The framework for sustainable watershed management framework was created to address a paradoxical issue many rural communities dependent on natural resources for economic stability facehow to develop sustainably. Using the pocono creek watershed as a sustainability. Proceeding of the national workshop on integrated watershed. Practices at kindo didaye district, southern ethiopia. Summary of integrated watershed management approaches. The evaluation found that the crs iwm program has made significant positive changes in the lives and livelihoods of rural households. Integrated watershed management iwm is emerging as an alternative to the centrally planned and sectoral approaches that currently characterize the planning process for dam construction in ethiopia. Amhara regional agricultural research institute arari stakeholders workshop on enhancing communitiesadaptive capacity to climate change induced water scarcity in kabe watershed, south wollo zone wollo university, dessie, ethiopia, 2425 november 2011. Pdf sustainable participatory watershed management is an approach promoted by the ethiopian government to restore natural resources. Introduction the lack of suitable supplies of water lies at the root of many of the difficulties experienced by developing countries. The environmental regulatory context there is a formal environmental regulatory framework in ethiopia within which irrigation schemes must be developed and operate under. Pdf watershed is not only a hydrological unit for hydrologist but also a socio politicalecological entity for rural community.
Research journal of agriculture and environmental management, 4, 512. Government of ethiopia is undergoing community based watershed management activities throughout the country especially during the last 5 years board, 2012. Integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation into the. Ngo and donor implemented watershed development programs in india and suggested a shift in focus away from a purely engineering and structural focus to a deeper concern with livelihood issues raju et al. 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. It also draws, in part, on a series of background reports prepared over a sevenyear period for a broader wetlands and watershed management project conducted by the institute for wetland science. In order to have a practical solution to above problem it is necessary to go through four phases for a full scale watershed management.
In the southern nations, nationalities and peoples region of ethiopia, it has been implemented since 2011 by. Nov 20, 2007 integrated watershed management iwm is emerging as an alternative to the centrally planned and sectoral approaches that currently characterize the planning process for dam construction in ethiopia. Water resources of ethiopia california state university. We incorporate water related projects within its health, education, agriculture, humanitarian assistance and democracy and governance programs. Jun 30, 2016 many countries are now trying to place watershed management within the context of natural and human systems bunch et al.
Community adoption of watershed management practices at. Communitybased 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. Socioeconomic impact assessment of integrated watershed. Summary of integrated watershed management approaches across. The atharva veda text from 800 bc contains what may well be the first written reference to 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. Water management institute as part of the eufunded share bale ecoregion project. Major objectives of the watershed management program are. Phe ethiopia consortium would like to appreciate and thank its participants who attended the workshop and contributed their idea and view on the issues raised during the workshop. 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.
According to goba district bureau of agriculture, there are intensive watershed management activities in the local areas following the program launched by the. Ethiopia s productive safety net program psnp is a large national safety net social ssn program that responds not only to chronic food insecurity among ethiopia s poor, but also to shorterterm shocks, mainly droughts. However, communities of this watershed zeiy were reported to be reluctant to implement soil and water conservation practices mainly because they are unaware. Soil and water conservation practices are the primary step of watershed management program. Community adoption of watershed management practices at kindo. One of the underline principles of watershed management is the recognition of the interrelationships among land use, soil and water and the linkage between upland and downstream areas guangyu et. Integrated watershed management iwsm was taken as the basic operational unit to rehabilitate degraded watershed and improve agricultural productivity in ethiopia. Integrated watershed and environmental management 3 june 2015 2. Venkatesan programme officer and team leader, dhan foundation, 18 pillaiyar koil street, s.
The basic approach has shifted from topdown infrastructure solutions to. Watershed management approaches are evolving throughout the country and are being used to solve tough problems. Conservation practices can be divided into two main categories. The study area was selected purposively based on accessibility and potential of watershed management interventions.
Community based participatory watershed development. Pdf an assessment of integrated watershed management in. Watershed management on gibe omo basin proceeding of the national workshop in integrated watershed management on gibe omo basin jimma university and gilgel gibe site 2325 december 2010, ethiopia jimma university ju heinrich boll foundation hbf sustainable land use forum sluf ethiopian electric power corporation eepco. Land and water management by vvn murthy, kalyani publications. Basin office of the international water management institute iwmi, addis ababa, ethiopia dereje assefa abera and girmay gebresamuel are both associate.
To design suitable and effective strategies, there is need to understand watershed management approaches. The environmental regulatory context there is a formal environmental regulatory framework in ethiopia within which irrigation schemes must be developed and operate under the constitution of the country and the state regions. Ethiopia ethiopia is a large country having 1 million hectares that is endowed with diverse climatic and physiographic condition, with a huge potential of water resource it accounts 122 bmc annual surface runoff and 2. Ethiopia ethiopia is a large country having 1 million hectares that is endowed with diverse climatic and physiographic. Integrated watershed management iwm is one of the best strategies to halt soil degradation, thereby improving agricultural productivity. Communitybased, participatory integrated watershed 48 management as an approach to climate change adaptation in haro jila and wurba watersheds paper 1. Watershed management in ethiopia agwater solutions project iwmi. Impacts of soil and water conservation practices on. Principles and practice pdf, epub, docx and torrent then this site is not for you. Tamil nadu, india abstract the early watershed development programme in india launched in the year 1974 and the subsequent. Investment in watershed management and improved water availability abraha atsebeha watershed, tigray, ethiopia watershed average farm size of households ha % reduction in soil loss increased production area % abraha atsbeha 0. On the following pages are 6 examples of successful watershed.
