Palestinians and donors playing with fire: 25 years of water projects in the West Bank

Trottier, Julie; Rondier, Anaïs; Perrier, J. J.

doi:10.1080/07900627.2019.1617679

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“…They refer to the "dependency syndrome" where local actors are unable to develop sufficient capacities to take control and ownership of their own water sector after the end of the conflict. Trottier, Rondier, and Perrier (2019) report similar findings regarding the involvement of international actors in the Palestinian water sector in the West Bank.…”

Section: Conflict Impacts On Water Governancesupporting

confidence: 67%

Water in war: Understanding the impacts of armed conflict on water resources and their management

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Armed conflict has the potential to disrupt water systems that are crucial to environmental and human wellbeing. Yet there is no comprehensive overview of scientific evidence on the impact of armed conflicts on water resources and their management. This paper assesses the relevant scientific evidence through a systematic literature review. We discern conceptual, empirical, and methodological approaches adopted in the reviewed publications and synthesize the overarching research results. Common research topics across the body of literature include the role of water resources in armed conflicts, either as a casualty or as a weapon used by conflict parties, and the implications of armed conflict on water resources management, such as basic service provision and water governance. The analysis also pinpoints the research field's focus on empirical studies based on a small number of cases, and highlights a lack of conceptual engagement with the notion of armed conflict. Future research on water resources and their management in conflict settings needs to be more transparent on conceptual frameworks and assumptions to facilitate knowledge integration across different studies.

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Section: Conflict Impacts On Water Governancesupporting

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Water in war: Understanding the impacts of armed conflict on water resources and their management

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“…For example, in Ronda, knowledge concerning the groundwater characteristics and the ecology of Los Merinos Norte land is crucial to evaluating the potential risks of a project regarding the water security of Serranía de Ronda (cf. Allan et al, 2015;De Stefano et al, 2015;Trottier et al, 2019).…”

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Territory in conflict: land dispossession, water grabbing and mobilization for environmental justice in southern Spain

López

Duarte-Abadía

Boelens

2021

International Journal of Water Resources Development

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This paper analyses the socio-territorial conflict prompted by Los Merinos: a residential-tourism project constructed in an ecological reserve that is vital to Andalusian livelihoods. It examines disputes concerning discourses, authorities and rules in order to understand the struggle over land and water. Using the echelons of rights analysis (ERA) framework, the paper scrutinizes the multiscale forces and strategies adopted by business and opposing movement networks in order to shape territory, thereby engaging local and supra-local governments. The authors' political-ecology lens on environmental justice and territorialization enhances the understanding of the relevance of social movements in contesting the misappropriation of socio-natural environments.

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“…The Kushner proposal states that it seeks to use market principles and actors. It furthers an approach that was already followed over the past 25 years by donors to the PA. For instance, the Palestinian Water Authority's water purchase from Mekorot increased from 53 million cubic meters in 2011 to 69 million cubic meters in 2016 (Trottier et al., 2019).…”

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The political role of date palm trees in the Jordan Valley: The transformation of Palestinian land and water tenure in agriculture made invisible by epistemic violence

Trottier

Leblond

Garb

2019

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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In the West Bank, date palm trees have been sweeping over the Jordan Valley at an accelerating rate since the 2000s. The current scientific literature has depicted this transformation as sustainable development. This article proposes a method to harness social sciences in a meaningful manner within the interdisciplinary study of agricultural transformation. Focusing on appropriation rather than bundles of rights, within an exploration of water and land tenure, allows uncovering actors and mechanisms that remain undetected by the current scientific discourse. Date palms transform both land and water tenure. As seasonal labor replaces sharecroppers that lived on site, the livelihoods, housing security, and food security of those practicing family farming are compromised. Geospatial analysis allows a triangulation of the results produced by qualitative methods. Mapping and quantifying the spatial progression of Israeli and Palestinian date palm trees between 1999 and 2016 allows assessing the number of sharecroppers displaced by date palm trees during that period. This demonstrates a Valley Clearance is now occurring, akin to the Highland Clearances that took place in 18th century Scotland. The present transformation of agriculture in the Jordan Valley has clear social and political impacts. Donors, the Palestinian Authority, and Palestinian date palm agribusinesses refer to the Palestinian water law within the perspective of a two state solution. The Israeli Water Authority and Israeli settlers further a network of wastewater reuse which stands as the only reliable source of water for date palm cultivation in the foreseeable future and contributes to the development of a one state solution. Meanwhile, Palestinians practicing family farming rely on legal pluralism to secure their access to water.

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Palestinians and donors playing with fire: 25 years of water projects in the West Bank

Cited by 13 publications

References 33 publications

Water in war: Understanding the impacts of armed conflict on water resources and their management

Water in war: Understanding the impacts of armed conflict on water resources and their management

Territory in conflict: land dispossession, water grabbing and mobilization for environmental justice in southern Spain

The political role of date palm trees in the Jordan Valley: The transformation of Palestinian land and water tenure in agriculture made invisible by epistemic violence

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