District Soil Conservation Office, Dhunche, Rasuwa
Government of Nepal - Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation - Department of Soil Conservation Watershed Management
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The Department of Soil Conservation and Watershed Management (DSCWM) is part of Nepal’s Ministry of Forests and is responsible for programmes that help to conserve fragile soil resources in a way that is integrated with watershed management. Nepal`s rugged and geologically unstable steep mountain topography, coupled with intense monsoon rainfall for several months per year, make the country prone to high soil erosion rates. The erosion is further exacerbated by the fact that farmers are increasingly driven to cultivate ever more marginal slopes in order to meet the agricultural demands of a rapidly increasing population. Other physiographic and climatic conditions such as deforestation, overgrazing, and poorly maintained marginal lands conspire to further contribute to the degradation of watersheds. In addition, the socioeconomic conditions that prevail in one of the world`s poorest countries mean that human activities such as improper land use, unscientific cultivation practices, and the construction of development infrastructure without integrating conservation measures continue to add to the problems of soil erosion, which lead to landslides, flooding, and environmental degradation.
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Conservation and management of important and prioritized sub watersheds in the district to minimize the pressure of hazards of landslides, floods and soil erosion and to maintain natural environment.
Maintaining land productivity and prolonging the services of development infrastructures through scientific management of sub watersheds to support rural livelihoods
Department of Soil Conservation and Watershed Management has providing soil conservation and watershed management services to 61 districts of Nepal through its District Soil Conservation Offices.
The DSCO provides intensive support to the users in prioritized sub-watershed for 4 to 5 years as per resources available. After this period the support will shift to another prioritized sub-watershed.
The DSCWM approach to integrated watershed management has two main objectives. First, to assist in maintaining a good balance in the ecology by reducing the stress on the environment induced by natural hazards such as floods, landslides, and soil erosion through the conservation and development of important watersheds. Second, to maintain the productivity of the land by helping to reduce soil erosion, and to contribute to development infrastructure by seeing that this goes hand-in-hand with scientific management of watersheds.
The DSCO provides intensive support to the users in prioritized sub-watershed for 4 to 5 years as per resources available. After this period the support will shift to another prioritized sub-watershed. However, the technical support could be continued in the left sub-watershed as far as possible as per community needs and interest. In order to implement SCWM activities in line with the objectives and strategies formulated, the DSCO has incorporated a number of program
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