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SUMMARY:Modelling in support of policy negotiations for increasing food pr
 oduction whilst maintaining hydrological ecosystem services in the Andes -
  Dr. Mark Mulligan\, King's College\, University of London
DTSTART:20121108T161500Z
DTEND:20121108T180000Z
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CONTACT:Professor Michael Bravo
DESCRIPTION:This talk will discuss the role of data and modelling in polic
 y support around food and water through a discussion of the approaches pio
 neered by the Challenge Programme on Water and Food projects in the Andes 
 system of basins.  I will focus on the role of modelling\, alongside theor
 etical developments and field science\, in providing policy-relevant under
 standing and also highlight the challenges of modelling in data-poor but p
 roblem-rich developing country environments.  I will discuss the developme
 nt of the WaterWorld Policy Support System (www.policysupport.org/waterwor
 ld)\, its biophysical basis and innovations as well as  the role it plays 
 in the understanding of hydrological ecosystem services and the negotiatio
 n of benefit sharing mechanisms for water (such as payments for ecosystem 
 services schemes) at sites throughout the tropics.  Though there are risks
  to making models like WaterWorld available and accessible for non-hydrolo
 gists and non-modellers to use in such policy contexts\, there are also co
 nsiderable benefits in bridging science with application and filling some 
 of the informational vacuums in which policies or management decisions som
 etimes have to be made.
LOCATION:Small Lecture Theatre\, Department of Geography\, Downing Site
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