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Lessons from implementing integrated water resource management: a case study of the North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority, Ontario
Published in Dan Shrubsole, Dan Walters, Barbara Veale, Bruce Mitchell, Integrated Water Management in Canada, 2018
Paula Scott, Brian Tayler, Dan Walters
Applying IWRM requires more than one agency acting alone. The coordinating function of the conservation authority programme is an essential part of finding solutions that balance local and provincial interests. The efforts to foster community stewardship and a shared responsibility for natural resource management will further enhance opportunities to make choices that consider and balance environmental, economic and social values. However, these efforts alone will not overcome the challenges that the NBMCA faces. Conservation Ontario (2010) released a discussion paper, “Integrated Watershed Management: Navigating Ontario’s Future”, that outlines numerous barriers facing conservation authorities in Ontario that are relevant to the situation in the NBMCA. In the IWMS, the NBMCA (2015c) identified some possible remedies for these ongoing challenges. The expanding scope and complexity of watershed management is a challenge. At the tributary scale it is possible to scope problems narrowly to resolve isolated issues. For example, the harmful algal blooms occurring on occasion in Callander Bay can be reduced by controlling external and internal sources of phosphorus in the embayment.
Natural resource governance and land use conflict
Published in Madeline Taylor, Tina Hunter, Agricultural Land Use and Natural Gas Extraction Conflicts, 2018
While examining issues of unconventional gas resource ownership, this chapter also explores the new regulatory paradigm that arises from extracting non-renewable resources beneath land surfaces which, themselves, are the site of production, such as those developed in agriculture. This paradigm is concerned with reconciling or prioritising competing resource needs in an increasingly populous world. This chapter firstly explores the concept of ownership and resource development, as well as how the extraction of a subsurface natural resource reflects within the concept of property rights. As part of this consideration of ownership, concepts of dominion and estates are considered. The chapter then considers the theoretical foundations of natural resource governance and its application in shale gas extraction. It then focuses on the collective governance of natural resources, which arises from individualistic responses to Hardin’s concept of The Tragedy of the Commons.2 A related concept considered in this chapter is that of Community-Based Natural Resource Management. Finally, this chapter addresses how natural resource governance conflict can be managed within the unconventional gas context through a consideration of land access regulation such as multiple land use frameworks.
Evaluating conflict risks in Africa’s resource governance
Published in Saleem H. Ali, Kathryn Sturman, Nina Collins, Africa’s Mineral Fortune, 2018
Kathryn Sturman, Fitsum Weldegiorgis
Community-based natural resource management allows the community to decide how to manage and capture the benefits of resources located on communal lands. It has been applied mostly to renewable natural resources such as land, water, forests, fishing grounds, and wildlife. Examples include community forests in Cameroon, village forest reserves in Tanzania, and community-run wildlife tourism ventures in Kenya. Community-based management can be used in dealing with the environmental impacts of mining and oil and gas extraction, and in resolving conflicts between communities and extractive industries over fishing grounds (especially offshore oil and gas), hunting grounds, arable land, and water.
Assessment of land degradation through people's perception and knowledge toward management in Oman
Published in Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 2018
B. S. Choudri, Mahad Baawain, Ahmed Al-Sidairi, Hamed Al-Nadabi, Ahmed Al-Raeesi, Khalifa Al-Zeidi
Between community and policy makers, collaboration plays an important role for successful natural resource management and such collaboration promotes community involvement as well as empowerment in finding solutions for resource management problems (Fleeger and Becker 2008). The community's interest and knowledge on land resource management are essential and educating public on land management must be part of any comprehensive national programme intended at ensuring development along with sustainability (Campbell et al.2011). The present study was able to establish a baseline information on the public's opinion related to land degradation and its management in Al-Suwaiq Wilayat. The data collected from 238 randomly selected householders were analyzed to identify their perception, knowledge, attitudes, and practices with regard to the land degradation.