Sister Watersheds Research Project

Capacity Building in Civil Society for Watershed Management

For more information about the Sister Watersheds project, please contact:

Professor Patricia E. Perkins
Faculty of Environmental Studies
York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
esperk@yorku.ca
416-736-2100 ext. 22632

Project Reports

Proposal

One of the recent opportunities for civil society to participate directly in decision making has been the creation of river basin committees in São Paulo State...

Progress Report 2004

Background research work for the project began in the summer of 2003...

Progress Report 2005

In Brazil, due to the large size of some watersheds, it is often the case that the watersheds are divided...

Progress Report 2006

In the beginning of this period, the Brazilian project team coalesced as a group...

Progress Report 2007

This period was characterized by the intensification of our project's field work and community workshops...

Final Report

As outlined... this project was successful in accomplishing its objectives, and indeed went far beyond its original goals in some areas...