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Management of scarce water resources is a major challenge for people living in dry-lands . Over the centuries, dry-land dwellers have overcome this challenge through traditional methods of water harvesting and management, which have ensured long-term sustainability of water resources through demand management and adequate resource replenishment. In general, these methodologies – despite being effective and cost-efficient – are either in decline or have been completely abandoned. Building up on previous work undertaken within the United Nations University (UNU) on dry-land management, UNU launched an initiative in 2001 to specifically address the research needs and to evaluate the current status of traditional water technologies in Dry-lands around the world. This chapter provides the context for the studies presented in this book and describes how it has helped develop a better overall understanding of the traditional water management technologies, and in doing so, brought greater international attention. Full paper in PDF format (2.17 M); Number of pages: 47p