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Catchment management agencies for poverty eradication in South Africa

This paper discusses the changes in water law in South Africa since the new dispensation. The focus is on the poverty dimensions of the early experiences of implementation of one of the components of the National Water Act: the establishment of Catchment Management Agencies. From a diversity of rece...

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Main Authors: Schreiner, B., van Koppen, Barbara
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: 2002
Subjects:
water resource management
catchment areas
institution building
decentralization
irrigation water
poverty
water law
farmers
water supply
water users
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/38668
Summary:This paper discusses the changes in water law in South Africa since the new dispensation. The focus is on the poverty dimensions of the early experiences of implementation of one of the components of the National Water Act: the establishment of Catchment Management Agencies. From a diversity of recent experiences in decentralizing integrated water resources management, key areas emerge where future actions by the government are crucial to establish pro-poor, developmental catchment management Agencies.

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