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Co-click’eau, a participatory method for land-use scenarios in water catchments

2016; Elsevier BV; Volume: 59; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.09.001

1873-5754

Émilia Chantre, Laurence Guichard, Rémy Ballot, Florence Jacquet, Marie‐Hélène Jeuffroy, Cybill Prigent, Marco Barzman,

Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

Agricultural use of pesticides and nitrogen has negatively impacted drinking water quality. In France, 1000 water catchments now face a legal obligation to develop and implement action plans to reduce such pollution. Unfortunately, the action plans suffer from delays, are developed mechanically to strictly comply with a preset list of measures resulting in minimal changes in practices. Their impact is generally insufficient to preserve or restore water quality. In this context, the Co-click’eau method was proposed to elicit the development of locally-relevant catchment action plans by drawing on stakeholder participation and modeling for the design and assessment of scenarios on land-use changes at the whole-catchment scale. The method was tested in 2011–2012 in three different catchments. Our results show that it has a significant role to play in facilitating the development of catchment-specific action plans for which local stakeholders can feel a sense of ownership and commitment. Co-click’eau is also valuable in enhancing collective action by eliciting a process where local stakeholders share their knowledge and explore possible futures. Participation of a wide diversity of local stakeholders, along with a flexible modeling approach makes it possible to take into account local constraints and helps to break down local lock-ins.