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1 Dewan, C.; Mukherji, A.; Buisson, Marie-Charlotte. 2015. Evolution of water management in coastal Bangladesh: from temporary earthen embankments to depoliticized community-managed polders. Water International, 40(3):401-416. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2015.1025196]
Water management ; History ; Decentralization ; Coastal area ; Natural resources management ; Landowners ; State intervention ; Governmental organizations ; Local community ; Empowerment / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046932)
This article examines the historical evolution of participatory water management in coastal Bangladesh. Three major shifts are identified: first, from indigenous local systems managed by landlords to centralized government agencies in the 1960s; second, from top-down engineering solutions to small-scale projects and people’s participation in the 1970s and 1980s; and third, towards depoliticized community-based water management since the 1990s. While donor requirements for community participation in water projects have resulted in the creation of ‘depoliticized’ water management organizations, there are now increasing demands for involvement of politically elected local government institutions in water management by local communities.
2 Lefore, Nicole. 2015. Strengthening facilitation competencies in development: processes, challenges and lessons of a learning alliance to develop facilitators for local community engagement. Knowledge Management for Development Journal, 11(1):118-135.
Capacity building ; Training ; Learning ; Local community ; Community development ; Water users ; Waste management ; Farmers ; Stakeholders ; Agricultural sector ; Sustainability ; Participatory approaches ; Non governmental organizations ; Case studies / East Africa / southern Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047007)
http://journal.km4dev.org/index.php/km4dj/article/viewFile/217/356
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047007.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047007.pdf
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Effective facilitation enables farmer-based water user organizations to analyse contextual issues, identify causal links, formulate clear challenges, develop partnerships with stakeholders, and innovate and implement solutions. However, facilitation is often provided by international partners, such as advanced research institutions or non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The reliance on external consultants to facilitate innovation and change processes creates risks for sustainability. This article provides an overview of a capacity development initiative for facilitation of change in the agriculture water sector in Africa. It focuses on the case study of the Improved Management for Agricultural Water in East and Southern Africa (IMAWESA) network’s learning alliance on facilitating community engagement. The IMAWESA learning alliance sought to build competency on facilitation methods and tools at national and sub-national levels within and across agricultural water management projects. The paper primarily seeks to address questions related to the sustainability of facilitated processes and the effectiveness of capacity development methods to train facilitators and thus strengthen local facilitation.
3 Amare, D.; Mekuria, Wolde; Teklewold, T.; Belay, B.; Teshome, A.; Yitaferu, B.; Tessema, T.; Tegegn, B. 2016. Perception of local community and the willingness to pay to restore church forests: the case of Dera district, northwestern Ethiopia. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods, 25(3):173-186. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14728028.2015.1133330]
Local community ; Forest management ; Forest conservation ; Biodiversity ; Economic aspects ; Living standards ; Land ownership ; Households ; Environmental degradation ; Stakeholders / Ethiopia / Dera District
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047538)
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In the Ethiopian highlands, church forests have a substantial contribution to landscape restoration, and conservation of endangered indigenous tree species and biodiversity. However, the environmental and economic benefits of church forests are declining due to a combination of economic, environmental, and cultural factors. This study was conducted in Dera district, Ethiopia, to assess the perception of local communities on church forests and investigate the willingness of local communities to pay to manage and protect church forests. We used household survey and focus group discussion to gather data. Contingent valuation method and the Heckman two-step economic model were used to analyze data. Considerable proportion of the respondents (35%) mentioned several types of benefits that can be derived from church forests including fodder, fuelwood, tree seeds and seedlings, conservation of biodiversity, and improvement of the amount and distribution of rainfall. Respondents are also aware that sustainable management of church forests is essential to maintain or enhance the ecosystem services that can be obtained from existing church forests. Protection, fencing, plantation, and expansion of church forests were among the different management options suggested by the respondents. The majority (70%) of the communities are willing to contribute cash. On average, the farmers are willing to contribute ETB 32 (i.e., US$ 1.66 [Based on the exchange rate on 12 February 2014.]). Age, education, access to extension services, and amount of benefits derived from church forests were positively and significantly (p < 0.05) correlated with the willingness to pay. Providing training on forest management, putting a strong informal institution such as bylaws, and designing ways of moving from conservation to economic benefit are essential to restore and sustain church forests.
4 Kizito, F.; Balana, Bedru B. 2016. Ecosystem services in the Volta Basin. In Williams, Timothy O.; Mul, Marloes L.; Biney, C. A.; Smakhtin, Vladimir (Eds.). The Volta River Basin: water for food, economic growth and environment. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.181-198.
Ecosystem services ; Freshwater ; River basins ; Wetlands ; Dams ; Environmental protection ; Natural resources ; Water resources ; Vegetation ; Coastal area ; Agricultural production ; Livestock ; Fisheries ; Forestry ; Land use ; Land cover change ; Local community ; Economic aspects ; Living standards ; Case studies / Ghana / Volta Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047732)
5 Middleton, C.; Pengkham, S.; Tivasuradej, A. 2017. Politics of knowledge and collective action in health impact assessment in Thailand: the experience of Khao Hinsorn Community. In Suhardiman, Diana; Nicol, Alan; Mapedza, Everisto (Eds.). Water governance and collective action: multi-scale challenges. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.70-81.
Collective action ; Health hazards ; Environmental impact assessment ; Local community ; Agriculture ; Industry ; Power station / Thailand
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048349)
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6 Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Odero, J.; Karanja, N. 2018. Biogas from fecal sludge at Kibera communities at Nairobi (Umande Trust, Kenya) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.114-123.
Biogas ; Faecal sludge ; Local community ; Health hazards ; Sanitation ; Composts ; Civil society organizations ; Waste management ; Resource recovery ; Supply chain ; Marketing ; Financing ; Socioeconomic environment ; Environmental impact
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048633)
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7 Rao, Krishna C.; Gebrezgabher, Solomie. 2018. Biogas from fecal sludge at community level - Business Model 3. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.124-132.
Biogas ; Faecal sludge ; Local community ; Health hazards ; Sanitation ; Composts ; Waste management ; Resource recovery ; Cost recovery ; Environmental impact ; Business management ; Models ; Supply chain ; Risk reduction
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048634)
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