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This article explores the creation of new groundwater-based irrigation communities as a result of the internal colonisation projects of Franco’s government in the 1950s in La Mancha, Central Spain. The literature on Spain’s hydraulic mission has mainly focused on the use and mobilisation of large...


Closas, Alvar[Groundwater, the state, and the creation of irrigation communities in Llanos del Caudillo, Spain]Groundwater, the state, and the creation of irrigation communities in Llanos del Caudillo, Spain

Recent decentralization and forestry laws in Bolivia give municipal governments a strong role in forest management. This article analyzes the impact of those laws on local government activities related to logging, protected areas, indigenous territories, and land-use planning. It con-cludes that ...


Kaimowitz, D.Vallejos, C.Pacheco, P.Balanza, P.P.López, R.[Municipal governments and forest management in lowland Bolivia]Municipal governments and forest management in lowland Bolivia

The Chinese government is aggressively promoting development of a domestic wood pulp industry, integrated with a plantation-based fiber supply and downstream paper production. It is doing so by providing discounted loans from state banks, fiscal incentives, and capital subsidies for establishment...


Barr, C.Cossalter, C.[China's development of a plantation-based wood pulp industry: government policies, financial incentives, and investment trends]China's development of a plantation-based wood pulp industry: government policies, financial incentives, and investment trends

This article examines the institutional matrix associated with logging and forest pioneering in a district on Sumatra. It draws together theoretical approaches to develop a framework for analysing the operation of competing forms of institutional power and control. The article argues that the gov...


McCarthy, J.F.[Power and interest on Sumatra’s rainforest frontier: clientelist coalitions, illegal logging and conservation in the Alas valley]Power and interest on Sumatra’s rainforest frontier: clientelist coalitions, illegal logging and conservation in the Alas valley
Jintao XuBull, G.Q.Nilsson, S.White, A.Pottinger, A.J.[Forestry in China - policy, consumption and production in forestry's newest superpower]Forestry in China - policy, consumption and production in forestry's newest superpower

The massive loss of quantity and quality of natural forest cover in Indonesia threatens an important source of foreign exchange and employment. Several studies and government policies indicate that population growth, particularly among small landholders, is the principal cause of deforestation. A...


Sunderlin, William D.Resosudarmo, I.A.P.[The Effect of population and migration on forest cover in Indonesia]The Effect of population and migration on forest cover in Indonesia

This paper discusses the policy aspects of sandalwood in East Nusa Tenggara province, focusing primarily on the impacts of regional government regulations on the resource sustainability. The paper is based on a field survey that was conducted during July-August 1999, and various publications and ...


Rohadi, D.Maryani, R.Belcher, B.Ruiz Perez, M.Widnyana, M.[Can sandalwood in East Nusa Tenggara survive?: lessons from the policy impact on resource sustainability]Can sandalwood in East Nusa Tenggara survive?: lessons from the policy impact on resource sustainability

The Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana programme should concentrate on two low-hanging fruits. First, it should quickly put to use 20-40 million ha of unutilised irrigation potential created in major, medium and minor irrigation projects. Second, it should provide better quality power rations...


Shah, TushaarMishra, G.Kela, PankajChinnasamy, Pennan[Har Khet Ko Pani?: Madhya Pradesh’s irrigation reform as a model]Har Khet Ko Pani?: Madhya Pradesh’s irrigation reform as a model
Verma, ShilpDurga, NehaShah, Tushaar[Solar irrigation pumps and India’s energy–irrigation nexus]Solar irrigation pumps and India’s energy–irrigation nexus

Since the late 1990s, river basin planning has become a central idea in water resources management and a mainstream approach supported by international donors through their water programs globally. This article presents river basin planning as a function of power and contested arena of power stru...


Suhardiman, DianaBastakoti, Ram C.Karki, EmmaBharati, Luna[The politics of river basin planning and state transformation processes in Nepal]The politics of river basin planning and state transformation processes in Nepal

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