Do myth based assumptions: 1) Forests are necessarily always good for the water environment, 2) Soil water conservation is always a benign technology, lead to perverse outcome? Are Watershed Development programmes really benefiting the poor?

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2005
Document Type:
Conference Paper
Theme:
Climate and Environment
Authors:
Calder, I.

Citation

Centre for Land Use and Water Resources Research, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 27 pp.

Do myth based assumptions: 1) Forests are necessarily always good for the water environment, 2) Soil water conservation is always a benign technology, lead to perverse outcome? Are Watershed Development programmes really benefiting the poor?

Published 1 January 2005