From Community-based Management to Transboundary Watershed Governance

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Publication Title	From Community-based Management to Transboundary Watershed Governance
Publication Type	Journal article (Development, 2008, 51, (83–88))
Author(s)	Sulan Chen
Publication Date	March 2008
ISBN-ISSN-EAN
Publication URL	Direct link to article: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/development/journal/v51/n1/full/1100445a.html Full Journal with all articles: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/development/journal/v51/n1/index.html
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Summary

Effective sustainable management of a transboundary watershed system requires coordinated actions among governments. This inter-state approach is important, yet inadequate. Policies and management plans developed by formal inter-state processes eventually rely on the implementation at local sites; hence community-based actions are critical to the effectiveness of policies. In transboundary watershed management, there exist a gap in the policy-making at the regional level, and implementation at the local level. Sulan Chen advocates integrating community-based actions in watershed management, and cites the recent development in the Nile River to demonstrate this approach.