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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 Mexico's 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.Table of ContentsFront MatterChairman's SummaryFreshwater Resources in the Yucatan PeninsulaAn Overview of Mexico's Water Regime and the Role of GroundwaterA Primer on Groundwater ManagementThe Elements of Scientific AdviceWhere Do Decision-Makers Get Advice? Sustainability and GroundwaterManagement DecisionsThe Role of Science in Managing Yucatan's GroundwaterThe Hydrogeology of the Yucatan PeninsulaThe Role of Science in Groundwater Management in ArizonaThe Importance of Monitoring To Groundwater ManagementHow Can Managers and Scientists Facilitate the Flow of ScientificInformation? Perspectives from MexicoMatching Fund Program for Scientific Research El Consejo NacionalDe Ciencia Y Tecnologia (CONACyT)How Can Managers and Scientists Facilitate the Flow of ScientificInformation? Perspectives from The United StatesScience and NGO's: Collaboration for the Conservation ofGroundwater Resourcesin the Yucatan PeninsulaBusinesses Committed to Sustainable Development: The Xcaret GroupAPPENDIX A WORKSHOP AGENDAAPPENDIX B WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS LIST
