Integrated Water Resources Management as a Compromise: Renewing the Water Act in the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland

Buchs, Arnaud

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“…Social and political science theorists have contested the choice of the river basin as a neutral and natural perimeter [7,8,11,12]. Besides containing biophysical characteristics, a river basin exhibits an ensemble of socioeconomic and political-administrative scales [7,9,13].…”

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“…However, since there is no perfect balance between the two [7], borders separating institutional systems are often not clear, and are difficult to identify precisely [23]. In general, the scale of the collective problem, of the actual problem experienced, and of the problem discussed do not correspond to the scale of the decision-making bodies [1,11,12,24]. On this subject, Nahrath et al [24] introduced the concept of functional space (espace fonctionnel, in French), as a field in which there is a collective problem to be solved, that is politically recognized as such by public and private actors.…”

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“…Thus, most areas of federal competence are decided and executed by the cantons and local municipalities. This local autonomy is reflected in the variety of water management systems in Switzerland [11].…”

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“…In 1991, three new laws were adopted, whose aim was to integrate sectoral management (Federal Act on the Protection of Waters, Federal Fisheries Act and Federal Act on the Protection of Waters), reference [66] but to date, no interest has been shown in a single federal water law implementing the IWRM approach [11,67]. On the contrary, as the cantons are responsible for water management, there are as many water management models in Switzerland as there are cantons.…”

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“…Some unitarian countries, such as France, have institutionalized watershed institutions throughout the country. Because federations share power and autonomy between national and subnational levels, as defined by a federal constitution, the creation of this kind of entity represents the addition of another management structure to existing ones [11]. In decentralized federations, the decision-making process tends to be complicated.…”

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Integrated Water Resources Management in Federations: The Examples of Brazil and Switzerland

Miranda

Reynard

2020

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International water institutions worldwide consider integrated water resources management (IWRM) to be the most sustainable way to manage water. Governments have modified their legal and institutional framework in order to apply integrated water management tools in the river basin. Institutional challenges are common in federations due to complex power sharing at national and subnational levels. This article discusses the implementation of the hegemonic model of IWRM in federations, based on a review of the literature for two different federal countries: Brazil and Switzerland. Due to the centralized character of Brazilian federalism, adjustments made in recent decades aimed to adapt the water management model through a hegemonic approach of participation and decentralization, shaped by international experiences and institutions. Some challenges concern vertical interplay, concerning coordination between levels and effective implementation of decentralization and participation. In contrast, Switzerland has a non-hegemonic model of water management, which is varied and fragmented throughout the country. As management is decided and applied locally, the main challenge concerns horizontal interplay, with regionalization and coordination of water uses.

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Integrated Water Resources Management in Federations: The Examples of Brazil and Switzerland

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2020

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Adapting participatory processes to fine‐tune conservation approaches in multiactor decision settings

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Hassenforder

Meinard

2020

Conservation Biology

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Conservation decisions are typically made in complex, dynamic, and uncertain settings, where multiple actors raise diverse and potentially conflicting claims, champion different and sometimes contradictory values, and enjoy varying degrees of freedom and power to act and influence collective decisions. Therefore, effective conservation actions require conservation scientists and practitioners to take into account the complexity of multiactor settings. We devised a framework to help conservation biologists and practitioners in this task. Institutional economic theories, which are insufficiently cited in the conservation literature, contain useful insights for conservation. Among these theories, the economies of worth can significantly contribute to conservation because it can be used to classify the types of values peoples or groups refer to when they interact during the elaboration and implementation of conservation projects. Refining this approach, we designed a framework to help conservation professionals grasp the relevant differences among settings in which decisions related to conservation actions are to be made, so that they can adapt their approaches to the features of the settings they encounter. This framework distinguishes 6 types of agreements and disagreements that can occur between actors involved in a conservation project (harmony, stricto sensu arrangement, deliberated arrangement, unilateral and reciprocal compromise, and locked-in), depending on whether they disagree on values or on their applications and on whether they can converge toward common values by working together. We identified key questions that conservationists should answer to adapt their strategy to the disagreements they encounter and identified relevant participatory processes to complete the adaptation.

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Motivações e desafios para a implementação da gestão integrada de recursos hídricos em federações: os casos brasileiro e suíço

Miranda¹

2020

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Integrated Water Resources Management as a Compromise: Renewing the Water Act in the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland

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Integrated Water Resources Management in Federations: The Examples of Brazil and Switzerland

Integrated Water Resources Management in Federations: The Examples of Brazil and Switzerland

Adapting participatory processes to fine‐tune conservation approaches in multiactor decision settings

Motivações e desafios para a implementação da gestão integrada de recursos hídricos em federações: os casos brasileiro e suíço

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