Improving watershed management in developing countries: A framework for prioritising sites and practices

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dc.contributor.authorPerez, C.en
dc.contributor.authorTschinkel, H.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialGuatemalaen
dc.coverage.spatialBangladeshen
dc.coverage.spatialBoliviaen
dc.coverage.spatialCosta Ricaen
dc.coverage.spatialEcuadoren
dc.coverage.spatialHondurasen
dc.coverage.spatialNigeren
dc.coverage.spatialPerúen
dc.coverage.spatialThailanden
dc.coverage.spatialUgandaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:07:26Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:07:26Zen
dc.date.issued2003en
dc.description.abstractThis paper summarises observations based on previous assessments of watershed management projects in developing countries. These observations are based on a review of the activities of seven private and governmental organizations in Guatemala which were promoting watershed management before and after Hurricane Mitch struck Central America in 1998. Also included are short-term reviews of watershed management projects in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Niger, Peru, Thailand and Uganda. In all of these cases, the authors visited field sites, interviewed project personnel and participant farmers and reviewed project documents and other technical literature. To complement and contrast with their first-hand experience, the authors perused the international literature on watershed management. The paper proposes a framework to prioritise among the long list of possible watershed management activities, and sharpen the intervention focus on those few critical activities and locations capable of yielding a good, long-term payoff for resource users, their communities and the environment.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier238en
dc.identifier.citationAgREN Network Paper no. 129en
dc.identifier.isbn0 85003 676 3en
dc.identifier.other238_watershed.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65301en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLondon, England: Overseas Development Institute. Agricultural Research and Extension Networken
dc.subjectParticipatory processesen
dc.subjectStakeholdersen
dc.subjectNongovernmental organizations (NGOs)en
dc.subjectIncome generationen
dc.subjectEcological restorationen
dc.subjectSustainable developmenten
dc.subjectLand use planningen
dc.subjectProgram planningen
dc.subjectConservation strategyen
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectWatershed managementen
dc.subjectAccountabilityen
dc.subjectWatersheden
dc.titleImproving watershed management in developing countries: A framework for prioritising sites and practicesen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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