| dc.contributor.author |
Brooks, Kenneth N. |
en_US |
| dc.contributor.author |
Ffolliott, Peter F. |
en_US |
| dc.contributor.author |
Gergersen, Hans M. |
en_US |
| dc.contributor.author |
Easter, K. William |
en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned |
2009-07-31T15:08:45Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2009-07-31T15:08:45Z |
|
| dc.date.issued |
1994 |
en_US |
| dc.date.submitted |
2009-06-29 |
en_US |
| dc.date.submitted |
2009-06-29 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/10535/3775 |
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| dc.description.abstract |
"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." |
en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries |
EPAT/MUCIA Policy Brief, no. 6 |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
watersheds |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
sustainability |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
resource management |
en_US |
| dc.title |
Policies for Sustainable Development: The Roles of Watershed Management |
en_US |
| dc.type |
Working Paper |
en_US |
| dc.publisher.workingpaperseries |
The Environmental and Natural Resources Policy and Training Project, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI |
en_US |
| dc.subject.sector |
Water Resource & Irrigation |
en_US |