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<journal-title>Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions</journal-title>
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<article-title>Watershed regulation and local action: analysis of the Senegal River watershed management by a regional organisation and public participation</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Sène</surname>
<given-names>A. M.</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Bonin</surname>
<given-names>S.</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Soubeyran</surname>
<given-names>O.</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Institut de Géographie Alpine, Laboratoire PACTE &amp;ndash; Territoires, Grenoble, France</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>28</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2007</year>
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<volume>4</volume>
<issue>3</issue>
<fpage>1917</fpage>
<lpage>1946</lpage>
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<p>Several social scientists have dealt with the usefulness of a participative
approach in development plans. The call for sustainable development has
increased the focus on this type of approach in a very classical way, which
is the case for the creation of new water tanks. Most of these scientists
have also pinpointed the major difficulties and failures faced during the
execution of this new approach in developing countries. This study is a
concrete example which underlines the lack of this type of approach as far
as water management in the Senegal River is concerned, mainly in relation to
watershed. We base our study on the analysis and criticism of the regional
organization OMVS (Organization for the Development of the Senegal River)
which is in charge of water management in the Senegal River. The results of
the study can, therefore, be summed up as follows: (i) An on-site direct
observation, individual interviews, group discussion and information
analysis point out the lack of participation of local people in water
management in the Senegal River and, in general, the harmful socio-economic
impacts resulting from it. (ii) The reasons for this lack of participative
approach are mainly due to the model set up by the OMVS in terms of water
management in the Senegal River, a model that has excluded or tackled in a
very light way the issue of public participation in decision-making through
out its juridical and regulation instruments. (iii) Elements of
consideration on some measures, which could possibly improve the level of
participation of local people in river water management.</p>
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