Water governance reforms are underway in many parts of the developing world.

Spatial and temporal attributes of watersheds and the associated market failures that accelerate degradation of agricultural and environmental resources require innovative institutional arrangements for coordinating use and management of resources

In Ethiopian development policies, pastoralist areas have recently attracted more attention.

Collective action in agriculture and natural resource management is all too often perceived of in terms of the mere number of participants, with little consideration given to who participates, why, and the outcomes of inequitable participation.

"Safe water is widely recognized as both a fundamental human need and a key input into economic activity.

Watershed projects play an increasingly important role in managing soil and water resources throughout the world. Research is needed to ensure that new projects draw upon lessons from their predecessors' experiences.

Many watershed development projects around the world have performed poorly because they failed to take into account the needs, constraints, and practices of local people.

In the arid and semi- arid Indian state of Rajasthan, tanks and ponds have been a mainstay of rural communities for centuries.

Research and policy on property rights, collective action and watershed management requires good understanding of ecological and socio-political processes at different social-spatial scales.

Water and watersheds are difficult to separate for management purposes.

The System-wide Program for Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi) sponsored a workshop on Watershed Management Institutions, March 13-16, 1999 in Managua, Nicaragua.

In 1987, an improved resource management system that incorporates velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens var.