Managing water resources is one of the most pressing challenges of our times-fundamental
to how we feed 2 billion more people in coming decades, eliminate poverty, and reverse …

This book addresses two major issues in natural resource management and political
ecology: the complex conflicting relationship between communities managing water on the …

In recent years, water governance has emerged as a conflictive political issue in Bolivia,
leading to major protests and the rise of influential social movements. Although conflicts over …

This article examines how the legal systems of Andean countries have dealt with the
region's huge plurality of local water rights, and how official policies to 'recognize'local rights …

CONTEXT Worldwide farmer managed irrigation systems have provided crops for food, feed
and the market for centuries. From high mountain environments to river valleys and deltas, in …

Starting from the assessment that past efforts at reform in agricultural water management in
developing countries have achieved very little, this article argues that a fundamental change …

While the role of secure property rights contributing to sustainable natural resource
management is increasingly recognized, translating that into practice is more challenging …

Although environmental flow assessments and allocations have been practiced in Australia
for nearly 20 years, to date they have not effectively incorporated indigenous values. In …

… words coalesce to say: From water we come–and to denounce the politicians and
technocrats who betray the most ancient memory of the Americas. That memory encourages …

Community participation, ownership and cost sharing are key components of Tanzania's
water policy, in common with the broad international consensus on water governance …