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Harnessing Information in Water Management Decision Making

Explore the significance of information in water management decision-making processes, focusing on an experimental study on transboundary commission meetings for Lake Ispepi, involving Estonian and Russian delegations discussing agriculture's impact on the lake's health.

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Harnessing Information in Water Management Decision Making

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  1. The answer to Life, the Universe, Everything 42

  2. What is information Information is the fuel to keep water management running and how is it used? Data rich but information poor?

  3. Definitions of information commodity resource thing / data Context: Age 42

  4. Definitions of information perception of patterns commodity resource thing / data Context: Age 42

  5. Definitions of information constitutive force in society subjectivity perception of patterns commodity resource thing / data Context: Age 42

  6. Education Belief Position Culture Subjectivity Genes Knowledge Religion Environment Interest Background Family Experience

  7. Education Belief Position Culture Mindframe Genes Knowledge Religion Environment Interest Background Family Experience

  8. 42 Age Answer of life Knowledge base

  9. How is information used? Experimental study: Role-play of decision making meeting of transboundary commission for Lake Ispepi ( Lake Peipsi) Estonian officials Roles: Estonian delegation Russian delegation

  10. Information presented (1) • Driving forces: households, agriculture • Pressures: loads of N and P • State: eutrofication • Impacts: algal bloom, fish kills • Responses: waste water treatment, agricultural practices

  11. Information presented (2) • Economic: value of farming, fishing / costs of treatment • Social: number of farmers / fishermen and related households

  12. Estonian delegation Russian delegation Goal: Good Status (WFD)Main problem: agriculture

  13. Conclusions • The information presented must be within the mindframe of the decision maker • In transboundary water management, the problem should reflect the viewpoints of the countries involved • Information on driving forces and responses in combination with socio-economic information is most used in decision making. • Maps are essential!

  14. The use and valuing of environmental information in the decision making process: an experimental study Jos G. Timmerman1, Geoffrey D. Gooch2, Kai Kipper3, Andrus Meiner4, Sandra Mol1, David Nieuwenhuis1, Gulnara Roll5, Margit Säre5, Ülo Sults5 and Peeter Unt5 1 RIZA, NETHERLANDS 2 Linkoeping University, SWEDEN. 3 Estonia Baltic Environmental Forum, ESTONIA 4 Estonian Environment Information Centre ESTONIA 5 Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation, ESTONIA

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