Download or read book Community Engagement in Watershed Governance written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Enhancing and Sustaining Stakeholders Participation in Watershed Management written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water Governance Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainable Water Resources Management written by Sharon B. Megdal and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Water Governance, Stakeholder Engagement, and Sustainable Water Resources Management" that was published in Water
Download or read book Community Engagement in Watershed Governance written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many share an interest in strengthening water stewardship for the benefit of communities and ecosystems.1,32 This report provides information about new opportunities for watershed protection under the WSA, and the various ways in which community-based watershed groups in the Basin are supporting conservation and stewardship and contributing to watershed governance. [...] Appendix A outlines some of the water and watershed roles and responsibilities of these various levels of government (Indigenous, federal, provincial and local) and details some of the related activities of improvement districts and small water systems, and water licensees. [...] Appendix B touches on the role of the Columbia River Treaty (CRT) in the context of watershed governance in the Basin and the broader international Columbia River system. [...] The moratorium was a response to the expressed concerns of residents and elected officials that development and population growth were overwhelming the lake's capacity to protect traditional uses, fish and wildlife habitat and recreational and water quality values. [...] Ongoing Community Outreach and Education The LWMP also mandates the committee to continue engaging and educating residents of and visitors to the Invermere and Lake Windermere areas about the watershed.
Download or read book Management of Upland Watersheds written by Jean Jacques Bochet and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Citizen science in community based watershed management written by Nigussie, Likimyelesh and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working Papers The publications in this series record the work and thinking of IWMI researchers, and knowledge that the Institute’s scientific management feels is worthy of documenting. This series will ensure that scientific data and other information gathered or prepared as a part of the research work of the Institute are recorded and referenced. Working Papers could include project reports, case studies, conference or workshop proceedings, discussion papers or reports on progress of research, country-specific research reports, monographs, etc. Working Papers may be copublished, by IWMI and partner organizations. Although most of the reports are published by IWMI staff and their collaborators, we welcome contributions from others. Each report is reviewed internally by IWMI staff. The reports are published and distributed both in hard copy and electronically (www.iwmi.org) and where possible all data and analyses will be available as separate downloadable files. Reports may be copied freely and cited with due acknowledgment. About IWMI The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is an international, research-for-development organization that works with governments, civil society and the private sector to solve water problems in developing countries and scale up solutions. Through partnership, IWMI combines research on the sustainable use of water and land resources, knowledge services and products with capacity strengthening, dialogue and policy analysis to support implementation of water management solutions for agriculture, ecosystems, climate change and inclusive economic growth. Headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, IWMI is a CGIAR Research Center and leads the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). www.iwmi.org
Download or read book Community Participation in Watershed Management written by Jaime Lopez Wolters and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Community Based Watershed Management written by U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and published by Government Institutes. This book was released on 2006 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applicable to watershed protection and restoration efforts in both coastal and non-coastal areas, this handbook describes 28 watershed management approaches. It features principles and lessons that examine approaches to integrating science and management, fostering collaborative decision-making, and involving the public.
Download or read book New Strategies for America s Watersheds written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-04-28 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emergence of a toxic organism like pfisteria in tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay has focused public attention on potential hazards in our water. More importantly, it has reminded us of the importance of the entire watershed to the health of any body of water and how political boundaries complicate watershed management. New Strategies for America's Watersheds provides a timely and comprehensive look at the rise of "watershed thinking" among scientists and policymakers and recommends ways to steer the nation toward improved watershed management. The volume defines important terms, identifies fundamental issues, and explores reasons why now is the time to bring watersheds to the forefront of ecosystem management. In a discussion of scale and scope, the committee examines how to expand the watershed from a topographic unit to a framework for integrating natural, social, and economic perspectives as they share the same geographic space. The volume discusses: Regional variations in climate, topography, demographics, institutions, land use, culture, and law. Roles and interaction of federal, state, and local agencies. Availability or lack of pertinent data. Options for financing. The committee identifies critical points in watershed planning to ensure appropriate stakeholder involvement and integration of science, policy, and environmental ethics.
Download or read book Impacts of State Involvement on Community based Collaborative Watershed Management written by Sara Jean Schott Nikolic and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As non-point source pollution has emerged as the leading cause of water quality impairment, governments have increasingly invested in community-based collaborative watershed initiatives to devise and implement strategies to address pollution problems. It is unclear however what social and environmental consequences exist for government involvement in such community-based collaborative efforts. The present study examines the Ohio Watershed Coordinator Grant Program, a six-year program in which state agencies offered funding, training and monitoring to community-based collaborative watershed organizations in Ohio. Through a comparative case analysis of 18 watershed organizations and in-depth longitudinal case studies of a sub-set of two organizations, we find that government involvement may yield a variety of impacts, some more positive than others, across the spectrum of organizational experience, from organization genesis to social and environmental outcomes. Such impacts vary by key organizational characteristics, such as type and age, and speak to emergent models in environmental management and governance literatures.
Download or read book Meta analysis to Assess Impact of Watershed Program and People s Participation written by and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2005 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With reference to watershed programs in India.
