Abstract
Freshwater governance (policy formulation and implementation) are usually undertaken with little consideration to the thought process of the owners of the resources and resource environment. Even though considerable efforts have been made to the social change theory by incorporating stakeholder’s views, the individual-level or local-level insights as well as constructs and environmental connections (cognitive view) in freshwater challenges are usually left out. Using the case study research design, with emphasis on the descriptive design helped to access local knowledge in freshwater governance. The mixed method approach, helped to put together information based on behavioural concerns, the spirituality of the people, and the resource environmental issues required for the analysis and discussion of the data, while drawing meaningful conclusion from data. The results provide a framework, which will help to address interventions that simultaneously address both development and behavioural determinants of freshwater degradation, toward social change conservation policy in reducing crisis in freshwater governance.
Highlights
The results provide a framework, which will help to address interventions that simultaneously address both development and behavioural determinants of freshwater degradation, toward social change conservation policy in reducing crisis in freshwater governance
Because of the extent of changes in the system of governance, challenges in socio-economic activities and unregulated human wants as well as lack of leadership and control in enforcing rules and regulations, it was evident that local practices as well as government rules are not helping in the conservation of the Lake
IK in freshwater governance is acceptable to almost all the local communities its understanding, and implications to freshwater conservation are dwindling due to the imposition of a different system of governance
Summary
Interpretation of the reality in a given situation at a particular time differs from person to person based on the person’s environment. Knowledge helps to give meaning to people’s environment whilst providing informed solutions to challenges. Knowledge can be said to derive from ideas, experiences, practices, intuition and information that has been generated by people in a particular place and time. According to de Groot’s (1969) idea of cognition, knowledge includes observation, supposition, expectation, testing and evaluation
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