  
FOREWORD
The FAO Watershed Management Field Manual Is published within the FAO
Conservation Guide Series as Conservation Guide W13 and will consist
of seven separate volumes:
Watershed Survey and Planning (this Volume)
Slope Treatment Measures and Practices
Vegetative and Soil Treatment Practices
Road Design and Construction in Sensitive Watersheds
Landslide Prevention Measures
Gully Control
Water Harvesting
The objective of this Manual is to assist professionals concerned with
the planning and implementation of watershed management activities by
providing practical information supported by examples from a wide variety
of situations. However, the watershed situation in each country is unique
and h is impossible to provide step by step solutions which will apply
In any specific area. The user of the Manual is therefore, Invited to
add the local experience and information deemed necessary.
We wish to acknowledge the valuable work of Mr T.C. Sheng, Professor.
Department of Earth Resources. Colorado State University on which this
Volume was based. Mr S. Dembner, FAO Consultant, edited the first draft
on which many useful comments and suggestions were received from the
land and Water Development division of FAO's Agriculture Department
and from the Policy and Planning Service of the Forestry Department.
It has been prepared for publication by Mr LS. Botero and Mr T. Michaelsen
of the Forest and Widlands Conservation Branch. It Is hoped that the
publication will be useful to all orofessionals Involved in watershed
management activities.
ABSTRACT
This document is a guide for watershed managers and planners, providing
basic knowledge and practical approaches for the survey and planning
of small upland watersheds with combinations of forest, cultivated and
grazing lands and populated mostly by small farmers. The manual consists
of three pans. The first part gives an overall Introduction and explains
what preparatory work is needed. The second parts covers survey approaches
and techniques together with specific examples. The third part describes
planning and plan formulation
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