Download or read book Campesino Community Participation in Watershed Management written by Nancy Galewski and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of threats face campesino communities' water management practices in the Callejón de Huaylas (upper region of the Santa Watershed). Competition for water resources is escalating due to increasing demand, decreasing supply, and a rise in contamination levels, leaving campesino communities in a precarious state as a result of their marginalized position in Peruvian society. Competition for water resources occurs between upstream and downstream users and amongst sectors including mining, agriculture, hydropower, and domestic water users. The national government recently passed an integrated water resource management system to improve water governance. However, bureaucratic tendencies make it unlikely that campesinos will receive an adequate share of resources. Campesino communities in the Callejón need to adopt new strategies to improve their position vis á-vis other sectors and resist capture of resources. Campesinos are important to the discussion of water resource management because they have long established systems of self-regulated management and need to be included in the new system of watershed governance. This research first examines local water management strategies and integrated water management through four characteristics: 1) how is water framed, 2) is decision-making participatory, 3) is water management appropriate to the local and regional level, and 4) is it possible to monitor activity and impose consequences for unauthorized water usage. Interviews with campesino community members and leaders, local officials, regional representatives, and non-governmental organizations found opportunities to collaborate between groups and transfer some management responsibilities to a more regional watershed scale. Second, this research examines the opportunities and barriers to scaling up traditional management practices to meet regional needs while ensuring local water availability. Scaling decision-making is imperative for successful integrated water management and will allow campesino communities to continue to manage their water to meet local needs. Shifting the decision-making scale may facilitate more effective watershed governance with campesino community participation.
Download or read book Bioregional Communication written by Corrintha Elizabeth Seaman and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis is a qualitative study about community participation in watershed management. Specifically, it looks for evidence of bottom-up participation. The study is a meta-evaluation of eighteen watershed projects from the perspective of local change agents. The watershed projects are evaluated in terms of levels of participation from top-down to bottom-up. Agent understandings of participation, their processes of building citizen partnerships and their experiences of trust within communities are explored. The findings show that there is no consensus among agents on what bottom-up participation means, that participation falls along a continuum from ritual to authentic and that participation depends on building trust between diverse stakeholders. The study suggests that authentic communication among diverse stakeholders can build trust, social networks and shared social norms necessary for sustainable bioregions. Beyond this, the notion of synchronicity adds an element of coincidence, or randomness to the dynamics of a project.
Download or read book Community based Watershed Management written by and published by Government Institutes. This book was released on 2005 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applicable to watershed protection and restoration efforts in both coastal and non-coastal areas, this handbook describes 28 watershed management approaches. It features principles and lessons that examine approaches to integrating science and management, fostering collaborative decision-making, and involving the public.
Download or read book Social Participation in Water Governance and Management written by Kate A. Berry and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2010 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Social participation in water management and governance recently became a reality in many economies and societies. Yet the dimensions in which power regulation, social equity and democracy-building are connected with participation have been only tangentially analyzed for the water sector. Understanding the growing interest in social participation involves appreciating the specificity of the contemporary period within its historic and geographic contexts as well as uncovering larger political, economic and cultural trends of recent decades which frame participatory actions. Within a wide variety of cases presented from around the world, the reader will find critical analyses of participation and an array of political ecological processes that influence water governance. Sixteen chapters from a diverse group of scholars and practitioners examine water rights definition, hydropower dam construction, urban river renewal, irrigation organizations, water development NGOs, river basin management, water policy implementation and judicial decision-making in water conflicts. Yet there are commonalities in participatory experiences across this spectrum of water issues. The book's five sections highlight key dimensions of contemporary water management that influence, and in turn are influenced by, social participation. These sections are: participation and indigenous water governance; participation and the dynamics of gender in water management; participation and river basin governance; participation and implementation of water management and participation and the politics of water governance."--Back cover.
Download or read book Community Participation in Watershed Management Programs written by Reza Bagherian and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Problem statement: Several studies in other countries had shown the influence of socio demographic, knowledge, satisfaction and attitudinal factors in level of community participation in development programs. The question here is, whether these factors would also be effective on community participation in other countries? Determine the factors which are influence community participation in order to enhance their participation in Watershed Management Programs (WMP) in Iran. Approach: A cross sectional survey design was carried out for this study. Data were collected from 200 respondents which are randomly selected from three villages in Hable-Rud basin. Data were gathered through personal interviews by using a questionnaire. Descriptive analysis, Pearson product moment analysis and multiple regression analysis were employed to analyze the data. Results: Findings of this study showed that satisfaction of prior program had highest relationship with level of participation (r=0.518, p=0.000), followed by Attitude toward WMP (r=0.489, p=0.000) Knowledge of WMP (r=0.435, p=0.000), total monthly income (r=0.177, p=0.012 and alternative monthly income (r=0.158, p=0.025). However multiple regression analysis discovered that, among them four independent variables are important for explaining variation in the levels of participation. These variables were; satisfaction of prior programs, attitude toward WMP, knowledge of WMP and alternative income and explained 43.6% of variation in the level of participation. Conclusion: The results of this study indicated that high level of satisfaction of prior programs, positive attitude toward WMP, high knowledge of WMP and high level of income increase the level of community participation in WMP in Iran. This study also provided a number of implications and suggestion to increase the level of participation in WMP.
Download or read book Community Participation in Watershed Management written by Society for Applied Anthropology and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
