Developing participatory and integrated watershed management: A case study of the FAO/Italy Inter-regional Project for Participatory Upland Conservation and Development

Integrating activities for conservation and development through people's participation and collaboration among different institutional and social actors is being increasingly recognized as the most promising approach to sustainable natural resource management. This document describes and discusses the experience in this area of the Inter-regional Project for Participatory Upland Conservation and Development (PUCD project), promoted in the framework of the FAO/Italy Programme.