In ethiopia, this approach is new and requires appropriate strategies to overcome the barriers and practice effective integrated and sustainable watershed management. Iwrm is defined by the global water partnership gwptac, 2000 as a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land, and related resources in order to maximize the. Integrated natural resources management in the highlands of eastern africa, edition. However, water flows down the slopes and ignores the political or. This document constitutes the proceedings of an expert meeting on strategies, approaches and systems in integrated watershed management held in kathmandu, nepal, from 25 february to 1 march 1985. Many of these activities planned will use results from the demonstration project.
Watershed management notes are listed below please check it complete unit. A new integrated watershed rainwater management paradigm. Integrated watershed management iwm is one of the best strategies to halt soil degradation, thereby improving agricultural productivity. A workshop entitled working with rural community for integrated natural resources management was held at holetta research center on 2829 february 2008 to present and discuss research results. Causes and features of watershed degradation related to mhp. Working with communities on integrated natural resources. Institutional functionality in participatory integrated watershed. Scaling up an integrated watershed management approach through social protection programmes in ethiopia. Amhara regional agricultural research institute arari stakeholders workshop on enhancing communitiesadaptive capacity to climate change induced water scarcity in kabe watershed. Integrated watershed management iwsm was taken as the basic operational unit to rehabilitate degraded watershed and improve agricultural productivity in ethiopia.
An assessment of integrated watershed management in ethiopia. This chapter illustrates sustainable development in action through the story of an integrated watershed management project in ethiopia in which the authors. Communitybased, participatory integrated watershed 48 management as an approach to climate change adaptation in haro jila and wurba watersheds paper 1. Ethiopia ethiopia is a large country having 1 million hectares that is endowed with diverse climatic and physiographic condition, with a huge potential of water resource it accounts 122 bmc annual surface runoff and 2. The area is threatened with erosion and loss of agricultural productivity. Keeping these in view the study entitled watershed management in highlands of ethiopia. The main objective of the study was to assess the effects of integrated nutrient management.
An integrated framework for water resources management it has been said that water is the next oil. In the southern nations, nationalities and peoples region of ethiopia, it has been implemented since 2011 by. Scaling up an integrated watershed management approach. Watershed management experiences in amhara region, ethiopia. Adapting to climate change through land and water management. Effects of integrated nutrient management on potato. Past and present perspectives of watershed management approaches are summarized in annex 1, table a1. For implementing the project, without violating the norms of dpap, user groups have been promoted for the water harvesting structures like tanks, ponds etc as tank farmers associations. Land useland cover lulc change is the challenging and continuous drivers of environment change. Causes and features of watershed degradation related to. Integrated watershed management iwm is emerging as an alternative to the centrally planned and sectoral approaches that currently characterize the planning process for dam construction in ethiopia. Mar 16, 2012 watershed management experiences in amhara region, ethiopia 1.
Watershed management is the study of the relevant characteristics of a watershed aimed at the sustainable distribution of its resources and the process of creating and implementing plans, programs and projects to sustain and enhance watershed functions that affect the plant, animal, and human communities within the watershed boundary. The evaluation found that the crs iwm program has made significant positive changes in the lives and livelihoods of rural households. In spite of substantial progress in watershed management practice in ethiopia, land degradation and unsustainable natural resource base is still continuing. Hydrology, water supply, participatory methods, economics, watershed modeling, gis and writing thesis based on new field research addressing the challenge in addition three highly qualified lecturers became phd students and took in ithaca 1 year of courses they are now leaders of masters program. This paper synthesizes contributions made and research conducted in six watersheds spread over three regions of ethiopia oromia, amhara and tigray.
Therefore, a field experiment was conducted at haramaya watershed in haramaya district, eastern ethiopia. Past and present perspectives of watershed management approaches are. A new integrated watershed rainwater management paradigm for ethiopia key messages from the nile basin development challenge, 200920 nile bdc technical report7nile bdc technical report 3 rese arch program on water, land and ecosystems. Ethiopia, among early adopters, has developed a water policy, legislations, and strategy per iwrm core principles. Lakew desta, capacity building and networking advisor at tbiwrdp tanabeles integrated water resources development project,ethiopia, was one of the contributors to the guidelines. Community based participatory watershed development. Management irbm, integrated natural resources management inrm, integrated watershed management, integrated catchment management, etc. Crs integrated watershed management program in ethiopia since 1943, catholic relief services crs has held the privilege of serving the poor and disadvantaged overseas. The agropastoralists in ethiopia living in semi arid watershed with degraded soils are among the poorest people in the wo rld and dep end totally on the rene wab le natura l r esources for their livelihoods. Evaluation and prediction of land useland cover changes.
Pdf sustainable participatory watershed management is an approach promoted by the ethiopian government to restore natural resources. A new integrated watershed rainwater management paradigm for. To design suitable and effective strategies, there is need to understand watershed management approaches. Improving adaptive capacities of farmers through rainwater 63 harvesting in wurba watershed, shoa robit woreda, ethiopia. Integrated watershed management at bahir dar university. Watershed management experiences in amhara region fentahun mengistu dr. Best practice in soil and water conservation in beressa watershed, highlands of ethiopia. Pdf an assessment of integrated watershed management in. Amhara regional agricultural research institute arari stakeholders workshop on enhancing communitiesadaptive capacity to climate change induced water scarcity in kabe watershed, south wollo zone wollo university, dessie, ethiopia, 2425 november 2011.
