This report contains a collection of papers presented at a workshop in Merida, Mexico --- Strengthening Science-Based Decision Making: Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Mexico. The cross-cutting themes of the workshop were the elements or principles of science-based decision making and the role of the scientific community in ensuring that science is an integral part of the decision making process. Papers included in this volume describe the groundwater resources of Mexicos Yucatan Peninsula, approaches to managing groundwater in Mexico and governmental and scientific institutions concerned with water resources. Other papers discuss US approaches to managing scarce water resources. Participants in the workshop included representatives from leading scientific and academic institutions, federal state and local governments, non-governmental organizations and businesses.
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- COVER PAGE
- THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
- STEERING COMMITTEE ON STRENGTHENING SCIENCE-BASED DECISION-MAKING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Contents
- Chairman’s Summary
- Freshwater Resources in the Yucatan Peninsula
- An Overview of Mexico’s Water Regime and the Role of Groundwater
- A Primer on Groundwater Management
- The Elements of Scientific Advice
- Where do Decision-Makers Get Advice? Sustainability and Groundwater Management Decisions
- The Role of Science in Managing Yucatan’s Groundwater
- The Hydrogeology of the Yucatan Peninsula
- The Role of Science in Groundwater Management in Arizona
- The Importance of Monitoring To Groundwater Management
- How Can Managers and Scientists Facilitate the Flow of Scientific Information? Perspectives from Mexico
- Matching Fund Program for Scientific Research El Consejo Nacional De Ciencia Y Tecnología (CONACyT)
- How Can Managers and Scientists Facilitate the Flow of Scientific Information? Perspectives from The United States
- Science and NGO’s: Collaboration for the Conservation of Groundwater Resources in the Yucatan Peninsula
- Businesses Committed to Sustainable Development: The Xcaret Group
- APPENDIXES
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