Watershed Management

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: 3, course: Vocational School of Technical Sciences, language: English, abstract: A watershed can be defined as a catchment or drainage basin. Watershed management is considered as the most appropriate approach to ensure the preservation, conservation and sustainability of all land based resources and for improving the living conditions of the people. Watershed management tries to bring about the best possible balance in the environment between natural resources on the one side, and human and other living beings on the other. The degree of success of watershed management interventions primarily depends on the will of the people and the scale of activities involved in it. Recent studies show that participation of people is the core component of watershed management programs. The objective of the paper is to underline the eutrophication as one of the major environmental pollution problem in watersheds, and finally explore the methods, protection tools or strategies involved in the sustainable watershed management.