The role of knowledge in a democratic society: investigations into mediation and change-oriented learning in water management practices
- Burt, Jane C, Lotz-Sisitka, Heila, Rivers, Nina, Berold, Robert, Ntshudu, Monde, Wigley, Tim, Stanford, Mindy, Jenkin, Treve, Buzani, Mangalisa, Kruger, Ewald
- Authors: Burt, Jane C , Lotz-Sisitka, Heila , Rivers, Nina , Berold, Robert , Ntshudu, Monde , Wigley, Tim , Stanford, Mindy , Jenkin, Treve , Buzani, Mangalisa , Kruger, Ewald
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/436770 , vital:73300 , ISBN 978-1-4312-0519-6 , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/2074-1-13.pdf
- Description: This project emerged from two previous Water Research Commission (WRC) research projects. In 2006 Heila Lotz-Sisitka and Jane Burt (Lotz-Sisitka, 2006) undertook research on participation in the establishment of integrated water resources management (IWRM) structures. They found that while much emphasis had gone into the establishment of water re-sources management structures, very little attention was being given to building people’s capacity to participate effectively in these structures. Access to and the ability to make use of knowledge resources about wa-ter resources management is a key aspect of such capacity building.
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- Authors: Burt, Jane C , Lotz-Sisitka, Heila , Rivers, Nina , Berold, Robert , Ntshudu, Monde , Wigley, Tim , Stanford, Mindy , Jenkin, Treve , Buzani, Mangalisa , Kruger, Ewald
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/436770 , vital:73300 , ISBN 978-1-4312-0519-6 , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/2074-1-13.pdf
- Description: This project emerged from two previous Water Research Commission (WRC) research projects. In 2006 Heila Lotz-Sisitka and Jane Burt (Lotz-Sisitka, 2006) undertook research on participation in the establishment of integrated water resources management (IWRM) structures. They found that while much emphasis had gone into the establishment of water re-sources management structures, very little attention was being given to building people’s capacity to participate effectively in these structures. Access to and the ability to make use of knowledge resources about wa-ter resources management is a key aspect of such capacity building.
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Deelname Aan Die Bestuur Van Waterhulpbronne In Suid-Afrika
- Burt, Jane C, du Toit, Derick, Neves, David, Pollard, Sharon, Berold, Robert, Stanford, Mindy
- Authors: Burt, Jane C , du Toit, Derick , Neves, David , Pollard, Sharon , Berold, Robert , Stanford, Mindy
- Date: 2006
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437569 , vital:73394 , ISBN 1-77005-501-0 , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT288-06.pdf
- Description: Die Nasionale Waterwet (1998) maak dit moontlik vir gewone mense om deel te neem aan die bestuur van waterhulpbronne. Hierdie boek bespreek wat deelname in die praktyk beteken. Die navorsing vir hierdie boek is tussen 2003 en 2005 gedoen deur ‘n groep deskundiges in die bestuur van water as hulpbron. Die navorsers het tot twee belangrike gevolgtrekkings gekom, naamlik: 1. Hoe ons die konsep ‘deelname’ verstaan, het ‘n direkte invloed op hoe ons water as hulpbron bestuur. Daarom is dit nodig om ons kennis en ervaring van deelname in die bestuur van wa-terhulpbronne te verdiep. 2. Ons het praktiese riglyne nodig wanneer ons deelname in die bestuur van waterhulpbronne beplan, maar hierdie riglyne behoort buigbaar te wees sodat die aard van die deelname by elke situasie of konteks kan aanpas.
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- Authors: Burt, Jane C , du Toit, Derick , Neves, David , Pollard, Sharon , Berold, Robert , Stanford, Mindy
- Date: 2006
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437569 , vital:73394 , ISBN 1-77005-501-0 , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT288-06.pdf
- Description: Die Nasionale Waterwet (1998) maak dit moontlik vir gewone mense om deel te neem aan die bestuur van waterhulpbronne. Hierdie boek bespreek wat deelname in die praktyk beteken. Die navorsing vir hierdie boek is tussen 2003 en 2005 gedoen deur ‘n groep deskundiges in die bestuur van water as hulpbron. Die navorsers het tot twee belangrike gevolgtrekkings gekom, naamlik: 1. Hoe ons die konsep ‘deelname’ verstaan, het ‘n direkte invloed op hoe ons water as hulpbron bestuur. Daarom is dit nodig om ons kennis en ervaring van deelname in die bestuur van wa-terhulpbronne te verdiep. 2. Ons het praktiese riglyne nodig wanneer ons deelname in die bestuur van waterhulpbronne beplan, maar hierdie riglyne behoort buigbaar te wees sodat die aard van die deelname by elke situasie of konteks kan aanpas.
