Governance of water or watershed in Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Zeinab Karimi
Postdoctoral researcher, Faculty of Natural Resources and Desert Studies, Yazd University
10.22034/wmji.2024.2020720.1049
Abstract
Any damage to watershed resources can have significant effects and consequences for stakeholders. In this regard; increasing pressure and tension on ecosystems and the crisis of water resources in the country is the result of laws, policies and lack of integrated management in watersheds rather than being caused by inhumane activities. In order to getting out from this bankruptcy, is necessary to correcting the thought of the former governance and the quality of governance health in the country watersheds. Therefore; in this research has been tried to investigate the unfavorable governance of water resources in the country, which has led to the destruction of capitals in the long term in a competition with short-term benefits; to change the views of officials, experts and stakeholders towards the proper watershed governance. The findings of the research indicate that this type of governance, unlike the current governance in the country, tries to improve the watershed's health by considering all the watershed's components and involving all the officials and stakeholders. In addition, under the pretext of providing and restoring a resource in the short term, it does not put other watershed resources under pressure and destruction in the long term. In this regard; is suggested to improve the watersheds health and getting out of the crises that have occurred in the watersheds; the governance of IWM should replace the unfavorable governance prevailing in the country.
Keywords
Proper watershed governance
Stakeholders
Water governance
Watershed health

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