EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
MARCH 2-5, 2021
(Virtually the same conference, without elevators, airplane tickets, or hotel room keys)
5/21/2019 | 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM | THE FRESHWATER HEALTH INDEX AS A TOOL FOR TRANSLATIONAL FRESHWATER SCIENCE: APPLICATIONS IN LATIN AMERICA AND ASIA | 253 AB
THE FRESHWATER HEALTH INDEX AS A TOOL FOR TRANSLATIONAL FRESHWATER SCIENCE: APPLICATIONS IN LATIN AMERICA AND ASIA
The Freshwater Health Index (FHI) is a framework capable of characterizing freshwater systems at the river or lake basin scale as dynamic socio-ecological networks. The framework helps end-users transform data into simple, intuitive indicators that cover human water uses, the effects of these uses on freshwater ecosystems and, the role that governance and stakeholders play in sustainable and equitable delivery of services. Constructing the FHI requires convening a full range of stakeholders at the beginning, and throughout the assessment process, to scope basin-specific information needs, develop scenarios, and jointly interpret results. This presentation explores how the FHI can facilitate translational freshwater science through its capacity to make scientific knowledge tangible and actionable not only to policy makers but also to a broader group of stakeholders. We show that the application of the FHI in seven countries over the past three years has enabled the creation of a structured iterative process for stakeholder engagement. This process helps foster understanding on the contributions of healthy ecosystems to water-related services, discussions of problems in the water governance system, and consideration of differing priorities and tradeoffs.
- Management
- Monitoring
- Policy
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Maira Bezerra
(), Conservation International, mbezerra@conservation.org;
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Derek Vollmer
(), Conservation International, dvollmer@conservation.org;
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Kashif Shaad
(), Conservation International, kshaad@conservation.org;
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Nick Souter
(), Conservation International, nsouter@conservation.org;
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Sarah Hauck
(), Conservation International, shauck@conservation.org;
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Natalia Acero
(), Conservation International, nacero@conservation.org;
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Bruno Coutinho
(), Conservation International, bcoutinho@conservation.org;
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Eddy Mendoza
(), Conservation International, emendoza@conservation.org;
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Ivo Encomenderos
(), Conservation International, iencomenderos@conservation.org;
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Maria Clara Marques
(), Conservation International, mmarques@conservation.org;
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Lina Zuluaga
(), Independent, linazzuluaga@gmail.com;
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Octavio Rodriguez
(), Independent, octaviorodrigu@gmail.com;
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