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Participation in Integrated Resource Management (IWRM) in South Africa Quick Reference Guide
- Motteux, Nicole, Rowntree, Kate, Fargher, John, Berold, Robert, Stanford, Mindy
- Authors: Motteux, Nicole , Rowntree, Kate , Fargher, John , Berold, Robert , Stanford, Mindy
- Date: 2006
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437585 , vital:73395 , ISBN 1-77005-065-5 , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT%20258-06%20for%20printers.pdf
- Description: South Africa’s National Water Act of 1998 makes the management of any water resource a partnership between local water users, regional catchment managers, and the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. The Act encourages communities to become actively involved in developing and managing their water resources. The three volumes of guidelines summarised here are aimed at social practitioners who work with stakeholder communities. The guidelines help practitioners make partici-patory water resource management a reality. They introduce the necessary social tools and scientific knowledge to enable communities to participate as envisioned by the legislative framework.
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- Authors: Motteux, Nicole , Rowntree, Kate , Fargher, John , Berold, Robert , Stanford, Mindy
- Date: 2006
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437585 , vital:73395 , ISBN 1-77005-065-5 , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT%20258-06%20for%20printers.pdf
- Description: South Africa’s National Water Act of 1998 makes the management of any water resource a partnership between local water users, regional catchment managers, and the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. The Act encourages communities to become actively involved in developing and managing their water resources. The three volumes of guidelines summarised here are aimed at social practitioners who work with stakeholder communities. The guidelines help practitioners make partici-patory water resource management a reality. They introduce the necessary social tools and scientific knowledge to enable communities to participate as envisioned by the legislative framework.
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Participation in Water Resource Management: Book One
- Burt, Jane C, du Toit, Derick, Neves, David, Pollard, Sharon, Berold, Robert, Stanford, Mindy
- Authors: Burt, Jane C , du Toit, Derick , Neves, David , Pollard, Sharon , Berold, Robert , Stanford, Mindy
- Date: 2006
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437641 , vital:73399 , ISBN 1-77005-506-1 , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT293-06.pdf
- Description: The National Water Act (1998) opens the way for ordinary people to take part in water resource management (WRM). This is a significant move towards a more so-cial orientation and away from an approach that focused almost exclusively on the technical aspects of WRM. This set of two books asks what a social orientation means in practice. Since the National Water Act became law in 1998, how have WRM practitioners involved people in the process of managing water? What have we learnt so far? And how can we use these lessons to move forward? The content of the books is based on research that looked in some depth at national and local participatory practice in South Africa, and also broadly at international trends. The research was conducted by three WRM practitioners and two researchers in the field of participatory approaches.
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- Authors: Burt, Jane C , du Toit, Derick , Neves, David , Pollard, Sharon , Berold, Robert , Stanford, Mindy
- Date: 2006
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437641 , vital:73399 , ISBN 1-77005-506-1 , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT293-06.pdf
- Description: The National Water Act (1998) opens the way for ordinary people to take part in water resource management (WRM). This is a significant move towards a more so-cial orientation and away from an approach that focused almost exclusively on the technical aspects of WRM. This set of two books asks what a social orientation means in practice. Since the National Water Act became law in 1998, how have WRM practitioners involved people in the process of managing water? What have we learnt so far? And how can we use these lessons to move forward? The content of the books is based on research that looked in some depth at national and local participatory practice in South Africa, and also broadly at international trends. The research was conducted by three WRM practitioners and two researchers in the field of participatory approaches.
