Toward an Integrated Management Plan of the Djoudj Park Water Resources: Senegal River Mouth |
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Authors: | OUSMANE FALL NOBUYUKI HORI HIRONOBU KAN MBARACK DIOP |
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Institution: | (1) Tokyo Metropolitan University, Graduate School of Sciences, Department of Geography, Room# 727, Minami-Osawa 1-1, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan, JP;(2) Faculty of Education, Okayama University, Tsushima Naka 3-1-1, Okayama City 700-8530, Japan, JP;(3) Tropica Environmental Consultants Ltd., 20 Sicap Bourguiba, BP 5335, Dakar-Fann, Dakar, Senegal, SN |
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Abstract: | A new approach was needed to preserve the biodiversity of the Djoudj Park within a context marked by many constraints: drought,
regulation of its hydrologic system, and anthropogenic pressure. The local management plan developed in this paper aims at
the responsible management and fair distribution of the available water resources in the Djoudj Park to provide a balanced
response to conservation issues and the growing needs of the local communities. The opposition between an administration determined
to exercise its power and the confidence of local people weary of being stripped of their rights and cultural assets required
the setting up of a consensual management plan. This plan would provide a means to determine the timing and the number of
sluice gates to operate, based on an efficient command of the needs for water for each activity in the park and its surroundings.
This tool will allow the park authority to take full cognizance of the needs and opinions of all interest groups but also
their limits while keeping the essential functions of this wetland. It is also suggested that institutional and administrative
reform be carried out to associate local populations in the definition and implementation of criteria for an integrated management
of the Djoudj resources. |
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Keywords: | : Senegal River Dams Wetlands Djoudj Park Conflicts Management plan |
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