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Suggested Solutions<br />

• Susta<strong>in</strong>able <strong>management</strong> and use or <strong>natural</strong> <strong>resource</strong> community based<br />

approaches and devolution <strong>of</strong> rights to appropriate local <strong>in</strong>stitutions (Le.,<br />

rights over <strong>resource</strong>s)<br />

• Establishment <strong>of</strong> Community Trust I Conservancies I Water Po<strong>in</strong>t<br />

Committees I Forest Committees<br />

• Traditional approaches to be <strong>in</strong>corporated <strong>in</strong>to national approaches<br />

• Community empowerment to co-ord<strong>in</strong>ate support agencies<br />

• Relevant policies for <strong>in</strong>tegrated communities based <strong>natural</strong> <strong>resource</strong><br />

<strong>management</strong> harmonised by government agencies<br />

Problem: Insufficient Water for People Liv<strong>in</strong>g Away From <strong>the</strong> River<br />

Causes<br />

• Groundwater levels dropp<strong>in</strong>g (boreholes dry<strong>in</strong>g up)<br />

• Insufficient boreholes (water supply)<br />

• Not enough provision and ma<strong>in</strong>tenance <strong>of</strong> water <strong>in</strong>frastructure (pumps)<br />

• Insufficient capacity to ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> water pumps and boreholes<br />

Suggested Solutions<br />

• Improve veld/rangeland <strong>management</strong> so as to improve water <strong>in</strong>filtration<br />

• Improve supply <strong>of</strong> water (pipe and borehole), l<strong>in</strong>ked to water and rangeland<br />

<strong>management</strong> strategies for susta<strong>in</strong>able use<br />

• Increase local capacity by provid<strong>in</strong>g tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

• Introduce appropriate f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g mechanisms<br />

• Improve co-operation between government departments, NGOs and o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

service providers for susta<strong>in</strong>able community development<br />

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