Thursday, 3 October 2013

Efficiency, the para-commons, and being a waterist

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So it’s now about a month since I met with Professor Bruce Lankford at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, but I think it’s worth ...
Friday, 6 September 2013

Privatisation, financialisation and neoliberalisation of water

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Following on from my discussions with Sarah Hendry in Dundee, I’ve been exploring the idea of privatisation of water resources, and how t...
Thursday, 5 September 2013

Catchment management and conservation covenants

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The UK is doing some very interesting things with their catchment management program .  After my meeting with Chris Spray in Dundee, I wa...

Water reform in the UK: abstraction licences on unregulated rivers

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London welcomed me with all its traditional charms: it rained. All day. Unceasingly. Coming from south-eastern Australia, I wasn’t entire...
Wednesday, 28 August 2013

Murray Cod in the Murrumbidgee

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This is a great little video released by the New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, showing how environmental flows have been u...
Sunday, 25 August 2013

Flood risk management and Jane Austen: all part of a day out in Edinburgh

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One of the serendipitous delights of this visit to the UK is the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The city is almost overwhelmed with visitors ...
Saturday, 24 August 2013

Re-embedding economic relationships within the social context: what does this mean for environmental water trading?

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When we use the market to facilitate the acquisition and management of environmental water, how much are we giving up to market norms? Are ...