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    Case studies on the allocation of transferable quota rights in fisheries 2001
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    FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Papers 411: The report, consisting of 23 studies, describes how the initial allocations of transferable fishing (effort) or fish (catch) quotas have been done by a variety of fisheries management regimes around the world.
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    Water tenure perspectives
    Proceedings of the Water Tenure Mondays webinar series
    2024
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    The Water Tenure Mondays webinar series was organized between 2021 and 2022 by FAO’s Knowing Water Better (“KnoWat”) project, funded by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Germany. The papers in this publication are based on the webinar presentations and examine water tenure from a range of different perspectives.Raya Stephan describes water tenure in Islamic law. Mohamad Mova Al'Afghani, Lê Văn Chính and Stephen Hodgson present case studies from Indonesia and Viet Nam using the KnoWat water tenure assessment methodology. Srinivasa Srigiri, Waltina Scheumann and Tena Alamirew describe the impact of recent reforms on water tenure arrangements in the Awash River Basin, Ethiopia’s economic hub. A.J. James, M. Dinesh Kumar, Yugandhar Mandavkar and V. Suresh present a case study on water tenure in the Warna Sub-basin in Maharashtra State in India. Elena López-Gunn, Manuel Bea, Rosa Huertas, Laura Vay and Pedro Zorrilla-Miras analyse water tenure arrangements in two river basins in Spain: the Duero Basin and the Guadiana Basin. Julie Trottier traces the evolution of water tenure arrangements in Palestine and their close links to land tenure arrangements. Dubravka Bojic, Khadija Bourrarach, Mohamed Boutayeb and Domitille Vallee describe FAO’s long-term engagement in the Berrechid region in support of the Government of Morocco and the River Basin Agency of Bouregreg and Chaouia. Katomero, Hyera, Tondelo, Dugange and Brewer use a comparative case study of livelihood groups in the United Republic of Tanzania to analyse the roles of accountability and water tenure in improving water access for marginalized people. Hans Komakech presents three case studies, also from the United Republic of Tanzania, that describe “living” customary water tenure arrangements where customary practices and formal arrangements combine to create a hybrid tenure system at the local level. The relationship between customary law and formal law in the context of water tenure is the subject of Stefano Burchi’s paper, while the relationship between the requirements of formal law and customary law around water tenure in five African countries is analysed by Barbara Schreiner and Barbara van Koppen. Stephen Hodgson examines the relationship between water tenure and international water law. Finally, Sofia Espinosa Flor and Benjamin Kiersch present the benefits of a water tenure perspective for assessing water resources governance based on the pilot water tenure assessments undertaken in Rwanda, Senegal and Sri Lanka under the Knowat Project.
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    Water accounting in the Nile River Basin
    WaPOR Water Accounting series
    2020
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    This report describes the water accounting study for the Nile River Basin carried out by IHE-Delft using the Water Productivity (WaPOR) data portal of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). The Nile River Basin faces a huge challenge in terms of water security. With an expected doubling of the population in the basin in the next twenty-five years, water supply in the basin will be further depleted as demands for agriculture, domestic and industry continues to grow. Water availability in the basin will also be threatened by climate change and variability and pollution from increased agricultural and industrial activities and from urban areas. However with limited up-to-date ground observations, in terms of duration, completeness, and quality of the hydro-meteorological records it is difficult to draw an appropriate picture of the water resources conditions. The Water Accounting Plus (WA+) system designed by IHE Delft with its partners FAO and IWMI has been applied to gain full insights into the state of the water resources in the basin.

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