Development Partner: Oxfam, Nepal

Project Duration:

First Year: August 2023 to March 2024

Second Year: April 2024 to March 2025

Project Area: Dadeldhura District and Doti District of Sudur Paschim Province, Nepal

Parashuram Municipality, Alital Rural Municipality and Jorayal Rural Municipality

Background

Oxfam Nepal, in collaboration with Rural Women Unity and Development Center (RUWDUC) is implementing the Project “Watershed Management and Development Plan: Generating a Replicable Watershed Management Model” with a project period of April 2024 to March 2025 in response to identified shortcomings in natural resource management, particularly concerning water, land, and biodiversity, including poor upstream-downstream linkages and inadequate coordination among ministries and departments.

In the first year, the overarching goal was to improve governance in watershed management, address water insecurity, and manage local water conflicts through evidence-based interventions in the Rangoon watershed in Nepal. In the first year of the project, a basic foundation was laid through studies and a proposed structure on the water conflict resolution model, water governance structure and web-based interactive GIS portal development. This year the project is implementing those findings through a series of meetings and discussions at the watershed and national levels along with the development of a watershed database.