Watershed management is an everevolving practice involving the management of land, water, biota, and other resources in a defined area for ecological, social, and economic purposes. Integrated watershed management programme iwmp has been floated in place of the three running programmes of the ministry of rural development mord, viz. Click download or read online button to get an assessment of integrated watershed management in ethiopia book now. The main issues of concern see graph continue to be the focus of our ongoing work and it is good to see how people rank these issues. Chena woreda has started watershed management intervention in collaboration with fao since 2008. Phe ethiopia consortium would like to appreciate and thank its participants who attended the workshop and contributed their idea and.
Knowing these watershed structural and functional characteristics and how people can affect them sets the stage for effective watershed management. Participatory integrated watershed management, publisher. Pdf an assessment of integrated watershed management in ethiopia. Understanding the rate and process of change is, therefore, basic for managing the environment. Integrated watershed management plan mighty peace watershed. Other organizations have also played a relevant role in promoting watershed management planning in ethiopia in various regions and weredas. The meeting was organized jointly by the food and agriculture organization of the united nations fao,the.
Pdf integrated watershed management as an effective approach. Integrated watershed management iwm is an approach that uses collective action by a group of people reliant on a watershed area to proactively manage the. Yet, integrated watershed management goes beyond the. Socioeconomic impact assessment of integrated watershed. Integration of environmental models with gis in the upper roanoke river watershed by robert w.
Proceeding of the national workshop on integrated watershed. Implementation of the plan is an ongoing effort so look for updates. What new tools are available and how can they be integrated into sustainable. The livelihood of farmers in all watersheds to bring about attitudinal change on integrated watershed management through full participation of the community and create sense of. Watershed management experiences in amhara region, ethiopia 1. According to hatibu 2003 of the irrigation water management institute, their poverty is mainly caused by inade qua te. Strategies, approaches and systems in integrated watershed. Thapa encyclopedia of life support systems eolss 1. Integrated water resources management iwrm has been a dominant paradigm for water sector reform worldwide over the past two decades.
Sustainable participatory watershed management is an approach promoted by the ethiopian government to restore natural resources and agricultural. Watershed is not only a hydrological unit for hydrologist but also a sociopoliticalecological entity for rural community. Ethiopias national communitybased watershed management. Integrated watershed management in ethiopia farm africa. National regional state of federal republic of ethiopia da development agent fao food. Watershed degradation is the loss of value over time, including the productive potential of land and water, accompanied by marked changes in the hydrological behaviour of a river system resulting in inferior quality, quantity and timing of waterflow the protection, improvement and rehabilitation of mountain andor upland watersheds are of critical importance in the. Watershed management pdf notes wm pdf notes smartzworld.
Integrated watershed management iwsm was implemented to address issues of poverty and land resource degradation in the 14,500 ha upper agula watershed, in semiarid eastern tigray ethiopia, an area known for poverty and resource degradation caused. Watershed management approaches are evolving throughout the country and are being used to solve tough problems. Phe ethiopia consortium would like to appreciate and thank its participants who attended the workshop and contributed their idea and view on the issues raised during the workshop. Unesco eolss sample chapters human settlement development vol. Watershed approach to conservation and development a repeatedly raised question by policymakers and planners is why should a watershed. Therefore, this study assessed the contribution of iwsm in selected socioeconomic benefits in sheka watershed, ethiopia. Thanks to everyone who completed our survey about the integrated watershed management plan. 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. 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. Hence, watershed management has become a central point of the rural development and poverty alleviation agenda. The watershed management project has been implemented in subdistricts out of 42 subdistricts in the woreda 10. In a fourpart presentation, he shares ethiopias experiences with communitybased participatory watershed development, with case studies from around the country.
This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Dietz abstract practitioners of watershed management are increasingly turning to computer models to understand and make decisions about the diverse problems that occur in the watershed. An evaluation of watershed management practice in ethiopia. Ethiopia has a history of watershed management initiatives dating back to the 1970s. Managing watersheds for resilient livelihoods in ethiopia. 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. This study was intended to analyze the lulc changes from 1985 to 2015 periods, and predict the situation to 2030 and 2045 in the andassa watershed of blue nile. A strong global consensus has begun to develop that effective water management must. This comparative study between six watershed programs shows that this approach increases farmers food security and incomes around 50% on average, as well as their. Integrated watershed and environmental management 3 june 2015 2. Click download or read online button to get integrated watershed management book now. Drought prone area programme, desert development programme and integrated wasteland development programme iwdp.
The world bank and the united nations food and agriculture organization fao, amongst others, use watershed management approaches to assess the environmental benefits of development projects and aim to improve the provision of goods and services. Sustainable participatory watershed management is an approach promoted by the ethiopian government to restore natural resources and agricultural productivity across the country. Integrated watershed management download ebook pdf, epub. The impacts of watershed management on land use and land.
Watershed degradation is the loss of value over time, including the productive potential of land and water, accompanied by marked changes in the hydrological behaviour of a river system resulting in inferior quality, quantity and timing of waterflow. Therefore, this study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of watershed management intervention in chena woreda. Community based participatory watershed development natural. Characteristics of watershed watershed management unit ii rambabu palaka, assistant professorbvrit 2. This publication is the result of integrated watershed management research conducted at galessa watershed in central highlands of ethiopia. Welcome to the principles of watershed management module. Without regard to race, creed or nationality, crs provides emergency relief in the wake of natural and manmade disasters. Assessment of the effectiveness of watershed management. The catholic relief services country office in ethiopia commissioned a study in april 2009 to evaluate outcomes from its integrated watershed management iwm strategy and program. In spite of substantial progress in watershed management practice in ethiopia, land degradation and. Ethiopia ethiopia is a large country having 1 million hectares that is endowed with diverse climatic and physiographic.
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