“Linking Science and Policy for Enhancing
Water Resource Management in Mexico”
Lugar: Instituto de Geofísica - UNAM
12 de mayo de 2008, de 9:00 a 15:00 hrs.
Programa:
Fulbright/García-Robles Water Conference, Mexico City
Linking Science and Policy for Enhancing
Water Resource Management in Mexico
Co-sponsors: Instituto de Geofísica-UNAM, US Fulbright Commission, US Embassy
Conference organizers: Heidi Asbjornsen (Iowa State University), Laura Craig (University of
Wisconsin), and Luís Marín (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
Location: Auditoio xx, Instituto de Geofísica-UNAM
Fecha: 12 de mayo, 2008, 9:00 – 15:00
8:00 – 8:45 Registration
9:00 – 9:15 Welcoming remarks:
Tim Wright (Program Officer for US Fulbright-García Robles Scholar Program, Mexico-United States Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange, COMEXUS)
Elsa Avilés (Science Specialist, Office of Environment, Science and Technology, U.S. Embassy Mexico)
Using science to understand the effects of management on water resources
9:15-10:30 Effects of land use change on water quality and supply (10 min. presentations, 30
min discussion)
- Laura Craig: Water quality and wastewater treatment practices in Puerto Morelos, Quintana
Roo (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Wisconsin/Centro para el Estudio del Aqua, Cancún)
- Dr. Heidi Asbjornsen: Ecohydrological effects of land use change in a cloud forest zone
in Veracruz (Associate Professor, Iowa State University/Instituto de Ecología de Xalapa)
- Agustin Robles Morua: Water-related risk perceptions in the Sonora River Basin, Mexico
(Michigan Tech University) confirmation pending
- Dr. Luís Marín: Water in Mexico (Professor, Institute of Geofísica, UNAM)
* Moderator: Katie Meehan
10:30-11:45 Management practices for reversing processes of hydrologic degradation (10 min.
presentations, 30 min discussion)
- Femke Oldham: Ancient practice, new techniques: Rainwater harvesting and rural
development in Mexico (Colegio de Postgraduados-Montecillo)
- Dr. Tomás Martínez Saldana: Title pending (Investigador, Colegio de Posgraduados- Montecillo)
- Dr. L.A. (Sampurno) Bruijnzeel: Reforestation and water resources: to plant or not to
plant? (Professor, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Dr. Ignacio Sanchez: Water management research and decision making: The INIFAP
project (Researcher, National Institute of Forestry and Agricultural Research, INIFAP)
*Moderator: Luís Marín
11:45 – 12:30 Break with Refreshments
Improving water management through science: private, public, and community initiatives
12:30-13:45 Local initiatives (10 min. presentations, 30 min discussion)
- Katie Meehan: Institutional capacities and constraints to urban wastewater reuse: The
case of Tijuana (University of Arizona, Colegio de la Frontera Norte)
- Roberto Pedraza: Using payments for hydrological services to promote protected areas
management: the Sierra Gorda experience (Sierra Gorda Ecological Reserve)
- Dr. Robert Manson: Community-based monitoring to enhance water resource
management: the Global Water Watch-Veracruz experience (Institute of Ecology-Xalapa)
- Cecilia Blaso Hernández: Linking cities and watersheds: The role of civil society
organizations in fostering sustainable management of water recharge areas (Fondo
Mexicano para la Naturaleza; Programa Ciudades y Cuencas)
*Moderator: Femke Oldham 13:45-15:00 National and regional initiatives (10 min. presentations, 30 min discussion)
- Dr. Carlos Muñoz: title pending (Instituto Nacional de Ecología and the Payment for Ecological Services Program) - confirmation pending
- Oscar Martínez: Coca Cola’s experience with reforestation and water (Coca Cola)
- Jorge Landa – US-AID – Watergy - title pending
- Oscar Escolero: Why scientists don’t integrate with policy makers in Mexico (UNAM/
former director of Mexico’s National Water Commission)
*Moderator: Laura Craig
Structure:
- Speakers: 10 min presentation
- Moderated panel discussion with audience participation: 35 minutes
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