L. V. HIREVENKANAGOUDARSHRISHAIL S. DOLLI2019-05-222019-05-222007-08-29TH8683http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810104205The study was conducted in Bijapur district to analyse the sustainability of natural resource management and its impact on the livelihood of participating families in watershed development project during the year 2005.Two watershed development projects financially assisted by DANIDA and DFID were selected for the study. One small, medium and big size village in both the projects cind five self help group members and five non self help group members were selected by stratified sampling method constituting the total sample of 240 respondents. Village level institutions and five self-help groups from each village were also selected for the study. The important findings of the study were: Five dimensions of sustainability of Natural Resource Management namely social, technical, environmental, institutional and financial sustainability were identified. Three indicators for each dimension were identified. Higher knowledge level (about 70 %) was found in big and small farmers category while landless and women members had relatively low knowledge level (60 to 70 %) about Natural Resource Management. Non significant difference in the knowledge level between the categories of farmers, between different size villages was observed. The findings revealed that family size, education, socio-economic status and organizational participation had positive and significant association with the overall knowledge index.ennullThesis