Equity and Participation in Participatory Watershed Development. Core challenges for Community-Based Natural Resource management in India
(2008)LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management
- Abstract
- The purpose of this paper was to identify key challenges of equity and inclusion in participatory community-based watershed development management. Furthermore, my ambition was to generate findings that are relevant to research beyond the case of watershed development, i.e. community-based natural resource management (CBNRM)in general.
On the basis of a histographic overview of the main developments in research, I illustrate how issues of equity and inclusion are pressing concerns for contemporary CBNRM in general and for participatory watershed development in particular. I develop a theoretical framework to analyze how institutions impact these issues, i.e. the distribution of natural resources and the modes of participation in natural... (More) - The purpose of this paper was to identify key challenges of equity and inclusion in participatory community-based watershed development management. Furthermore, my ambition was to generate findings that are relevant to research beyond the case of watershed development, i.e. community-based natural resource management (CBNRM)in general.
On the basis of a histographic overview of the main developments in research, I illustrate how issues of equity and inclusion are pressing concerns for contemporary CBNRM in general and for participatory watershed development in particular. I develop a theoretical framework to analyze how institutions impact these issues, i.e. the distribution of natural resources and the modes of participation in natural resource management.
In the analysis I use qualitative data from four case study villages in Udaipur District of Rajasthan, India. In all four villages, Seva Mandir, which is a large local NGO in the region, implements community-based watershed development projects.
My findings suggest that equitable and inclusive CBNRM requires the formulation of explicit re-distributional strategies, as well as development agencies that dare to contest and challenge existing decision-making practices in the communities. (Less)
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- author
- Vestergaard Jacobsen, Tine
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2008
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- community-based natural resource management, CMNRM, India, participatory development
- language
- English
- id
- 3130475
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- 2012-10-17 16:25:21
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abstract = {{The purpose of this paper was to identify key challenges of equity and inclusion in participatory community-based watershed development management. Furthermore, my ambition was to generate findings that are relevant to research beyond the case of watershed development, i.e. community-based natural resource management (CBNRM)in general.
On the basis of a histographic overview of the main developments in research, I illustrate how issues of equity and inclusion are pressing concerns for contemporary CBNRM in general and for participatory watershed development in particular. I develop a theoretical framework to analyze how institutions impact these issues, i.e. the distribution of natural resources and the modes of participation in natural resource management.
In the analysis I use qualitative data from four case study villages in Udaipur District of Rajasthan, India. In all four villages, Seva Mandir, which is a large local NGO in the region, implements community-based watershed development projects.
My findings suggest that equitable and inclusive CBNRM requires the formulation of explicit re-distributional strategies, as well as development agencies that dare to contest and challenge existing decision-making practices in the communities.}},
author = {{Vestergaard Jacobsen, Tine}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Equity and Participation in Participatory Watershed Development. Core challenges for Community-Based Natural Resource management in India}},
year = {{2008}},
}