Understanding uptake of community groundwater monitoring in rural Brazil.

ABSTRACT: Resource monitoring is often cited as important for effective common pool resources management. In practice, not all monitoring interventions are successful, particularly when the resource, such as groundwater, is challenging to monitor and measure. We conducted a field experiment on groundwater monitoring in Ceará, Brazil, where communities are increasingly reliant on groundwater yet do not engage in monitoring. Despite careful implementation, uptake of monitoring within the 80 treatment communities was low. To unpack this low uptake, we conduct multimethods exploratory research. We find that uptake is less likely in communities facing high coordination costs, either within the community leadership or across the broader community. Uptake is also less likely when there are physical barrier

SUBMITTER: Cooperman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8307472 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature