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DOI10.1016/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
ISSN1474-7065
EISSN1873-5193
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
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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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