FBL 302: Integrated Watershed Management

Subject Ante and Title: FBL 302 Integrated Watershed Management

Subject status:                       Core

Credits rating:                       7.5

Time distribution:

Lectures:                     30 hours

Seminars/Tutorials:      15 hours

Practical:                     7.5 hours

Assignments:               7.5 hours

Independent study:     15 hours

Prerequisites: FBL101, FBL 103, FBL 205

Learning Outcomes


  1. Explain different concepts and key terminologies used in integrated watershed management
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of integrated watershed management for conservation of water resources, forest resources and biodiversity.
  3. Measure and analyze hydrological parameters.
  4. Develop watershed management plan(s).

Contents: Definitions and terms used in watershed management and hydrology.Watershed problems: their identification and analysis. Principles of forest hydrology: the hydrologic cycle and run off processes. The hydrology of forest ecosystems – catchment management and catchment forestry. Estimating run-off. Role of vegetation in water conservation. Watershed management techniques, river course and riparian management. Water quality management. Soil erosion and its control. Best land management practices and land capability classification. Integrated watershed planning. Human induced impacts on the hydrology of a watershed. Participatory and integrated watershed management planning and practices.

Required readings

  1. Ziadat F. (2015) Mitigating Land Degradation and Improving Livelihoods: An Integrated Watershed Approach. Routledge.288p
  2. Dume, T. and Leopold, L.B. (1978). Water in environmental Planning. W.H. Freeman & Co. N.Y. USA.
  3. Wani S.P and Rockstrom J.(2011). Integrated Watershed Management in Rainfed Agriculture. CRC Press. 494p.

Recommended readings

  1. Brooks, K.N, Ffolliott, P.F Magner J.A (2013).Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds,4th Edition.John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  2. Murty, J.V.S (1998). Watershed Management. New Age International Publishers.