Handbook of Watershed Management

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Collaborative approaches to Watershed Management. 3. Improving Watershed Management in developing countries. 4. Forests and Water: Towards effective Watershed Management. 5. Farmer-participatory integrated Watershed Management. 6. Importance of forest ecosystems for Watershed Management. 7. Economic growth and Watershed Management. 8. Valuing benefits from Watershed Management. 9. Decentralized Watershed Management experiences from the Soil Conservation. 10. Role of agro-forestry in Watershed Management. 11. Watershed Management to counter farming systems Decline. 12. Watershed Management: Sustainable strategy for Augmenting Water Resources. 13. Upland Watershed Management and global change. 14. Application of remotely sensed imagery to Watershed Analysis. 15. Economic Evaluation of Watershed Management. 16. Watershed Management Strategy for Sustainable Growth. Bibliography. Index.

Watershed Management is a landscape based strategy that aim to implement improved natural resource management systems for improving livelihoods and promoting beneficial conservation sustainable use and management of natural resources. Integrated watershed management has been promoted in many countries as a suitable strategy for improving productivity and sustainable intensification of agriculture. The government of India in particular accords high priority to watershed programs as a strategy for integrated development of rural communities especially in rain fed and drought prone areas. (jacket)