Beginning with a grassroots approach to water management, increased knowledge and information and the improvement of environmental health and livelihoods, the region around the Tacaná volcano on the border of Guatemala and Mexico has shown the way forward in scaling up local level approaches to national level initiatives.WANI and partners set up a demonstration project in the Tacaná Watersheds, which combined pilot livelihoods projects and bottom-up integrated governance of water resources management. Many lessons have been identified from WANI's work in the Tacaná Watersheds. Among these is the understanding that developing local governance and organizational structures benefit and complement IWRM actions. Integrating local communities and their social structures into Microwatershed councils leads to greater cohesion and unity. Additionally, that strengthening community-based alliances and integrating them with municipal and national development institutions increases coordination between administrative levels. Finally, developing disaster risk management planning should be integral to the overall watershed management planning and not just as an emergency response.
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