Watershed Management Is a Tool for Flood Management, Not Full Control

The deputy for watershed management at the Alborz Provincial General Department of Natural Resources and Watershed Management said that watershed management is one of the key tools for flood management but cannot control floods on its own. He added that during the Sixth Development Plan, despite budget and manpower limitations, watershed operations were carried out over more than 100,000 hectares of the province, roughly 2.5 to 3 times the target set for the province.

The Deputy Director of Watershed Management of the General Directorate of Natural Resources and Watershed Management of Alborz Province stated that watershed management is one of the important tools of flood management and alone cannot control floods, and said: In the sixth development plan, despite the limitations of credit and manpower, watershed management operations were carried out in more than 100 thousand hectares of the province. A figure that was about 2.5 to three times the commitment set for the province.