Integrated Water Resource Management as defined by the Global Water Partnership (GWP) is a process that considers the co-ordination of development and management of water, land and related resources to enhance economic and social welfare without jeopardizing the sustainability of the ecosystem.
Ecohydrology together with the application of Phytotechnologies consider the basic principles of IWRM in the way they are practice. The objective of the Guidelines for the Integrated Management of the Watershed, applying the principles and concepts of Phytotechnologies and Ecohydrology and IWRM, is to assist decision makers, technical experts and scientists alike to manage the watershed and related water bodies while also at the same time facilitate the better understanding of the opportunities that the application of Ecohydrology and Phytotechnologies offer for the purpose |
