Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
J. Kramp, Diana Suhardiman, Oulavanh Keovilignavong (2020)
(Un)making the upland: resettlement, rubber and land use planning in Namai village, LaosThe Journal of Peasant Studies, 49
A. Malmer, D. Murdiyarso, L. Bruijnzeel, U. Ilstedt (2010)
Carbon sequestration in tropical forests and water: a critical look at the basis for commonly used generalizationsGlobal Change Biology, 16
Diana Suhardiman, Oulavanh Keovilignavong, M. Kenney‐Lazar (2019)
The territorial politics of land use planning in LaosLand Use Policy
V. Saravanan, G. Mcdonald, P. Mollinga (2009)
Critical review of Integrated Water Resources Management: moving beyond polarised discourse.Natural Resources Forum, 33
K. Kalhor, Reza Ghasemizadeh, Ljiljana Rajić, A. Alshawabkeh (2019)
Assessment of groundwater quality and remediation in karst aquifers: A review.Groundwater for sustainable development, 8
H. Asbjornsen, R. Manson, J. Scullion, F. Holwerda, L. Muñoz-Villers, M. Alvarado-Barrientos, D. Geissert, T. Dawson, J. McDonnell, L. Bruijnzeel (2017)
Interactions between payments for hydrologic services, landowner decisions, and ecohydrological consequences: synergies and disconnection in the cloud forest zone of central Veracruz, MexicoEcology and Society, 22
C. Grundy‐Warr (2017)
B/ordering nature and biophysical geopolitics: A response to HirschPolitical Geography, 58
K.N. Brooks, P.F. Folliott, J.A. Magner (2013)
Hydrology and the management of watersheds
V. Reddy, Y. Saharawat, B. George (2017)
Watershed Management in South Asia: A Synoptic ReviewJournal of Hydrology, 551
N. Badendoch (1999)
Watershed management and upland development in Lao PDR: A synthesis of policy issues
Johannes Euler (2018)
Conceptualizing the Commons: Moving Beyond the Goods-based Definition by Introducing the Social Practices of Commoning as Vital DeterminantEcological Economics, 143
T. Spies, E. White, A. Ager, J. Kline, J. Bolte, Emily Platt, K. Olsen, Robert Pabst, A. Barros, J. Bailey, S. Charnley, A. Morzillo, J. Koch, M. Steen-Adams, Peter Singleton, J. Sulzman, Cynthia Schwartz, B. Csuti (2017)
Using an agent-based model to examine forest management outcomes in a fire-prone landscape in Oregon, USAEcology and Society, 22
J. Castella, G. Lestrelin, Cornelia Hett, J. Bourgoin, Y. Fitriana, A. Heinimann, J. Pfund (2013)
Effects of Landscape Segregation on Livelihood Vulnerability: Moving From Extensive Shifting Cultivation to Rotational Agriculture and Natural Forests in Northern LaosHuman Ecology, 41
S. Wani, T. Sreedevi, T. Reddy, B. Venkateshvarlu, C. Prasad (2008)
Community watersheds for improved livelihoods through consortium approach in drought prone rainfed areas
P. Hirsch (2006)
Governing Water as a Common Good in the Mekong River Basin: issues of scaleTransforming Cultures eJournal, 1
M. Miller, Carl Middleton, J. Rigg, David Taylor (2020)
Hybrid Governance of Transboundary Commons: Insights from Southeast AsiaAnnals of the American Association of Geographers, 110
M. Chauhan (2010)
A perspective on watershed development in the Central Himalayan State of Uttarakhand, India.International journal of ecology and environmental sciences, 36
G. Richards (2008)
Electrical Conductivity as an Indicator of Water Chemistry and Hydrologic Process
E. Eiche, Maren Hochschild, E. Haryono, T. Neumann (2016)
Characterization of recharge and flow behaviour of different water sources in Gunung Kidul and its impact on water quality based on hydrochemical and physico-chemical monitoringApplied Water Science, 6
G. Lestrelin, O. Vigiak, Aurélie Pelletreau, B. Keohavong, C. Valentin (2012)
Challenging established narratives on soil erosion and shifting cultivation in LaosNatural Resources Forum, 36
P. Gerla (2013)
Can pH and electrical conductivity monitoring reveal spatial and temporal patterns in wetland geochemical processesHydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 10
M. Miller (2020)
B/ordering the environmental commonsProgress in Human Geography, 44
J. Katusiime, B. Schütt (2020)
Linking Land Tenure and Integrated Watershed Management—A ReviewSustainability, 12
J. Bourgoin (2012)
Sharpening the understanding of socio-ecological landscapes in participatory land-use planning: a case study in Lao PDRApplied Geography, 34
The Kuang Si Waterfall in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, is an iconic tourist destination and supplies critical irrigation water to several downstream villages. The upstream catchment area, or the Kuang Si watershed area, comprises several villages belonging to three separate districts. The aim of this study is to understand how the watershed area of the Kuang Si Waterfall has been managed to ensure a steady, reliable flow of water resources for downstream agricultural and recreational use, in a context whereby slash‐and‐burn is commonly practised by upland farmers. The governance of the watershed has evolved from a top‐down approach in the 1980s to one that embodies integrated watershed management in the recent decades: community‐based forest and land allocation along with livelihood improvement projects. However, the focus on watershed health could be diluted through the latter approach. Drawing on ideas in the commoning literature, I show that there are ongoing forms of ‘lite commoning’ that enable upstream communities to see a stake in protecting the downstream water resource. Transitioning from ‘lite commoning’ to ‘strong commoning’ could help wean watershed programmes off development aid and make them more self‐sustainable, but I argue that it is foremost important to determine the hydrological watershed boundaries.
Asia Pacific Viewpoint – Wiley
Published: Aug 1, 2022
Keywords: community‐based forest and land allocation; environmental commons; Lao PDR; mountainous communities; transboundary governance; watershed programmes
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.