From policy design to implementation: an institutional analysis of the new Nicaraguan Water Law

Novo, Paula; Garrido, Alberto

doi:10.2166/wp.2014.188

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“…Tenure water rights are held only by the federal and state government, but some water-related policies can be held at municipal levels (Libanio, 2014). Like many other Latin American countries did when reforming their water institutions (Novo and Garrido, 2014;Jacobi et al, 2014), Brazil has adopted an integrated watershed resources management approach: Brazilian Water Law established the National Water Resources Policy (PNRH) and created the Integrated Water Resources Management System (SINGREH).…”

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Collaborative governance and watershed management in biosphere reserves in Brazil and Canada

Ferreira¹,

Shaw²,

Sakaki³

et al. 2018

Rev. ambiente água

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Water management within vulnerable ecosystems managed by multiple jurisdictions can be very complex. This study compares regulatory environments and deconstructs the approaches used for watershed governance and environmental management inside two UNESCO's Biosphere Reserves to identify possible transferability between the two management entities. Three methodological approaches were applied: participatory observation, in-depth interviews of key informants, and document research. We concluded that while there are differences between the regulatory frameworks and localized practices, at a foundational level the goals and desired outcomes relating to environmental protection are not dependent on location, but mainly on the integration and the establishment of common objectives among the diverse social actors involved in the management and from the interaction between different organisms of social control. Additionally, there are elements in the application of regulations and practices in both locales that could be transferred to other jurisdictions interested in addressing watershed protection in vulnerable ecosystems governed by multiple jurisdictions.Keywords: biosphere reserves, ecosystem based management, watershed committees.Governança colaborativa e gestão de bacias hidrográfica em reservas de biosfera no Brasil e Canadá RESUMO A gestão da água dos ecossistemas vulneráveis contida em múltiplas jurisdições pode ser muito complexa. Este estudo compara os ambientes regulatórios e desconstrói as abordagens utilizadas para a governança das bacias hidrográficas e o gerenciamento ambiental dentro de duas Reservas da Biosfera da UNESCO para identificar possíveis transferências entre as duas entidades de gerenciamento. A metodologia empregada na investigação empregou entrevistas com informantes-chave, observação participante e análise documental. Concluímos que, embora existam diferenças entre os quadros regulatórios e as práticas localizadas, em um nível fundamental, as metas e os resultados desejados relacionados à proteção ambiental não dependem da localização, mas fundamentalmente da integração e do estabelecimento de objetivos comuns aos diversos atores sociais envolvidos na gestão e da interação entre diferentes organismos de controle social. Além disso, existem elementos na aplicação de regulamentos e práticas em ambos os locais que poderiam ser transferidos para outras jurisdições interessadas em abordar a proteção de bacias hidrográficas em ecossistemas vulneráveis governados por várias jurisdições.Palavras-chave: comitês de bacias hidrográficas, gestão ecossistêmica, reservas da biosfera.

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Collaborative governance and watershed management in biosphere reserves in Brazil and Canada

Ferreira¹,

Shaw²,

Sakaki³

et al. 2018

Rev. ambiente água

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“…We started by identifying the actors in the governance system that are engaged in water management by studying the provisions of the Nicaraguan Water Law [7], which created new government institutions and binding network structures at the national and local levels. We created a list of key stakeholders within various organizations as primary sources of information for data collection and to aid in the application of the SES framework [24,25].…”

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“…Nicaragua enacted its Water Law in 2007 [7,[39][40][41], with IWRM and the Dublin Principles as the basis for this new regulatory framework [24,42]. It was believed this law and its new legal arrangements would propel good water governance in Nicaragua [24].…”

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A Socio-Ecological System Analysis of Multilevel Water Governance in Nicaragua

Montenegro

Hack

2020

Water

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Nicaragua enacted its Water Law in 2007, with the Dublin Principles for sustainable water management and integrated water resources management as its guiding framework. Implementation of the law remains a challenge, but significant efforts have been made to roll out this new water resources framework, to improve water management by enhancing a multilevel water governance system. To analyze multilevel water governance in Nicaragua and diagnose stakeholders’ roles and compliance with the law, we applied a socio-ecological system framework and several methods of analysis to process data collected from 52 in-depth semistructured interviews conducted with key stakeholders in the water sector. We found that the major variables affecting multilevel water governance were social interests, administrative capacity, and political, economic, and legal arrangements. The results suggest that there is centralization at the national level, a tendency toward noncollective choice rules, little investment in water resources, and a lack of knowledge concerning conflict resolution mechanisms. For multilevel water governance, a lack of funds is the main social, economic, and political constraint, affecting interactions and outcomes. Nevertheless, there is great potential to improve water resource management in Nicaragua by enacting the self-funding schemes established in the law. Moreover, government institutions, users, and various networks are willing to participate and take action to implement the law.

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From policy design to implementation: an institutional analysis of the new Nicaraguan Water Law

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Collaborative governance and watershed management in biosphere reserves in Brazil and Canada

Collaborative governance and watershed management in biosphere reserves in Brazil and Canada

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A Socio-Ecological System Analysis of Multilevel Water Governance in Nicaragua

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