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Universitat de Barcelona
2004
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- Forest and Water Policies. The need to reconcile public and science perceptions I. Calder J. Amezaga B. Aylward J. Bosch L. Fuller K. Gallop A. Gosain R. Hope G. Jewitt M. Miranda I. Porras V. Wilson Ciencias de la Tierra India Costa Rica Forestation South Africa Water policies This paper compares and contrasts some of the science and public perceptions of the role of forests in relation to thewater environment. It is suggested that the disparity between the two perceptions needs to be addressed before we arein a position to devise and develop land and water policies (whether market or non-market based) which are aimed ateither improving the water environment, and by doing so improving the livelihoods of poor people by greater accessto water, or conserving and protecting forests. Examples are given of three research projects in South Africa, Indiaand Costa Rica where, through the involvement of stakeholder groups, often with representatives comprising both thescience and public perceptions, interactive research programmes were designed not only to derive new research findingswith regard to the biophysical processes but also to achieve better ownership and acceptance of research findingsby the stakeholders. It is concluded that to move towards a reconciliation of the different perceptions and to putin place better policies and management systems, where policy is better connected with science, will require furtherefforts: a) To understand how the belief systems underlying the science and public perceptions have evolved, andhow these are affecting land and water policy processes; b) to develop management support tools, ranging from simpledissemination tools, which can demonstrate the impacts of land use decisions on the water environment to institutionsand local people, to detailed robust and defensible hydrological models which are needed to help implement thenew land and water policies, such as those now being implemented in RSA; and c) to understand better how land andwater related policies impact on the poorest in society. It is argued that many present policies may not be significantlybenefiting the poor and may even, in some situations, be resulting in perverse outcomes. 2004 artículo científico 1695-6133 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=50520207 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=505 Geologica Acta: an international earth science journal application/pdf Universitat de Barcelona Geologica Acta: an international earth science journal (España) Num.2 Vol.2