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Type:
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Working Paper |
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Author:
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Brooks, Kenneth N.; Ffolliott, Peter F.; Gergersen, Hans M.; Easter, K. William |
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Date:
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1994 |
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Agency:
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The Environmental and Natural Resources Policy and Training Project, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI |
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Series:
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EPAT/MUCIA Policy Brief, no. 6 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/3775
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Sector:
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Water Resource & Irrigation |
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Subject(s):
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watersheds
sustainability
resource management
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Abstract:
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"The basic points made in this policy brief are that:
* Watershed management and upland conservation provide a means to achieve sustainable land and water resource management.
* Poor management of natural resources on watersheds is a major cause of land and water degradation and rural poverty in the world today.
* The main cause of such mismanagement is lack of appropriate policies that encourage application of known watershed management principles and practices, including both structural and vegetation management options.
* Because watershed boundaries seldom coincide with political boundaries, the environmental point of view that favors watershed boundaries often conflicts with the political point of view that logically favors political boundaries.
* The main policy challenge is to move toward greater integration of the two points of view.
* This involves establishing and implementing policies so that people become responsible for the impacts of their actions on others outside their normal decision-making context (internalize the externalities, as economists say).
* We show several ways to internalize the externalities."
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