Research confirms water sceptics' worst fears

摘要

Common but misguided views about water management particularly the myth that trees always improve water availability have encouraged major investments in national and international water resource projects that are either ineffective or counterproductive, according to a new report from the United Kingdom's tropical Forestry Research Programme (FRP). From the Mountain to the Tap: How Land Use and Water Management Can Work for the Rural Poor is a summary of a series of research projects commissioned byFRP, which is funded by the UK's Department for International Development CDFID). The booklet draws its conclusions from extensive studies conducted in India, Costa Rica, South Africa, and Tanzania by water experts based at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Free University of Amsterdam.