Ethiopia has a history of watershed management initiatives dating back to the 1970s. Watershed management experiences in amhara region fentahun mengistu dr. Watershed approach to conservation and development 2. Consequently, in ethiopia watershed management1 programs commenced in a formal way in the 1970s. Keeping these in view the study entitled watershed management in highlands of ethiopia. Improving adaptive capacities of farmers through rainwater 63 harvesting in wurba watershed, shoa robit woreda, ethiopia. The catholic relief services country office in ethiopia commissioned a study in april 2009 to evaluate outcomes from its integrated watershed management iwm strategy and program. Scaling up an integrated watershed management approach through social protection programmes in ethiopia. Planning the development of watersheds for ethiopia started in the 1980s. Amhara regional agricultural research institute arari stakeholders workshop on enhancing communitiesadaptive capacity to climate change induced water scarcity in kabe watershed, south wollo zone wollo university, dessie, ethiopia.
Therefore, this study assessed the contribution of iwsm in selected socioeconomic benefits in sheka watershed, ethiopia. From that time up to the late 1990s, most of the swc activities were tailored towards reducing soil erosion rather than enhancing agricultural production. The watershed management project has been implemented in subdistricts out of 42 subdistricts in the woreda 10. Community based integrated watershed management is the current approach which requires involvement and contribution of local people. Assess household participation and management practices in the study area. An assessment of integrated watershed management in ethiopia. 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. In ethiopia, watershed management programs commenced in a formal way in the 1970s. Managing watersheds for resilient livelihoods in ethiopia. Community driven poverty eradication and restorative development in ethiopia 361 development and management of water resources horacio ferriz1 and gebeyehu bizuneh2 1. Land and water conservation practices, those made within agricultural 1elds like construction of contour bunds, graded bunds, 1eld.
Watershed management pdf notes wm pdf notes smartzworld. Ethiopias national communitybased watershed management. Water management is considered in the assembly to evaluate the enactment of rules on water management in the community in general and the integration of wells management in particular. The concept of watershed management has existed for millennia. The area is threatened with erosion and loss of agricultural productivity. Factors affecting farmers participation in watershed. Click download or read online button to get an assessment of integrated watershed management in ethiopia book now. If youre looking for a free download links of integrated watershed management. Watershed management involves determination of alternative land treatment measures for, which information about problems of land, soil, water and vegetation in the watershed is essential. Official pdf, 86 pages world bank documents world bank group. Textbooks watershed management wm notes pdf wm pdf notes wm pdf wm notes. Adapting to climate change through land and water management. The opportunity ethiopia has a history of watershed management initiatives dating back to the 1970s.
Watershed management experiences in amhara region, ethiopia 1. Scaling up an integrated watershed management approach. The world bank and the united nations food and agriculture organization fao, amongst others, use watershed management approaches to assess the environmental benefits of development projects and aim to improve the provision of goods and services. This document describes innovative approaches to watershed management implemented by. The key points on irrigation watershed management is to handle water yields in stream for maintaining optimum quantity, quality, and flow regime in order to readyuse for irrigating, self. Watershed is not only a hydrological unit for hydrologist but also a sociopoliticalecological entity for rural community. Wlrc and iwmi 2016 watershed development options in the bale ecoregion. In ethiopia, this approach is new and requires appropriate strategies to overcome the barriers and practice effective integrated and sustainable watershed management. From that time up to the late 1990s, implementation was typically a governmentled, topdown, incentive. In spite of substantial progress in watershed management practice in ethiopia, land degradation and unsustainable natural resource base is still continuing. Policy and legal framework for water resources management.
Other organizations have also played a relevant role in promoting watershed management planning in ethiopia in various regions and weredas. Indigenous practices of water management for sustainable. Assessment of the effectiveness of watershed management. Community adoption of watershed management practices at kindo didaye district, southern ethiopia. Abba gedaa the manager in chief of the gedaa system is responsible for the wellbeing of the borana community, although water sources might belong to different. An evaluation of watershed management practice in ethiopia. Ethiopia has adopted the principles of integrated water resources management iwrm in its water resources management policy and has already put in place water legislations, strategy, and program for their implementation. Integrated watershed management iwm is an approach that uses collective action by a group of people reliant on a watershed area to proactively manage the. Watershed management experiences in amhara region, ethiopia. Ethiopian highlands hailing as the cradle of humanity and home to about 80% of the population helped shelter from foreign conquest and making a strong base of rural community. The primary goal is to save lives and advance development through improvements in water, sanitation and hygiene wash programs and through sound management and use of water for food security. Reference watershed management wm notes pdf wm pdf notes wm pdf wm notes.
Experiences from participatory integrated watershed m ugent biblio. Mar 16, 2012 watershed management experiences in amhara region, ethiopia 1. National wash program introduction ethiopia, with its different geological formations and climatic conditions, is endowed with considerable water resources andwetland ecosystems, 12river basins, about14majorlakes, and someman made reservoirs. Integrated watershed management in ethiopia farm africa. Integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation into. 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. Effectiveness of watershed management interventions in goba. Since then, rural development efforts by the government as well as most nongovernment ethiopias national communitybased watershed management guidelines on vimeo. Therefore, this study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of watershed management intervention in chena woreda.
This chapter illustrates sustainable development in action through the story of an integrated watershed management project in ethiopia in which the authors were. Features of a watershed that agencies seek to manage. The effects of community based watershed management on. Chena woreda has started watershed management intervention in collaboration with fao since 2008. It focuses on the household level, where most adaptation and coping strategies are implemented.
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