Watershed management index based on the village watershed model (VWM) approach towards sustainability

Ignatius Sriyana, J. G. de Gijt, Sri Kumala Parahyangsari, John Bosco Niyomukiza

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Abstract

In the current study, we examine the Indonesian government's watershed management program, which was established in 2001. In 2005, the Coordination Team for Rescue of Water Resources (CTRWR) was established to execute the program on a national level. However, at the time, field implementation was a sectoral interest due to the lack of program integration. To this end, the Indonesian government promoted integrated watershed management in 2009, which since then has been implemented by all stakeholders (in Top–Down management form), with application limited to preparing and planning documents. This is mainly driven by the stakeholders’ lack of understanding with regard to watershed systems as integrated management units. Field implementation results have not yet been realized, including the promotion of community-based watershed management (through Bottom–Up management). The purpose of our research was to determine the index numbers by measuring the level of cooperation between watershed management workers based on the Village Watershed Model (VWM) specifically surface water which includes six variables: planning, participation, institutional, fund sharing, gender, and management systems. The method used was an ordinal measure with the Likert scale. Our data showed successful watershed management, in which five of the six VWM variables—planning, participation, institutional, fund sharing, and management systems—were in the “good” category with indices ranging from 73.08 to 78.27. The gender variable index (69.12) was in the “medium” category.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)35-46
Number of pages12
JournalInternational Soil and Water Conservation Research
Volume8
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Keywords

  • Index
  • Management
  • Model
  • Sustainability
  • Village watershed

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