watershed development impact on local communities and environment.

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We know that a Watershed Protection Approach is a strategy for effectively protecting and restoring aquatic ecosystems and protecting human health. This strategy has as its premise that many water quality and ecosystem problems are best solved at the watershed level rather than at the individual waterbody or discharge level. There are many success stories related to watershed development as huge number of agencies are working in this area. I guess, India has very good success rate of watershed development program. Lets share some success stories of watershed from your country and discuss the impact of watershed development programm in the area.

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  1. In India watershed development program is successful at a large quantum. I am posting here a video which narrates a story of watershed development and showing its effect on local community. Kumarappa Institute of Gram Swaraj (KIGS), Jaipur has been working on water issues for last 40 years. This film shows the effects of watershed management on the lives of the people of Rajasthan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiOeBw85emE