An Analysis of Bodri Watershed Governance System

摘要

Watershed management needs collaboration and program integration from all stakeholders including government and non-government institutions, as well as communities. Despite the existent of a number of regulatory frameworks, there are various problems in watershed management that need to be systematically diagnosed for future improvement. This paper focuses on Bodri Watershed, which stretches through three regencies (e.g. Temanggung, Semarang and Kendal Regencies) and has a vital role not only in the ecological but also socio-economic life of the surrounding communities. The paper aims to evaluate the current conditions of the watershed through governance lens. This paper employs Governance System Analysis (GSA) approach and mainly uses qualitative method for data collection. The paper finds that there is lack of coordination, integration, synergy and synchronization in the application of knowledge, connectivity and capacity for participation of related stakeholders to the management of the Bodri Watershed. This situation explains environmental problems and ecosystem damages in the Bodri Watershed area. These problems include massive land conversion, erosion, landslides, sedimentation, and flooding and drought in the rainy and dry seasons respectively.