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Work with communities to increase local involvement

  • Community
  • Local Involvement

Civil society organisations need to work with communities to balance conservation objectives and community interests in order to increase local involvement in the implementation of initiatives to protect water resources

Need characteristics

Societal challenges
  • Ecosystem Management
Themes
Raise awareness, communicate and train stakeholders on water-related climate change challenges
Sub themes
How to increase awareness of local communities and involve them in water protection under climate change?
Stakeholder group
  • Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)
Task/Job
  • Community conservation initiatives
Pain
  • Conflicts between communities and conservation (protected area managers)
  • Dependency syndrome
  • Lack of involvement of communities in protecting water resources
Gain
  • Increase capacity and involvement of stakeholders and communities in protecting and managing water resources
Simplified climate and water scenarios
  • Dryer
  • Wetter & Dryer