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Water user association of the Fuente Palmera, Córdoba, Spain | Case |
| The Fuente y Palmera Irrigation association involves 5 municipalities (Fuente Palmera, Hornachuelos, Écija, Posadas, y Guadalcázar) in the Guadalquivir Basin, in Spain.The resource unit is surface water (mainly from Guadalquivir River). It encompasses a geographical area of 5,259 ha of irrigated land, divided in 79 groups of users. The case study spans from 1985 to 1997.The original case study authors focused on monitoring and institutional performance. The case study has subsequently... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Water users association, Nishikanbara land improvement area, Niigata Prefecture, Japan | Case |
| The Nishikanbara Land Improvement area is located nearly in the middle of the coastal region of Niigata Prefecture. It is an elliptic zone, 15 km from east to west, and 35 km from south to north. The Nishikanbara LID, which was established by combining five existing water users associations in 1951, is one of Japan's largest water users associations. The LID covers five villages, five towns, and two cities. At present (1999), its total farming land area is 19,103 ha and the association members... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Watershed management, Ban Luang, Nan province, northern Thailand (III) | Case |
| This paper examines four case studies of community-based watershed management with emphasis on their operational decision-making arrangements. Even though legally the watersheds are state property, 73% of the villagers consider them communal property. All the watersheds established community-based regimes as a result of a declining resource abundance, but differ in their operational rules, administration, effectiveness, and satisfaction among stakeholders. A village located in... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Watershed management, Ban Pae, Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand (II) | Case |
| This paper examines four case studies of community-based watershed management with emphasis on their operational decision-making arrangements. Even though legally the watersheds are state property, 73% of the villagers consider them community property. All the watersheds established community-based regimes as a result of a declining resource abundance, but differ in their operational rules, administration, effectiveness, and satisfaction among stakeholders. A village located in one of the... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Watershed management, Silalaeng, Nan province, northern Thailand (I) | Case |
| This paper examines four case studies of community-based watershed management with emphasis on their operational decision-making arrangements. Even though legally the watersheds are state property, 73% of the villagers consider them communal property. All the watersheds established community-based regimes as a result of a declining resource abundance, but differ in their operational rules, administration, effectiveness, and satisfaction among stakeholders. A village ... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Watershed management, Thung Kao Hang, Lamphun province, northern Thailand (IV) | Case |
| This paper examines four case studies of community-based watershed management with emphasis on their operational decision-making arrangements. Even though legally the watersheds are state property, 73% of the villagers consider them communal property. All the case studies established community-based regimes as a result of a declining resource abundance, but differ in their operational rules, administration, effectiveness, and satisfaction among stakeholders. A village located in one of the... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Whaling Practices among the Makah Indians, Neah Bay, Washington State, USA | Case |
| The case examines the whaling practices of the Makah Indians of Washington State. After practicing whaling for thousands of years, the Makah were forced to stop due to commercial whaling during the late 1800s and early 1900s. In the 1990s, the Makah began efforts to begin whaling again due to increased whale populations. Since their only successful whale hunt in 1999, the Makah have faced continual litigation from animal rights activists. | 09 Aug 2016 |
World-Earth System Governance | Case |
| This case is a focal point for 'gobal' models - i.e. modes with no particular spatial resolution. There are many of these - any economic growth model with some sort of ecological constraint. | 13 Jan 2023 |
Yanesha Forest Cooperative, Palcazú valley, central Peru | Case |
| The Yanesha forest community is located in the Palcazú valley of central Peru. The case study involves a snapshot in time during which the Yanesha Forestry Cooperative (COFYAL) operated in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Timber and a variety of forest products are the main stationary resource units.In this case, the forest resources were being extracted for the generation of profits from commercial activities to be distributed to the community members and are not for subsistence activities.... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Yuracare forest community, Department of Cochabamba, northern Bolivia | Case |
| The Yuracare forest community is located in the department of Cochabamba, in northern Bolivia. It encompasses a geographical area of 250,000 ha in the Rio Charape watershed. The case study spans from early 1990s to 1997, and catalogues an action situation involving 400 families, which are dependent on the forest for fuelwood, fodder, timber, water, and game species, among others. Timber and a variety of forest products are the main stationary resource units.This case illustrates how... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Zanjera Danum indigenous irrigation system, Dingras municipality, Ilocos Norte, Philippines | Case |
| Zanjera Danum is an indigineous irrigation system located in the extreme eastern portion of the coastal lowlands in the municipality of Dingras, Ilocos Norte in the Philippines. The resource appropriated is water for irrigation of approximately 1500 ha of rice paddy in the wet season. The irrigation system contains a network of laterals and ditches which deliver water from a main canal. The system is also divided into 32 subunits called "sitios" with each one having its own leaders. Above the... | 09 Aug 2016 |