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Basin Comanagement Plans – A Participative Approach to Water Governance: A Case Study in Honduras, Central America

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Sustainability of Integrated Water Resources Management

Abstract

This case study addresses the governance and institutionality of integrative and participative basin management in the micro-basin of the Valle de la Soledad located on the outskirts of the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa. The initiative comprises four basic stages: (1) identification of existing laws and state institutions, (2) knowledge of local actors’ capacities to protect and administer water resources, (3) determination of water conflicts and steps for its possible solution, and (4) determination of factors and actors in favor and against water protection. The process allowed to develop municipal capacities, participative and efficient basin, and land use management programs that benefited local communities, particularly small and medium farmers, as well as to develop financial sustainability mechanisms.

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Notes

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    Chimbo, Chandala, Espariguat, and El Naranjito are Honduran soil series (Simmons Honduran Soil Study).

  2. 2.

    Soft slopes refer to topography with less than 5 % inclination.

  3. 3.

    UMA Municipality Environmental Unit (acronym in Spanish).

  4. 4.

    Friends of La Tigra National Park, nongovernmental organization.

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    Honduran Rural Aqueduct, Wells and Basic Drainage Project.

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    Program for the strengthening of local capacities in watershed management and natural disaster prevention.

  7. 7.

    Program for innovation, learning, and communication in the integrated adaptative management of watersheds.

  8. 8.

    Processes refer to all the actions regarding watershed management such as conservation of water sources and land use among others.

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    PSE, Ecosystem Service Payment referring to any payment received for the conservation, sustainable use, or other of the natural resources of a particular area.

  10. 10.

    Contamination canons refer to the “fee” paid by companies or institutions whose activities generate some sort of contamination; fees paid are typified by the General Natural Resources Law of Honduras.

  11. 11.

    Municipal Environment Unit.

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I acknowledge the FOCUENCAS II project for making available all their publications and Dr. Jorge Faustino and Dr. Francisco Jimenez from the Tropical Agricultural and Higher Education Center (CATIE) for their revision and inputs to this chapter.

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Lardizabal, C.C. (2015). Basin Comanagement Plans – A Participative Approach to Water Governance: A Case Study in Honduras, Central America. In: Setegn, S., Donoso, M. (eds) Sustainability of Integrated Water Resources Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12194-9_19

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