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Table 12.2 (con tinued)

Case examples
Chile

Knowledge
indicators Operationalisation Switzerland

Maintenance of water resources
data to ensure relevance of the
information to water
management decision making.

and incomplete and non-electronic.
Odepa.cl - available online data;
DGA has no oversight on the trading
and transaction of rights, market is
seen as 'dark'; information on
impacts in upper basin/mining
companies is inaccessible. Multiple
institutions manage water rights data
(Conservador de Bienes Raises;
DGA, Junta) - non-systematised and
chaotic management.

online at many commune websites). MINERVE data sharing
is still paper based in contrast to the online publication of
plans and data concerning TRC. MINERVE implements a
convention (signed between the owners of the hydro-
power installations and the Valais) for an exchange of
information during crisis periods.

Communication : Resources and
networks for communicating
relevant information prior to
and during periods of extremes.

Lack of education and communication
on water conservation; personal and
public communication (e.g.
newspapers) on drought preparation,
advice provision from JdV
presidents on managing irrigation
and crop production in drought
periods.

Detailed communication of TRC through online
communications, newsletters and participative fora to
explain the justifications for why it is necessary to
intervene on the watercourses, and to secure the plain.
Attempts at canton level to be more pre-emptive in their
communication with municipal level stakeholders. Local
press and media used to communicate water supply
provisions during scarcity periods and warnings during
emergency flooding events. MINERVE convention
provides for public communication during extreme events.
Canton is legally required to ensure communication on
habitation in hazardous areas and where houses can be built
(flood and avalanche protection).

Communication for capacity
building and education for
building understanding on water
and environmental conservation,
including awareness on local
climate change impacts and
adaptation options.