Why a Watershed Management Approach?
The watershed is not only a geo-hydrological unit, but it also includes the human beings living inside it and their interaction with the other living and nonliving resources inhabiting it including that of among them. The watershed approach aims at alleviating habitat and inhabitant impoverishment through a holistic approach of conservation & sustainable exploitation of natural & human resources considering both of them as part of a system where mutual responsibility and harmonious coexistence matters. The watershed development approach have evolved from externally imposed biophysical interventions towards more participatory approaches encompassing a broader range of activities for Human, Social, Natural and Physical assets defined in the sustainable livelihood (SL) framework.
