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How Can Managers and Scientists Facilitate the Flow of Scientific Information?Perspectives from Mexico
How Can Managers and Scientists Facilitate the Flow of Scientific Information?Perspectives from Mexico
Pages 86-88
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In environmental matters, the participation of humans in decision-making can be seen from various points of view, such as: • member of the system for natural resource management, • creator and designer of the system, • beneficiary of the system, • funder of the system, • the one responsible for executing the system, and • evaluator of the system. In each and every one of these scenarios, people require a certain level of information, including scientific information, in order to achieve that which is most important for the decision, his commitment.
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CICY collaborates with a number of institutions, among them: • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México • Universidad Autónoma de Yucatan • Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon • Kent University, Ohio • Instituto Tecnológico de Cancún • Ben-Gurion University, Israel • University of Illinois-DeKalb • Comisión Nacional del Agua In recognition of the need to find more direct means of communication with decisionmakers, other than articles in international scientific journals, 2 CICY also maintains 1 One reviewer emphasized the importance of the evolving nature of the water information system in Mexico and the apparent shifting of responsibilities for gathering, storing, and analyzing data, pointing out that there is an important opportunity to evaluate the "knowledge system" for water management in order to identify ways to operate the system more effectively. For consideration of this issue in the U.S.
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Other ways in which the Center shares information with decision-makers and the local community include the "Red del Agua del Mayab", a water information network formed by several local NGOs, travel agencies, hotel associations and similar organizations. The Center's main role is to advise on regional problems and potential solutions regarding water.
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