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U Dzhenelela Kha Vhulanguli Ha Zwiko Zwa Madi
- Burt, Jane C, du Toit, Derick, Neves, David, Pollard, Sharon, Berold, Robert, Stanford, Mindy
- Authors: Burt, Jane C , du Toit, Derick , Neves, David , Pollard, Sharon , Berold, Robert , Stanford, Mindy
- Date: 2006
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437657 , vital:73400 , ISBN 1-77005-504-5 , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT291-06.pdf
- Description: Mulayo wa Lushakawa Madi (1998) u vulela ndila vhathu zwavho uri vha kone u dzhenelela kha Ndangulo ya Zwiko zwa Madi (WRM). Bugu iyi i amba nga uri u shela mulennzhe kana u dzhenelela ndi mini kha nyito. Thodisiso ya bugu iyi yo yo itwa nga tshigwada tsha vho gudelaho Ndangulo ya Zwiko zwa Madi (WRM) vhukati ha 2003 na 2005. Vhatodisisi vho da na themendelo mbili dza ndeme: 1. Kupfesesele kwashu kwa ipfi “u dzhenelela” zwi tou vha na vhukwamani thwii na uri ri langa hani zwiko zwa madi. Zwenezwo ri tea u khwathisedza ndivho yashu na tshenzhemo kha u dzhenelela kha WRM.( Ndangulo ya Zwiko zwa Madi) 2. Ri toda tsivhudzo yo teaho musi ri tshi pulana u dzhenelela kha zwa zwa WRM, hone tsivhudzo iyi i tea u kona u shandukisea uri maitele a u dzhenelela avhe o teaho kha nyimele inwe nainwe kana dzothe. Bugu iyi yo khethekanywa nga kha zwipida zwivhili: Tshipida, thoho U dzhenelela kha Ndangulo ya Zwiko zwa Madi kha la Afrika Tshipembe , zwi sumbedza uri mihumbulo yo fhambanho ya vhathu na zwi anganyelwaho zwa tu-tuwedza uri vha nga langa hani zwiko zwa madi.
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- Authors: Burt, Jane C , du Toit, Derick , Neves, David , Pollard, Sharon , Berold, Robert , Stanford, Mindy
- Date: 2006
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437657 , vital:73400 , ISBN 1-77005-504-5 , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT291-06.pdf
- Description: Mulayo wa Lushakawa Madi (1998) u vulela ndila vhathu zwavho uri vha kone u dzhenelela kha Ndangulo ya Zwiko zwa Madi (WRM). Bugu iyi i amba nga uri u shela mulennzhe kana u dzhenelela ndi mini kha nyito. Thodisiso ya bugu iyi yo yo itwa nga tshigwada tsha vho gudelaho Ndangulo ya Zwiko zwa Madi (WRM) vhukati ha 2003 na 2005. Vhatodisisi vho da na themendelo mbili dza ndeme: 1. Kupfesesele kwashu kwa ipfi “u dzhenelela” zwi tou vha na vhukwamani thwii na uri ri langa hani zwiko zwa madi. Zwenezwo ri tea u khwathisedza ndivho yashu na tshenzhemo kha u dzhenelela kha WRM.( Ndangulo ya Zwiko zwa Madi) 2. Ri toda tsivhudzo yo teaho musi ri tshi pulana u dzhenelela kha zwa zwa WRM, hone tsivhudzo iyi i tea u kona u shandukisea uri maitele a u dzhenelela avhe o teaho kha nyimele inwe nainwe kana dzothe. Bugu iyi yo khethekanywa nga kha zwipida zwivhili: Tshipida, thoho U dzhenelela kha Ndangulo ya Zwiko zwa Madi kha la Afrika Tshipembe , zwi sumbedza uri mihumbulo yo fhambanho ya vhathu na zwi anganyelwaho zwa tu-tuwedza uri vha nga langa hani zwiko zwa madi.
