Area of Focus: Watershed Management

Created: Jan 06, 2007
Updated: Jun 06, 2007

Watershed Management

Photo source	Watershed Management Watershed management is the practice of analyzing, protecting, developing and managing the land, vegetation, and water resources within a single drainage basin-watershed-for the conservation of all its resources and for the benefit of both humans and the ecosystem.
Tags/Keywords water, quality, river, stream, protection, restoration, land, management plan, conservation objectives, habitat, ecosystem management, drainage basin, vegetation, development, runoff, ecology, deforestation

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Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation Peipsi is an Estonia-based international non-profit institute... (available in Estonian and Russian on website)

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Coalizão Rios Vivos is one of the most important Latin America's networks. Besides...

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2nd Annual Sustainable Watershed Management is a five-day professional development course offered by UC Santa Barbara Extension, focusing on the process and tools...

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Water for Life: Water Management and Environmental Policy This book reviews the development of water management and evaluates...

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World Water Day 2007: Coping with Water Scarcity 2007-03-21

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For centuries, societies have sought ways to reconcile the competing demands on freshwater. Unfortunately, sector-based water planning has been the cause of wide-scale freshwater degradation, with the freshwater needs of industry, agriculture, fishing, transportation, energy, cities, and the environment all planned independently of one another. However, in recent years the international community has formally acknowledged and promoted a more holistic approach to water management -- planning for all demands at the watershed level -- a concept known worldwide as Integrated Water Resources Management. Governments around the world now recognize IWRM as the most efficient and effective water resources management mechanism to enhance economic well-being, social equity, and environmental sustainability. See the WiserEarth resource IWRM Tutorial to learn more!

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