what is ISPWDK?
The Indo Swiss Participative Watershed Development Project Karnataka (ISPWDK) is a Natural Resource Management project supported by the
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation(SDC) and implemented through
Intercooperation
(IC). The project began in 1995.
The overall goal of ISPWDK in Phase 2 is to reduce poverty and to enhance the choices and opportunities of the population in the project watershed areas of northern 
Karnataka through the restoration, improved management and sustainable use of natural resources. Project activities are facilitated through the Programme Support and Management Unit (PSMU), a coordination and support unit of SDC/IC.
ISPWDK is an upscaled project of the PIDOW project (Participative & Integrated Development of Watershed) in Karnataka, which was implemented by SDC, MYRADA (NGO) and the Government of Karnataka from 1984-2001.