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U Ho Ba Le Seabo Taolong Ya Mehlodi Ya Metsi Afrika Borwa
- Burt, Jane C, du Toit, Derick, Neves, David, Pollard, Sharon, Berold, Robert, Stanford, Mindy
- Authors: Burt, Jane C , du Toit, Derick , Neves, David , Pollard, Sharon , Berold, Robert , Stanford, Mindy
- Date: 2006
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437625 , vital:73398 , ISBN 1-77005-503-7 , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT290-06.pdf
- Description: Molao wa Naha wa Metsi (1998) o neha batho monyetla wa ho ba le seabo Taolong ya Mehlodi ya Metsi. Buka ena e bua ka se bolelwang ke ho ba le seabo. Diphuputso tsa buka ena di entswe ke sehlopha sa basebetsi ba diprofeshenale tsa Taolo ya Mehlodi ya Metsi mahareng a 2003 le 2005. Bafuputsi ba ile ba fihlela diqeto tsa bohlokwa tse pedi: 1. Kutlwisiso ya rona ya mohopolo wa “ho ba le seabo” e ama ka ho toba tsela eo re laolang mehlodi ya rona ya metsi. Ka hoo re lokela ho tebisa tsebo ya rona le boiphihlelo ba ho ba le seabo Taolong ya Mehlodi ya Metsi. 2. Re hloka tataiso e sebetsang ha re rera ho ba le seabo Taolong ya Mehlodi ya Metsi, empa tataiso ena e tshwanela ho kgona ho fetoha le mabaka hore mofuta wa ho ba le seabo o tshwanelehe bakeng sa boemo kapa ketsahalo ka nngwe.
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- Authors: Burt, Jane C , du Toit, Derick , Neves, David , Pollard, Sharon , Berold, Robert , Stanford, Mindy
- Date: 2006
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437625 , vital:73398 , ISBN 1-77005-503-7 , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT290-06.pdf
- Description: Molao wa Naha wa Metsi (1998) o neha batho monyetla wa ho ba le seabo Taolong ya Mehlodi ya Metsi. Buka ena e bua ka se bolelwang ke ho ba le seabo. Diphuputso tsa buka ena di entswe ke sehlopha sa basebetsi ba diprofeshenale tsa Taolo ya Mehlodi ya Metsi mahareng a 2003 le 2005. Bafuputsi ba ile ba fihlela diqeto tsa bohlokwa tse pedi: 1. Kutlwisiso ya rona ya mohopolo wa “ho ba le seabo” e ama ka ho toba tsela eo re laolang mehlodi ya rona ya metsi. Ka hoo re lokela ho tebisa tsebo ya rona le boiphihlelo ba ho ba le seabo Taolong ya Mehlodi ya Metsi. 2. Re hloka tataiso e sebetsang ha re rera ho ba le seabo Taolong ya Mehlodi ya Metsi, empa tataiso ena e tshwanela ho kgona ho fetoha le mabaka hore mofuta wa ho ba le seabo o tshwanelehe bakeng sa boemo kapa ketsahalo ka nngwe.
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Ukuthabatha Inxaxheba Kulawulo Lwemithombo Yamanzi Emzantsi Afrika
- Burt, Jane C, du Toit, Derick, Neves, David, Pollard, Sharon, Berold, Robert, Stanford, Mindy
- Authors: Burt, Jane C , du Toit, Derick , Neves, David , Pollard, Sharon , Berold, Robert , Stanford, Mindy
- Date: 2006
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437670 , vital:73401 , ISBN 1-77005-505-3 , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT292-06.pdf
- Description: UmThetho weSizwe waManzi (National Water Act) (1998) uvula indlela yokuba abantu nje abaqhelekileyo bathabathe inxaxheba kuLawulo lwemiThombo yaManzi (Water Resource Management) (WRM). Le ncwadi ixoxa ngokuba ukuthabatha inxaxheba kuthetha ntoni na xa kusenziwa. Uphando lwale ncwadi lwenziwe nga-magcisa angabasebenzi eqela le-WRM phakathi kuka-2003 no-2005. Abaphathi baf-ikelela kwizigqibo zemiba emibini ebalulekileyo: 1. Ukuqonda kwethu “ukuthabatha inxaxheba” kuchaphazela ngqo ukuba siyiphatha njani imithombo yamanzi. Ngoko ke kufuneka sense nzulu ulwazi lwethu kunye namava okuthabatha inxaxheba kwi-WRM. 2. Sifuna ukhokelo olusebenzayo xa sicebela uthabatho nxaxheba lwe-WRM, kodwa olu khokelo kufuneka lube nokuguquka ukwenzela ukuba ubunjani bothabatho nxaxheba lufaneleke kwisimo okanye kumxholo ngamnye.
