climate resilience.
2014 IWRM Plan Main Report
The purpose of this report is to layout the Commission’s (ORASECOM) 10 year basin-wide Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Plan for the Orange-Senqu River Basin covering the period 2015-2024. This...
View resource020 2014 IWRM Plan Executive Summary
The Global Water Partnership’s definition of IWRM as being “a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources in order to maximise economic and...
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SADC Water 4th Regional Strategic Action Plan English version
Southern Africa is still battling with challenges of water insecurity. These are exacerbated by limited financial capacity in an environment of climate-induced pressures and an ever increasing water demand. Approximately...
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The Economic and Social Value of Water in Lesotho and South Africa: A Macroeconomic Baseline Analysis
Lesotho is the mountain kingdom. It is also one of the most important rainfall catchments in Southern Africa. This blesses Lesotho with abundant water and there is rarely, if ever,...
View resourceLethathamo la lintlha-kholo tsa mosebetsi oa ReNOKA
Tokomane ena e hlalosa ka botebo sepheo le leano la lenaneo la boikopanyo ba sechaba le litsebi, le tsejoang ka hore ke ReNOKA (‘we are a river’), leo Lesotho e...
View resourceRegional Policy Harmonization Assessment
The regional policy harmonisation study provides a replicable framework to assess the alignment between international, regional and national policy for Integrated Catchment Management and applies it to the Lesotho context.
Orange-Senqu River Basin Stewardship Learning Journey
This report presents a description of and reflection on the pilot Orange-Senqu Basin (OSB) Stewardship Learning Journey. This project was specifically designed to explore the potential of establishing a multi-stakeholder,...
View resourceExternal Policy Review for ICM in Lesotho
Main findings and recommendations from ICM policy review undertaken in 2020-2021.
Priorities and roadmap for ReNOKA policy harmonisation
Overview of priority actions for policy harmonisation under the ReNOKA programme in 2022 and 2023.
ReNOKA 10 Highlights of 2021
Implementation of ReNOKA in 2021 brought us 10 exciting achievements highlighted in this publication.
ReNOKA Operational Plan 2021
Operational planning of ReNOKA movement activities in 2021 through GIZ support to ICM.
ReNOKA’s Operational Plan 2022
Operational plan 2022 with ReNOKA stakeholders to coordinatetheir activities for restoration of land and water in Lesotho’s catchments.
ReNOKA Factsheet
A brief description of the ReNOKA movement and its change areas in achieving land and water restoration in Lesotho and the Orange-Senqu region.
Organizational Structure for Integration Catchment Management in Lesotho
Graphic overview of the organizational structure for ICM in Lesotho
Process for the development of Draft Catchment Management Plans 2021-23 for 6 Priority Sub-Catchments
Activity 3.6.5 of the 2014 Long-term Water and Sanitation Strategy includes the preparation of ‘Catchment Management and Development Plans’ in consultation with stakeholders. The Government of Lesotho (GoL) has selected...
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Orange-Senqu River Basin Stewardship Learning Journey Session 1 Mini-Report February 2021
This mini-report presents a description of the first of four sessions of the Orange-Senqu River Basin (OSB) Learning Journey, which was held online on 27 January 2021. The OSB Learning...
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Orange-Senqu River Basin Stewardship Learning Journey Session 2 Mini-Report February 2021
This mini-report presents a description of the second of four sessions of the Orange-Senqu River Basin (OSB) Learning Journey, which was held online on 10 February 2021. The OSB Learning...
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Orange-Senqu River Basin Stewardship Learning Journey Session 3 Mini-Report March 2021
This mini-report presents a description of the third of five sessions of the Orange-Senqu River Basin (OSB) Learning Journey, which was held online on 24 February 2021. The OSB Learning...
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Orange-Senqu River Basin Stewardship Learning Journey Session 4 Mini-Report 10 March 2021
This mini-report presents a description of the fourth of five sessions of the Orange-Senqu River Basin (OSB) Learning Journey, which was held online on 10 March 2021. The OSB Learning...
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Orange-Senqu River Basin Stewardship Learning Journey 17 March 2021
This mini-report presents a description of the final of five sessions of the Orange-Senqu River Basin (OSB) Learning Journey, which was held online on 17 March 2021. The OSB Learning...
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GWP-SA Support to the Lesotho Integrated Catchment Management Programme Analytical framework
The Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWP SA) is a SADC implementing agency and, in that capacity, supports the component “Support to Integrated Catchment Management (ICM) in Lesotho” of the...
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GWP-SA Support to the Lesotho Integrated Catchment Management Programme
The Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWP SA) is a SADC implementing agency and, in that capacity, supports the component “Support to Integrated Catchment Management (ICM) in Lesotho” of the...
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