Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
DOI | 10.1016/j.pce.2007.04.017 |
Overcoming limited information through participatory watershed management: Case study in Amhara, Ethiopia | |
Liu, Benjamin M.1; Abebe, Yitayew2,3; McHugh, Oro V.1; Collick, Amy S.1; Gebrekidan, Brhane3; Steenhuis, Tammo S.1,3 | |
通讯作者 | Steenhuis, Tammo S. |
来源期刊 | PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH
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ISSN | 1474-7065 |
EISSN | 1873-5193 |
出版年 | 2008 |
卷号 | 33期号:1-2页码:13-21 |
英文摘要 | This study highlights two highly degraded watersheds in the semi-arid Amhara region of Ethiopia where integrated water resource management activities were carried out to decrease dependence on food aid through improved management of ’green’ water. While top-down approaches require precise and centrally available knowledge to deal with the uncertainty in engineering design of watershed management projects, bottom-up approaches can Succeed without such information by making extensive use of stakeholder knowledge. This approach works best in conjunction with the development of leadership confidence within local communities. These communities typically face a number of problems, most notably poverty, that prevent them from fully investing in the protection of their natural resources, so an integrated management system is needed to suitably address the interrelated problems. Many different implementing agencies were brought together in the two study watersheds to address water scarcity, crop production, and soil erosion, but the cornerstone was enabling local potential through the creation and strengthening of community watershed management organizations. Leadership training and the reinforcement of stakeholder feedback as a fundamental activity led to increased ownership and willingness to take on new responsibilities. A series of small short term successes ranging from micro-enterprise cooperatives to gully rehabilitation have resulted in the pilot communities becoming confident of their own capabilities and proud to share their successes and knowledge with other communities struggling with natural resource degradation. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | integrated community watershed management food aid Ethiopia water scarcity erosion |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA ; Ethiopia |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000254149600002 |
WOS关键词 | CONSERVATION PRACTICES ; DEGRADATION ; HIGHLANDS ; CATCHMENT ; BALANCE ; TIGRAY ; MODEL ; FOOD ; SOIL |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences ; Water Resources |
WOS研究方向 | Geology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences ; Water Resources |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/158802 |
作者单位 | 1.Cornell Univ, Dept Biol & Environm Engn, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA; 2.Swedish Int Dev Cooperat Agcy, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia; 3.Amhara Microenterprise Dev Agr Res Extens & Water, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Liu, Benjamin M.,Abebe, Yitayew,McHugh, Oro V.,et al. Overcoming limited information through participatory watershed management: Case study in Amhara, Ethiopia[J],2008,33(1-2):13-21. |
APA | Liu, Benjamin M.,Abebe, Yitayew,McHugh, Oro V.,Collick, Amy S.,Gebrekidan, Brhane,&Steenhuis, Tammo S..(2008).Overcoming limited information through participatory watershed management: Case study in Amhara, Ethiopia.PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH,33(1-2),13-21. |
MLA | Liu, Benjamin M.,et al."Overcoming limited information through participatory watershed management: Case study in Amhara, Ethiopia".PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH 33.1-2(2008):13-21. |
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