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- Authors: Burt, Jane C , du Toit, Derick , Neves, David , Pollard, Sharon , Berold, Robert , Stanford, Mindy
- Date: 2006
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437670 , vital:73401 , ISBN 1-77005-505-3 , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT292-06.pdf
- Description: UmThetho weSizwe waManzi (National Water Act) (1998) uvula indlela yokuba abantu nje abaqhelekileyo bathabathe inxaxheba kuLawulo lwemiThombo yaManzi (Water Resource Management) (WRM). Le ncwadi ixoxa ngokuba ukuthabatha inxaxheba kuthetha ntoni na xa kusenziwa. Uphando lwale ncwadi lwenziwe nga-magcisa angabasebenzi eqela le-WRM phakathi kuka-2003 no-2005. Abaphathi baf-ikelela kwizigqibo zemiba emibini ebalulekileyo: 1. Ukuqonda kwethu “ukuthabatha inxaxheba” kuchaphazela ngqo ukuba siyiphatha njani imithombo yamanzi. Ngoko ke kufuneka sense nzulu ulwazi lwethu kunye namava okuthabatha inxaxheba kwi-WRM. 2. Sifuna ukhokelo olusebenzayo xa sicebela uthabatho nxaxheba lwe-WRM, kodwa olu khokelo kufuneka lube nokuguquka ukwenzela ukuba ubunjani bothabatho nxaxheba lufaneleke kwisimo okanye kumxholo ngamnye.
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Aquaculture Gets a Second Chance in SA
- Authors: Berold, Robert
- Date: 2005
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437556 , vital:73393 , ISBN , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/WaterWheel_2005_03_Aquaculture%20p12-15.pdf
- Description: The user-friendly series of “How to….” handbooks are aimed at staff and stakehold-ers in catchment management forums (CMFs), catchment management agencies (CMAs) and municipalities. The handbooks are not all written at exactly the same level of “user-friendliness”, it depends on the topic, and target users.
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- Authors: Berold, Robert
- Date: 2005
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437556 , vital:73393 , ISBN , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/WaterWheel_2005_03_Aquaculture%20p12-15.pdf
- Description: The user-friendly series of “How to….” handbooks are aimed at staff and stakehold-ers in catchment management forums (CMFs), catchment management agencies (CMAs) and municipalities. The handbooks are not all written at exactly the same level of “user-friendliness”, it depends on the topic, and target users.
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Environmental water quality in water resources management
- Palmer, Carolyn G, Berold, Robert, Muller, Nikite W J
- Authors: Palmer, Carolyn G , Berold, Robert , Muller, Nikite W J
- Date: 2004
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437611 , vital:73397 , ISBN 1-77005-083-3 , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT217-04.pdf
- Description: This book will help anyone working with water resources to make decisions about water quality, specifically environmental aspects of water quality. The book ex-plores the balance between water resource protection and water resource use, with a particular focus on water quality. A balance is necessary because the National Wa-ter Act (NWA) requires that water resources be protected and managed to meet the water quality requirements of ecosystems. At the same time the Act also requires that water be used for social and economic benefit.
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- Authors: Palmer, Carolyn G , Berold, Robert , Muller, Nikite W J
- Date: 2004
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437611 , vital:73397 , ISBN 1-77005-083-3 , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT217-04.pdf
- Description: This book will help anyone working with water resources to make decisions about water quality, specifically environmental aspects of water quality. The book ex-plores the balance between water resource protection and water resource use, with a particular focus on water quality. A balance is necessary because the National Wa-ter Act (NWA) requires that water resources be protected and managed to meet the water quality requirements of ecosystems. At the same time the Act also requires that water be used for social and economic benefit.
