Melinda Firds Program Management Unit Assistant
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
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Bogor Barat - Indonesia 16115
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Subekti Rahayu, Rudy Harto Widodo, Meine van Noordwijk, Indra Suryadi and Bruno Verbist
Year
2013
Publisher
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) Southeast Asia Regional Program
City of Publication
Bogor, Indonesia
Number of Pages
104
Call Number
BK0169-13
ISBN
978-979-3198-69-9
Abstract:
This book is our contribution toward better communication between people
who have an interest in watershed management. It contains our experiences
at the World Agroforestry Centre in diagnosing and monitoring problems
with watershed management. The main topic is watershed hydrological
functions, especially, 1) interaction between landscape and rainfall; and 2)
landscape as water organisms' habitat, functioning as an indicator of water
quality and pollution levels. The results of the observations are expected to
inform negotiations to achieve better watershed management for the benefit
of all. Issues related to watershed management are not only a matter of
planting an amount of critical land with trees. Watershed management has
different dimensions and each problem requires a different approach.
Watershed functions can be looked at in two ways: 1) supply aspects, which
consist of river-water quantity (discharge), time, river-flow quality; and 2)
demand aspects, which consist of availability of clean water and prevention
of flood, landslides and mud puddles (Figure 1). Poor access to clean water is
a main determinant in poverty and poor health. The problem of insufficient
and untimely water supply for downstream communities can be dealt with
using two approaches.
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