Department of geography and environmental studies, dilla university, dilla, ethiopia. Based on successful watershed management efforts like these across the country, this tutorial presents four core principles of watershed management. This document is one section from the epa communitybased watershed management. This document describes innovative approaches to watershed management implemented by. Ethiopias national communitybased watershed management.
Understanding these, ethiopian government has been promoted a watershed based natural resource development and management in the country as a. Communitybased watershed management lessons from the national estuary program february, 2005. Community adoption of watershed management practices at kindo. The result indicates that effective and sustainable watershed management can take place through participation of watershed community from the beginning, ownership of communal lands into private or association holdings, integration of multidisciplinary. Venkatesan programme officer and team leader, dhan foundation, 18 pillaiyar koil street, s. 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. The key to the success of any watershed project and its sustainability depends on peoples participation. The study area was selected purposively based on accessibility and potential of watershed management interventions. The area is threatened with erosion and loss of agricultural productivity. Communitybased watershed management could be a significant factor in helping the government achieve its aim of making agriculture the driving force of. Impacts of community based watershed management on land usecover change at elemo microwatershed, southern ethiopia. However, watershed management has merely been considered a practice of soil and water conservation where only. Watershed management is continuous and needs a multidisciplinary approach. Integrated watershed and environmental management 3 june 2015 2.
Community based integrated watershed management is the current approach which requires involvement and contribution of local people. Implementation of watershed at small scale level, through community participation would enhance biodiversity, increase soil fertility, reduce soil loss and also contribute to climate change mitigation. 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. Community adoption of watershed management practices at. Assessment of the effectiveness of watershed management. Climate change influences the growth and development of ethiopia through changes in agricultural. Exsitu watershed management practices reduce peak discharge in order to reclaim gully formation and harvest substantial amount of runo, which increases groundwater recharge and irrigation potential in watersheds. Watershed management in ethiopia agwater solutions project iwmi. Community adoption of watershed management practices at kindo didaye district, southern ethiopia article pdf available september 2018 with 248 reads how we measure reads. Yirgachefe secondary and preparatory school corresponding author. Community management of natural resources in africa. A number of supplementary measures are also included in the work norms manual moa. Summary of integrated watershed management approaches across.
Soil erosion is one of the major causes for food insecurity, and environmental degradation in ethiopia. Promoting forums for collaborative watershed management 110 5. Southern wello, dessie zuria wereda, on the road from. Proceeding of the national workshop in integrated v watershed management on gibe omo basin organizers of the workshop phe ethiopia consortium phe is a nonprofit making local ngo that provides coordination and capacitybuilding to 48 member organizations. The community based watershed management practices in ethiopia contribute great role in the implementation of sustainable land management and natural resource management. Pdf abstract background soil erosion is one of the major causes for food insecurity, and environmental degradation in ethiopia.
The effects of community based watershed management on. 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. Evaluation of watershed development plan and technology. Pdf community adoption of watershed management practices. Impacts of community based watershed management on land usecover change at elemo micro watershed, southern ethiopia. Lakew desta, capacity building and networking advisor at tbiwrdp tanabeles integrated water resources development project,ethiopia, was one of the contributors to the guidelines. The opportunity ethiopia has a history of watershed management initiatives dating back to the 1970s. Research, extension and watershed management project. Improving adaptive capacities of farmers through rainwater 63 harvesting in wurba watershed, shoa robit woreda, ethiopia. Watershed, evaluation, soil erosion, land degradation, soil and water conservation, community based watershed management cite this paper worku, t. Review on contribution of communitybased participatory.
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. Community adoption of watershed management practices at kindo didaye district, southern ethiopia. Effectiveness of watershed management interventions in. To reduce erosion effects, soil and water conservation practices have been promoted at farm level and watershed scaleexecuted via masscommunity mobilization program. Saonrepa 2004 farmers practical training manual on watershed development. Communitybased integrated natural resources management.
Community based, participatory integrated watershed 48 management as an approach to climate change adaptation in haro jila and wurba watersheds paper 1. Watersheds are natural systems that we can work with. Addis ababa, ethiopia foreword this guideline addresses important developmental activity and the contents give information on how to plan, design and implement community watershed development activities. Adapting to climate change through land and water management. The study area is one of the integrated watershed management iwsm projects developed in ethiopia.
