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INTRODUCTION 13 ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT The purpose of this report is to illustrate the issues that arise in the interaction of the five environmental stakeholder groups (scientists, government agencies, private-sector organizations, policy makers, and the general public) and to outline a process by which the stakeholders can negotiate among themselves. Chapter 2 surveys the different viewpoints held by the stakeholders. The roles of each of these groups in environmental information systems are described in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 provides the economic and data policy framework for public-purpose information systems and examines the compatibility of open access to data with a competitive market. Chapter 5 illustrates the potential conflicts among stakeholders in environmental information systems created purely or partly for public purposes. Guidelines for negotiating solutions are given in Chapter 6. Finally, negotiating effectively requires that scientific and legal issues are understood by all parties; overviews of these topics are in Appendixes A and B.
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