Capacity for watershed cumulative effects assessment and management in the South Saskatchewan Watershed, Canada

摘要: Canada’s watersheds are under increasing pressure from the cumulative effects of human development. There is a recognized need to assess and manage watersheds, but there has been limited assessment current capacity for management. This paper assesses implement sustain watershed-based management in South Saskatchewan Watershed. Eight core requisites 40 indicators watershed assessed based on survey 73 stakeholders. Results indicate that many perceived threats health Watershed not subject regulatory environmental assessment. Participants identified leadership multi-stakeholder collaboration as most important management, under-valued importance vertical horizontal lin...