Assessment of community based watershed management. Tamil nadu, india abstract the early watershed development programme in india launched in the year 1974 and the subsequent. Scaling up an integrated watershed management approach. Pdf assessment of community based watershed management. Evaluation of watershed development plan and technology adoption level of farmers in amhara region, the case of swhisa project, ethiopia. Socioeconomic impact assessment of integrated watershed. Assess household participation and management practices in the study area. Using the pocono creek watershed as a sustainability.
Foreword this guideline addresses important developmental activity and the contents give information on how to plan, design and implement community watershed development activities. Apr 16, 2016 community based participatory watershed development. A guideline physical soil and water conservation is provided. Community based participatory watershed development. Past and present perspectives of watershed management approaches are. Communitybased participatory planning 1 a tool that empowers the most vulnerable cbpp is a community exercise aimed at addressing real community problems and assisting them to find their own solutions. A key insight was the economic benefits that arose for communities once the upper catchment areas of a watershed were rehabilitated. A guideline 63 success stories in pictures 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Summary of integrated watershed management approaches. Cbpp is conducted together by communities, partners and local government staff who discuss and agree on priority.
Communitybased, participatory integrated watershed 48 management as an approach to climate change adaptation in haro jila and wurba watersheds paper 1. Watershed is not only a hydrological unit for hydrologist but also a sociopoliticalecological entity for rural community. 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. In view of this, this paper assesses the impact of community based watershed management on land usecover change at elemo micro watershed. Pdf watershed management approach for climate change. Impacts of community based watershed management on land. Therefore, this study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of watershed management intervention in chena woreda. Community based watershed management is, thus, holistic development seeking sustainable livelihood security system for all life forms in the area. Participatory and integrated watershed management redefined 121 participation 121 integration 124 watershed management 125 appendix 1.
The first step towards a watershed management plan is an ea, which includes the selection, compilation and mapping of data on the watershed, with the aim to show its current environmental condition. Assessment of community based watershed management practices. Over the last twenty years, this subsistence strategy has evolved into a development strategy that has become increasingly. Pdf community adoption of watershed management practices at. In lemo district, little information is available on suitability of soil conservation practices implemented through this. 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. According to goba district bureau of agriculture, there are intensive watershed management activities in the local areas following the program launched by the.
Chena woreda has started watershed management intervention in collaboration with fao since 2008. Impacts of community based watershed management on land use. In lemo district, little information is available on suitability of soil conservation. 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. Other organizations have also played a relevant role in promoting watershed management planning in ethiopia in various regions and weredas. Communitybased integrated watershed management through supporting land administration and certification in the entire lake tana watershed helping communities prepare and implement 650 watershed management plans establishing a database of existing landuse patterns and natural resources improving fodder management. Today, there is a massive movement in watershed management in almost all regions of ethiopia 12. Clean water act, section 320, as amended national estuary program a. 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. Water stored in check dam built across the stream channel exsitu management. Aug, 2018 soil erosion is one of the major causes for food insecurity, and environmental degradation in ethiopia. Effectiveness of watershed management interventions in goba. Issn 10204466 developing participatory and integrated. An evaluation of watershed management practice in ethiopia.
To reduce erosion effects, soil and water conservation practices have been promoted at farm level and watershed scaleexecuted via mass community mobilization program. Ethiopias productive safety net program psnp is a large national safety net social ssn program that responds not only to chronic food insecurity among ethiopias poor, but also to shorterterm shocks, mainly droughts. Environment assessment and watershed action planning. In a fourpart presentation, he shares ethiopias experiences with communitybased participatory watershed development, with case studies from around the country. The watershed management project has been implemented in subdistricts out of 42 subdistricts in the woreda 10. Lessons from the national estuary program handbook, published in february 2005. Impacts of community based watershed management on. The application of community based watershed management cbwm is the most modern and recently developed method of land rehabilitation and climate change adaptation darghouth and others 2008. Government of ethiopia is undergoing community based watershed management activities throughout the country especially during the last 5 years board, 2012. Pdf impacts of community based watershed management on. Community watershed management, food and agriculture organization, sustainable land management doi.
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