Resolving Conflicts Arising from the Privatization of Environmental Data (2001) / Chapter Skim
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The synthesis of all sources of information gathered by the roots takes place in the trunk of the tree. The primary output of the information system is core products that are generated by (1)
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, including research, commercial activities, government operations, and policy making. Users set the requirements for what core products are needed, and hence what data are collected (downward arrows)
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Hence, core products require a Tong-term commitment and a degree of care and attention that will yield a high degree of reliability and trust by a large group of users. Although core products are useful in some sense to the broader environmental community, each distinct user group needs an add-on to the core products in the form of (~)
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The range of uses is broad and includes resource extraction, tourism, government operations, and research (see Box 3.3~. Indeed, every human being uses some form of environmental information.
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