Study Patterns of Public Participation in Integrated Watershed Management (Case Study: Catchment Taleghan)

Shima Safa MA^1,

¹Rural Development, Social Science College Tehran University, Iran

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Shima Safa MA. Study Patterns of Public Participation in Integrated Watershed Management (Case Study: Catchment Taleghan). American Journal of Environmental Protection. 2015; 3(6):187-192. doi: 10.12691/env-3-6-2

Abstract

Sustainable exploitation of resources in watersheds and protect it involves looking at all aspects of the system, including the necessary attention to the role of local communities in the watershed. After more than two decades, the second generation of watershed management activities in Iran, the country experienced different patterns of collaborative management of watersheds, but has not been evaluated as necessary. Analytical models of collaborative management with internal and external research and field studies conducted in the watersheds of an internal model, using methods such as PRA and RRA participatory assessment been carried out Library and information field data and results of the socio-economic impacts and conservation of resources and the availability of participatory management objectives. To provide for the comprehensive management of watersheds, have been collected and analyzed. The results show that, in general, create a barrier and enter the area for the construction of the dam to the participation of makes it less .What government agencies and non-governmental programs or opinion should be more emphasis on public participation.

Keywords:
watersheds management public participation

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