افقی نو در حکمرانی شایسته آبخیز و توسعه پایدار

Watershed management in Iran requires a new attitude toward its management patterns. The implementation of existing sectoral policies in the country has increased the pressure on the quality and quantity of valuable natural resources. However, in the current situation, the country's watersheds, with their current management patterns, are still in unstable situation.The existing management challenges suggest the fact that watershed management is still facing a major crisis in Iran and has not been able to improve the health status of watersheds. Structural weakness of organizations, weakness of rules, lack of evaluation, monitoring and accurate monitoring can be the main root of these problems. Therefore, the main purpose of this paper is to address the necessary to conceptualize integrated watershed management approaches by collecting available documentation and findings. Then, the structure and administrative framework with appropriate strategies have been formulated based on identifying effective factors in the success and failure of managerial patterns. Changing the attitude from an island approach to an integrated approach in watershed management, increasing the internal and external cohesion of organizational structures, utilizing stakeholder participation-oriented management models and formulating relevant supporting laws are effective factors in the effective implementation of integrated watershed management. Increasing the sustainability, resilience and health of watersheds depends on the implementation of the principles of integrated watershed management.The achievements of this study can be a clear policy for managers and politicians in the country's natural resources.