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Organizing for local-level watershed management : lessons from Rio Cabuyal watershed, Colombia

Watershed management involves the integrated management of a multitude of resources such as crop land, pastures, forests and water to each of which a multitude of often conflicting interests relate. These interests arise from stakeholders inside as well as outside the watershed. The identification a...

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Main Authors: Ravnborg, Helle Munk, Ashby, Jacqueline A.
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: International Center for Tropical Agriculture 1995
Subjects:
watershed management
resource management
decision making
international organizations
case studies
manejo de cuencas
manejo de los recursos
toma de decisiones
organizaciones internacionales
estudios de casos prácticos
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71489
Summary:Watershed management involves the integrated management of a multitude of resources such as crop land, pastures, forests and water to each of which a multitude of often conflicting interests relate. These interests arise from stakeholders inside as well as outside the watershed. The identification and negotiation of these interests therefore is an important element in watershed management. Based on experiences with organizing for local-level management of the Rio Cabuyal watershed in Colombia, this paper discusses what should be the role of local-level organizations in watershed management and draws out some organization principles.

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