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Working Paper |
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Author:
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Johnson, Nancy; Ravnborg, Helle Munk; Westermann, Olaf; Probst, Kirsten |
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Date:
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2001 |
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CGIAR System-wide Program on Property Rights and Collective Action, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC |
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Series:
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CAPRi Working Paper, no. 19 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/4157
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Sector:
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General & Multiple Resources
Water Resource & Irrigation |
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Subject(s):
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participatory management
watersheds--research
collective action
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Abstract:
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"Many watershed development projects around the world have performed poorly because they failed to take into account the needs, constraints, and practices of local people. Participatory watershed management?in which users help to define problems,
set priorities, select technologies and policies, and monitor and evaluate impacts?is expected to improve performance. User participation in watershed management raises new questions for watershed research, including how to design appropriate mechanisms for organizing stakeholders and facilitating collective action. Management of a complex
system such as a watershed may also require user participation in the research process itself. An increasing number of watershed research projects are already participatory, however challenges remain to institutionalizing user participation in both watershed
management and research."
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