Watershed Adaptive Management

The lack of sustainable management of natural resources is one of the fundamental challenges to which societies and governments are faced and should be therefore addressed more seriously in the future. Hence, effective management of nature and environment requires a coherent and a knowledge-based structure, enough, reliable and up-to-date information. Accordingly, adaptive management is a landmark to achieve sustainable resource management. However, applicability of watershed adaptive management has not been assessed yet. The present study therefore aims to apply the watershed adaptive management consists of identifying the problems, designing, implementing measures, monitoring, assessing the ecosystems conditions and finally adjusting approaches. It is further planned to develop appropriate conceptual model for the adaptive management at the watershed scale. The performance will be then compared to that of the application of conventional measures. Towards this, the details of different sectors of adaptive management will be designated based on scientific standards and bases. Accordingly, assessment of watershed health, diagnosis of appropriate strategies, implementation of low impact and best management practices and ultimately performance evaluation will be taken place in the present Study.