Discussant: Charles Vörösmarty, Director, Environmental Cross-Roads Initiative, Department of Civil Engineering, City University of New York, USA
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- 1. Comments on Session 4 Rivers Plenary Keynote Presentation by Mukand Babel Enhancing the Use of Science in Managing and Addressing Complex Issues in International Rivers Discussant: Charles Vörösmarty City University of New York Global Water System Project GEF International Waters Science Conference 2012 24-26 September 2012, Bangkok THAILAND
- 2. A Key Point Raised in the Plenary Talk Science underpins the 38 projects reviewed…but… SCIENCE (biogeophysical) SCIENCE (biogeophysical) SCIENCE (social/policy) SCIENCE (biogeophysical) SCIENCE (social/policy) INFORMED & IMPROVED MANAGEMENT Thus….the need for strategies to effect transdisciplinary research-to-applications is clear
- 3. Issue 1: Global Background Forces Shaping State of Rivers: Not Just Climate Withdrawals N Pollution Large Dams Invasives Inland Fishing Human Uses and Pressures on H2O Global & Growing Strayer and Dudgeon (2010), NABS
- 4. •Upstream/Downstream Users Issue 2: Conflicts and Asymmetries
- 5. Indicators for Water, Poverty and Food Security Mapping - the Water Wealth Index (WWI) and Ecohydrology Mapping (GWSP-CGIAR-CEH-CIESIN) Water Threat Mapping of Threats to Inland Freshwater Ecosystems and Aquatic Biodiversity (GWSP-DIVERSITAS) Issue 3: Byproduct of Human Development Can Compromise Ecosystem Integrity
- 6. Issue 4: Management Responses Are Costly, Not Optimal, and Perhaps Counterproductive versus….. McKinsey (2010) ~0.5Tr USD/yr
- 7. Example of an Accounting System Using Human Populations and Wetlands as Beneficiaries Issue 5: Framing Ecosystem Services & Tradeoffs
- 9. Many of these issues will be addressed at the GWSP Open Science Conference ……see www.gwsp.org
- 10. Many of these issues will be addressed at the GWSP Open Science Conference ……see www.gwsp.org