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Women and Water: How is Gender Policy Working on the Ground The Water Wheel
- Authors: Berold, Robert
- Date: 2004
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437684 , vital:73402 , ISBN report , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/WW_04_mar-apr_WiW.pdf
- Description: The gender policy of the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF), formu-lated in 1997, was designed to promote gender equality both within DWAF itself and in its activities at community level. The policy required a quota of at least 30% (since increased to 50%) of women in all decision-making committees as well as adequate participation and technical training. How does the policy work out in the rural areas, far away from DWAF head office in Pretoria? The Water Research Commission (WRC) conducted a research study in the Peddie area to find out. Fort Hare lecturer Priscilla Monyai looked at four villages close to the town of Peddie in the densely populated former Ciskei, between Grahamstown and King Williams Town. About 4 000 people live in the villages of Cisira, Ncala, Nqwenerana and Mgwangqa. All get their water from the Peddie water supply scheme which began supplying clean drinking water in 1999.
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- Authors: Berold, Robert
- Date: 2004
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437684 , vital:73402 , ISBN report , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/WW_04_mar-apr_WiW.pdf
- Description: The gender policy of the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF), formu-lated in 1997, was designed to promote gender equality both within DWAF itself and in its activities at community level. The policy required a quota of at least 30% (since increased to 50%) of women in all decision-making committees as well as adequate participation and technical training. How does the policy work out in the rural areas, far away from DWAF head office in Pretoria? The Water Research Commission (WRC) conducted a research study in the Peddie area to find out. Fort Hare lecturer Priscilla Monyai looked at four villages close to the town of Peddie in the densely populated former Ciskei, between Grahamstown and King Williams Town. About 4 000 people live in the villages of Cisira, Ncala, Nqwenerana and Mgwangqa. All get their water from the Peddie water supply scheme which began supplying clean drinking water in 1999.
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Some For All Forever: Water Ecosystems and People
- Palmer, Carolyn G, Berold, Robert, Muller, Nikite W J, Scherman, Patricia
- Authors: Palmer, Carolyn G , Berold, Robert , Muller, Nikite W J , Scherman, Patricia
- Date: 2002
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437599 , vital:73396 , ISBN 1 86845 850 4 , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT 176 complete.pdf
- Description: Water for people and people for water. We need water and water needs us. That is what this book is about. Water is the basis of all life. No plant, animal or person on earth can survive without it. In fact, all organisms are mostly made up of water. Wa-ter shapes the earth’s surface. It is a fundamental part of climate processes. Out in the natural world, water is not found in taps, buckets and glasses but in rivers, wet-lands, lakes, dams, estuaries, groundwater and the sea. It falls from the sky as rain, runs off the landscape, filters into the soil, flows to the sea in rivers, is stored in dams, evaporates into the sky, and rains back onto the earth. This is the water cycle. People need water for all sorts of things, for drinking, washing, cooking, growing food, in industries, and to dilute and transport wastes. But in the process of using water, people can damage rivers, wetlands, lakes and other watery places. Dam-aged ecosystems do not work very well and may fail us when we need them most. The message of this book is – look after water in the places where it is naturally found – look after water and water ecosystems because you need them so much.
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- Authors: Palmer, Carolyn G , Berold, Robert , Muller, Nikite W J , Scherman, Patricia
- Date: 2002
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , report
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/437599 , vital:73396 , ISBN 1 86845 850 4 , https://wrcwebsite.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT 176 complete.pdf
- Description: Water for people and people for water. We need water and water needs us. That is what this book is about. Water is the basis of all life. No plant, animal or person on earth can survive without it. In fact, all organisms are mostly made up of water. Wa-ter shapes the earth’s surface. It is a fundamental part of climate processes. Out in the natural world, water is not found in taps, buckets and glasses but in rivers, wet-lands, lakes, dams, estuaries, groundwater and the sea. It falls from the sky as rain, runs off the landscape, filters into the soil, flows to the sea in rivers, is stored in dams, evaporates into the sky, and rains back onto the earth. This is the water cycle. People need water for all sorts of things, for drinking, washing, cooking, growing food, in industries, and to dilute and transport wastes. But in the process of using water, people can damage rivers, wetlands, lakes and other watery places. Dam-aged ecosystems do not work very well and may fail us when we need them most. The message of this book is – look after water in the places where it is naturally found – look after water and water ecosystems because you need them so much.
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