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Since the purpose of the journal is to disseminate information to a wide range of readers, including academicians and practitioners, the language used in the papers will be simple and too much jargon will be avoided.

Papers, notes, etc. received by the Editor including invited papers will be accepted for publication only after it has been reviewed either by members of the Advisory Editorial Board or other experts recommended by them.

Information for Authors       

Initial manuscript submission: Authors are required to submit three copies of the manuscript (including copies of tables and illustrations) to the Editor, Ms. Vasudha Pangare at the following address: Ms. Vasudha Pangare, Editor, Water Perspectives, D-10, Raanwara, NDA-Pashan Road, Bavdhan, Pune 411021, Maharashtra, India, E-mail: waterwi@vsnl.net 

Submission of a manuscript for publication in Water Perspectives implies that it contains original unpublished work and is not being submitted for publication elsewhere at the same time. Material that has been submitted will not be returned to the author, unless specifically requested. 

The manuscript will be reviewed and comments from the reviewers will be sent to the authors by the Editor. The reviewers for each paper, note, etc. will be identified on the basis of the area of expertise required for review of the paper, note, etc.

Submission of revised and final version: The electronic copy of the final, revised manuscript must be sent to the Editor together with the paper copy. The electronic copy should be sent on a disk as well as by email. The disks should be PC formatted and the author should indicate the software used. The name of the author and the journal should be written on the disk. The word processing should preferably be done in Word. 

Illustrations must be submitted in electronic format where possible. Each figure should be saved as a separate file, and the software used should be indicated on the disk.

Manuscript style: The language of the journal is English. All manuscript submissions must have a title page with title of paper and names of authors. It should be printed on one side of the paper, double line spaced with a margin of 3 cm all around. Illustrations and tables must be printed on separate sheets, and should not be incorporated into the text. 

• The title page must list the full title, short title and names and affiliation of all authors, with full address, including email, telephone and fax, of the author with whom communication has to be maintained about revision of manuscript, checking of proofs etc. 

• An abstract of up to 200 words should be prepared for all papers. An abstract is a concise summary of the whole paper, not just the conclusions, and is understandable without reference to the rest of the paper. It should contain no citation to other published work.

• Six keywords should be identified that describe the paper. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes. 

• Papers should not exceed 20-25 pages including tables, figures and references.

Reference style: References from international sources are expected. References should be quoted in the text as name and year within brackets and listed at the end of the paper alphabetically. Where reference is made to more than one work by the same author published in the same year, identify each citation in the text as follows: (Pangare 2000a,), (Pangare 2000b). Where three or more authors are listed in the reference list, please site the text as (Pangare et al 2000). 

All the references must be complete and accurate. Online citations should include date of access. If necessary, cite unpublished or personal work in the text but do not include it in the reference list. 

Reference should be listed in the following style: Oikos and IIRR, Social and Institutional Issues in Watershed Management in India. Oikos, India and IIRR, Philippines. 2000.

Kerr John, Pangare Ganesh & Pangare Vasudha, “Effects of watershed project subsidies on soil and water conservation investments in India’s semiarid tropics”, “Incentives in Soil Conservation”, Oxford and IBH Publishing Company,1999. 

Illustrations: Each illustration should be on a separate sheet, with the lead author’s name and the figure number, with the top of the figure indicated, on the reverse. Original photographs will be required. Line artwork must be highquality laser output. Lettering must be of a reasonable size that would still be clearly legible upon reduction, and consistent within each figure and set of figures. Supply artwork at the indented size for printing. There will not be any color printing in the journal. 

Copyright: The copyright of any material published in the journal will remain with the author, however, it is expected that proper citation will be given if any material published in the journal is used. 

Further Information: Proofs will be sent to the author only for correction of errors that may have been introduced during the production process. The proofs will have to be returned within the time specified by the editor. A copy of the issue in which the paper has been published will be sent to the author. 

Ten copies of the published pages of the paper will be given to the author. 

Editorial correspondence and books for review: Editorial correspondence and books for review should be sent to the Editor, Ms. Vasudha Pangare at D-10, Raanwara, NDA-Pashan Road, Bavdhan, Pune-411021, Maharashtra, India Telefax: + 91 20 2953409 E-mail: waterwi@vsnl.net or pangare@vsnl.net Permissions: Permission requests for uses of copyrighted material and any material published in the Journal for uses other than for personal or educational use within one’s home institution should be directed to the Editor at the address mentioned above. 

Subscriptions: Correspondence regarding subscriptions, change of address, missing issues, and discontinuances should be addressed to the address mentioned above. Remittances should be made payable to the World Water Institute. 

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