Towards an Innovative Approach to Integrated Wetland Management in Rupa Lake Area of Nepal

The common property resource management would be tragedy of common or would lead to better management dependent on the existence of institutions governing access, utilization, managements, exclusion,  ownership  and  transfer  of  ownership.  However,  recently  the  concept  of  integrated management and environment payment system has emerged as a new paradigm in common property management. The civil society is now working towards bridging gaps between have and have not. With this  realization  LI-BIRD  in  financial  support  of  EGP  Netherlands  applied  the  integrated  wetland management model in managing the Rupa wetland and its watershed. Significant progress has been made  in  ensuring  communities  leadership  in  management  of  natural  resources.  The  conflicts  in resource management  has been challenged with innovative ideas of distributing the benefits arising from the use to the communities who are not only recipients but also the communities playing role in conservation and management of ecosystems.