strategy
Involving local people in water management
Context:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends encouraging the local population, especially women, youth, indigenous people and local communities, in water management. Claim:
Local communities must be the watchdogs of our waterways and must establish principles that oversee the use of this precious resource. Broader:
Managing waterDecentralizing powerInvolving local populationsProtecting indigenous habitatsProviding extension services to support local environmental managementStrengthening role of indigenous communities for sustainable developmentDelegating community responsibility for water Narrower:
Improving water supply in rural communitiesEnsuring local participation in coastal zone managementUsing indigenous methods to maximize local involvement in drinking water supply and sanitation Facilitates:
Providing sanitary water supplyStrengthening preventative and curative health services for indigenous people Facilitated by:
Employing local people Values:
NonlocalMismanagement Subjects:
Hydrology → WaterSociety → Minority, indigenous groups
Society → Local
Management → Management
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
