In other words, how deforestation watershed degradation affected the human life, which ironically, has been mainly caused by human activities. The application of community based watershed management cbwm is the most modern and recently. This is the group which will lead the community to create and implement the wmp. Summary of integrated watershed management approaches. How four community and partnership based water groups in the basin seek to advance watershed health goals in their respective watersheds. Community management of natural resources in africa. Based on successful watershed management efforts like these across the country, this tutorial presents four core principles of watershed management. In view of this, the government ethiopia announces 30 days public campaign work for implementation of watershed management practices in the last four years all over the country. Features of watershed that agencies seek to manage. It further, offers an opportunity for farmers to experiment and learn in their. Managing a watershed a resource guide for community. Impacts of community based watershed management on. Annual workplan 19992000 the 19992000 annual workplan is developed following the inception phase report premises.
If you would like to order a free copy of this publication, please call the national service. Ethiopia ethiopia is a large country having 1 million hectares that is endowed with diverse climatic and physiographic. Research about the role of community based watershed management in pdf. The effects of community based watershed management on. Communitybased watershed management is an approach to water resource protection, restoration and development that enables individuals, groups, and institutions with a stake in management outcomes often called stakeholders to participate in identifying and addressing local issues that affect or are affected by watershed functions. It also set out to examine some of the weaknesses, gaps and shortfalls that have. Scaling up an integrated watershed management approach. Watershed management is continuous and needs a multidisciplinary approach. Community based watershed management southeast alaska. Issn 10204466 developing participatory and integrated. Communitybased watershed management lessons from the national estuary program february, 2005.
Community adoption of watershed management practices at. Unicef programme division is pleased to present the water handbook part of the guidelines series on water, environment and sanitation. Lessons from the national estuary program nep is designed for all individuals and organizations involved in watershed management, including states, tribes, local governments, and nongovernmental organizations. Community participation index, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
Detection of subtle changes over time requires more detailed. Community watersheds were first defined by the guidelines for watershed management of crown lands used as community water supplies in 1980. To reduce erosion effects, soil and water conservation practices have been promoted at farm level and watershed scaleexecuted via mass community mobilization program. Consequently, the rivers, streams, wetlands and lakes of a given watershed area can provide ecological services that maintain the health. Research about the role of community based watershed. Participatory integrated watershed management project completion report pcr 3 ffectiveness 010105 053105 5,0. Community based watershed restoration in heeia heeia ahupuaa, oahu, hawaiian islands.
Clean water act, section 320, as amended national estuary program a. Cognizant of the prevailing land degradation and the consequent livelihood challenges, the local government in collaboration with the local people had introduced watershed management in the area in 2005. United nations research, extension and watershed management project world food programme community based participatory watershed development part 1 january 2005 addis ababa ethiopia first edition a guideline moard before after community based participatory watershed development a guideline. The overall intention of this work was assessing community adoption of watershed management practices at kindo didaye district, by taking 6%40hhs randomly selected households from the watershed. Impacts, experiences and future directions in many parts of africa, local communities have depended on, and managed, wildlife as a key resource since the stone age. A key insight was the economic benefits that arose for communities once the upper catchment areas of a watershed.
In order to alleviate the aforementioned problems, the role of effective watershed management is indispensable. How these groups contribute to watershed governance and what lessons they might offer others in the basin and more broadly in other regions in bc. Pdf a contingent valuation approach to communitybased. Community based participatory watershed development. Read online community based integrated watershed management book pdf free download link book now. Communitybased watershed management project global. Venkatesan programme officer and team leader, dhan foundation, 18 pillaiyar koil street, s. The decentralization of managing tactics enables local people to deal with the unique social, political and.
This approach focused on the joining of different stakeholders in integrated watershed. Pdf assessment of community based watershed management. Communitybased watershed management handbook estuaries. Community based watershed management could be a signi cant factor in helping the government achieve its aim of making agriculture the driving force of economic development in ethiopia. Watershed management is the study of the relevant characteristics of a watershed aimed at the sustainable distribution of its resources and the process of creating and implementing plans, programs and projects to sustain and enhance watershed functions that affect the plant, animal, and human communities within the watershed boundary. Tamil nadu, india abstract the early watershed development programme in india launched in the year 1974 and the subsequent. Watershed management approach for climate change adaptation. The gotg seeks to address the environmental degradation and declining agricultural. Download community based integrated watershed management book pdf free download link or read online here in pdf. A resource guide for community planners 2 part one how to create a watershed management plan step 1.
The global environment objective of the gef project is to introduce sustainable land management practices at the local and regional commune levels, in order to limit land. Severe overgrazing and the recent drought have contributed to the decline of the livestock population, and reduction in ground cover in hillsides has led to floods, widespread soil erosion, and reduced water retention in aquifers. Introduction the rainfed agriculture contributes 58 per cent to worlds food basket from 80 per. It can prevent community water shortage, poor water quality, flooding and erosion. Gambia participatory integrated watershed management. Pdf participatory and integrated watershed management and. Lessons from the national estuary program nep assistive technology. Community based integrated watershed management pdf book. Soil erosion is one of the major causes for food insecurity, and environmental degradation in ethiopia. Communitybased management cbm is a bottom up approach of organization which can be facilitated by an upper government or ngo structure but it aims for local stakeholder participation in the planning, research, development, management and policy making for a community as a whole.
Assessment of community based watershed management. For individuals with disabilities, download a copy of the full document in pdf format designed for use with screen reader software applications. Therefore a communitybased watershed management expects to build the capacity and awareness of the local communities and involve them meaningfully to restore and manage their local water. Planning and implementing communitybased integrated watershed management. This document describes innovative approaches to watershed management implemented by. This showed that the level of community participation in the study area fall within moderate level category. Deteriorating watersheds and water quality were some of the emerging issues popping up across the country. Integrated watershed management iwm is a continuous adaptive process of managing human activities and ecosystems at the watershed scale that integrates multiple concepts and methods, including water and land use planning and management e.
Community based natural resource management cbnrm program initiatives of the. The opportunity ethiopia has a history of watershed management initiatives dating back to the 1970s. Communitybased watershed restoration in heeia heeia. The countrys limited forest resources suffered depletion to meet demands from lucrative export markets and for firewood.
Assessment of community based watershed management practices. Adarsha watershed, kothapally india an innovative and upscalable approach. For many years water has been considered to be a plentiful. Communitybased watershed management in santo andre 3 and responsive to the needs of informal settlements, and to create the basis for an environmentally sustainable human settlement in the watershed area. Pdf community adoption of watershed management practices.
Watershed management guidebook integrated environmental. This report represents a major step by the world bank toward improving the understanding of watershed management in india, based on. Farmerparticipatory integrated watershed management. The primary objective of the research is to assess the role of community based watershed management for climate change adaptation, in the case of mariamshewito watershed in adwa. Pdf watershed management approach for climate change.
Assessment of the effectiveness of watershed management. Watersheds are natural systems that we can work with. Community based study groups soil and water conservation with a focus on water harvesting. Assess household participation and management practices in the study area. In the 1990s, the guidelines were expanded and updated to protect drinking water in community watersheds from the impacts of multiple resource use such as logging, road building, recreation and agriculture. Keeping these in view the study entitled watershed management in highlands of ethiopia.
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