Case Study 1: Matarraña River Basin - Euwareness

Experts
Independent experts, mostly university professors, some of which belong to COAGRET
(Co-ordinator of the Affected by Great Water Dams), have played an important role in
the Matarraña river basin case. Along the last years, an increasing number of
independent experts have leaded campaigns in favour of the protection of the
Matarraña river basin: they have prepared a number of technical reports alerting of the
damages that the construction of regulation infrastructures could damage the
Matarraña river, on the economic costs of the regulation projects proposed by the CHE,
and on the need to modernise irrigation and replace flooding by dropping irrigation
system; they have organised workshops and conferences; and they have conducted
demonstrations to denounce these works.
The following table summarises the main roles played by actors in both the regulative
system and the policy arena.
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