Regional training course in natural resources management and environmental monitoring in humid-tropical ecosystems

This syllabus provides a framework for the course. Syllabus chapter topics are as follows: (1) concepts of watershed resource management; (2) statistical methods; (3) the hydrologic cycle; (4) inventory techniques; (5) hydrologic methods; (6) vegetative management and water yield; (7) erosion processes and control; (8) water quality; (9) water harvesting; (10) reservoir management; (11) economic aspects; (12) institutional considerations; (13) modeling and simulation techniques; (14) environmental monitoring; and (15) watershed resources management in the multiple use concept. Special emphasis is given to major problems that concern the use of watershed lands of humid and tropical ecosystems of developing countries. A 7-page bibliography (1955-78) is included.