The Ecological Reserve: For people or for insects & fish?

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WATER POLICY I t seems that recent policy implementation processes may have been sending mixed messages. A variety of role-players stakeholders, specialists, engineering and social consultants - have been heard to offer some of the following interpretations: “The Reserve is water for ‘goggas’.” “We can only use the water that is left over after we have allocated some for the ecology.” “(A higher Management Class means) more water for the Reserve means less water in your stomach.” “How can you tell people they can’t have water because the fish need it?” “Ecologists keep telling us about how the river ecosystem is the resource, and not just the water it provides. But what is a river except water?” “The Reserve is just there to give consultants jobs.” “All we really need is sustainability.

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