Professional Documents
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Watershed Management
Development Programmes
Review and Assessment of
Watershed Management Strategies
and Approaches
Food and Agricultural Organization of the
United Nations (FAO)
Background
FAO-ICIMOD expert consultation
in Kathmandu, Nepal (1985)
Since then, much progress has
been achieved
Emerging key issues
Concrete Steps
Consultations with technical divisions in
FAO/key actors involved in watershed
management
Inventory and analysis of FAO watershed
management projects 1990-2000
Assessment of existing reviews of
watershed management experience
within and (outside) FAO
Case studies for in-depth review of key
issues and identification of good
practices
Dissemination of
results:
Publication/Conservatio
n Guide on future
watershed
management
projects/programmes
website
Stocktaking Preliminary
Recommendations
Future Scenario
1. Treating symptoms of WS
degradation
Future Scenario
4. Stakeholder
participatory learning
and technology
development process
that builds on
indigenous technology
& addresses local
research needs
Future Scenario
5. Diffuse focus of
WSM that often
maximizes production
of watershed resources
& commodities with
less emphasis on the
water resource
5. Sustainable
multiple-use mgmt
that combines water
resources development
with compatible land
use production
systems
Present Scenario
Future Scenario
6. Assimilation of
integrated rural
development
approaches into
WSM development
projects
and programmes
6. Multiple-use mgmt
of natural resources
(renewable and
nonrenewable) in
uplands with
emphasis on water &
soil resources;
implemented by
relevant line agency
FAO/EOMF
European Regional Workshop
A group of 29 professionals from 20
countries and 11 international
organizations gathered in Megve on 4
September with the following objectives:
Assess and identify achievements and existing gaps
in watershed management programmes in Europe
Identify lessons learned and principal issues emerging
from past experiences in the region
Identify guidelines for the formulation and
implementation of the next generation of watershed
management programmes
Workshop Agenda
Nine Technical papers presented
and discussed
Three working groups convened to
discuss:
1. Technologies/Approaches
2. Research and Technology Transfer
3. Socio-economic Aspects
Technologies/Approaches
Financing (payment for watershed services,
Government commitment)
Techniques and desired results
(Sustainability and replicability, prevention
instead of restoration)
Watershed management concept for the
future
(Rural programme development versus water
resources conservation and sustainable use ?)
Scale of watershed management with
respect to impact (Local, Reg., National)
Socio-economic Aspects
Because of socio-economic
complexity: WSM programmes
should be designed with
multifunctional criteria
Collaborative design and
management involving all
stakeholders is a prerequisite for
effective watershed management
Need for a dynamic monitoring
process as a decision support tool
Socio-economic Aspects
Focus on upstream-downstream linkages
and related impacts including flows of
resources and environment services
Identify/promote flexible incentive
schemes that can be adjusted to changes
in environmental, socio-economic and
institutional components
Careful consideration of local expectations
in combination with cost-benefit and risk
analysis should be conducted at different
levels (e.g. household, community, etc.)
Proposal
The Workshop brings forward a proposal made
by the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina
agreed upon by the participants:
The tragic flood events of summer 2002 in central
Europe has hightened the awareness of all concerned
parties and high level authorities on the urgent need to
consider the importance of the integrated and
participative movement in watershed management
in a way that considers preventive, long-term and
scale adapted approaches in the perspective of the
EU enlargement, subsidies and policies reform.