@article{fdi:010094441,
  title = {{A}ssessment of {I}ntegrated {W}ater {R}esources {M}anagement and environmental services for water users in the {M}assili {B}asin ({B}urkina {F}aso, {W}est {A}frica)},
  author = {{S}iri, {Y}. and {D}iedhiou, {A}rona},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}ince the 1970s, the {S}udano-{S}ahelian zone has been characterized by climate change, which has intensified pressure on existing water resources and exacerbated water quality problems, water shortages, famine, deforestation, and desertification. {T}he chronic droughts recorded in the early 1970s led some countries, such as {B}urkina {F}aso, to put water at the center of the political agenda. {H}owever, the preferred vision was technical and government-centric. {I}n the mid-1990s, {B}urkina {F}aso adopted {I}ntegrated {W}ater {R}esources {M}anagement ({IWRM}) as an appropriate response to the effects of climate change through the establishment of {IWRM} mechanisms ({W}ater {A}gencies, {L}ocal {W}ater {C}ommittees [{LWC}], water policing services). {T}his article is a contribution to the contextual assessment of {IWRM} principles perceived by institutional stakeholders ({G}eneral {D}irectorate of {W}ater {R}esources, {P}ermanent {S}ecretary for {IWRM}, {W}ater agencies, etc.) as being suitable modalities for adapting to the effects of climate variability and water users' access to climate services in the {M}assili watershed ({U}pper {V}olta basin, {B}urkina {F}aso). {T}he methodology is based on a socio-anthropological survey. {F}ifteen individual semi-directive interviews were carried out in {D}ecember 2022 with a variety of actors of varying status in the communes of {O}uagadougou, {T}anghin-{D}assouri, {S}aaba, {K}oubri, {D}apelogo, {Z}iniar{\'e}, and {L}oumbila, using an interview guide. {S}ix focus groups were also carried out. {T}his study reveals that {IWRM} mechanisms ({W}ater {A}gency, {LWC}) as translated by institutional actors do not consider endogenous hydro-socio-climatic knowledge and fail to effectively and sustainably address the exacerbation of the effects of climate variability, let alone ensure the provision of climate services to water resource users.},
  keywords = {{I}ntegrated {W}ater {R}esources {M}anagement ; environmental services ; climate change ; {B}urkina {F}aso ; water governance ; climate services ; {BURKINA} {FASO} ; {MASSILI} {BASSIN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}ase {S}tudies in the {E}nvironment},
  volume = {9},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {2329164 [18 p.]},
  ISSN = {2473-9510},
  year = {2025},
  DOI = {10.1525/cse.2025.2329164},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010094441},
}