 | We believe that policy for sustainable development can be be better (more equitable and more effective) when based on the available scientific evidence. We have thus focused on bridging the gap from scientific data and knowledge to policy and management decision-making by building and deploying data-intensive, science-based policy support systems which are delivered on these pages.
policysupport.org is home to a range of web-based policy support systems developed, since 2003, by King's College London and AmbioTEK CIC with a range of partners as specified for each system. The systems are based on the common ecoengine framework for developing web based policy support systems (AmbioTEK) and SimTerra databases (AmbioTEK and King's College London) but are very varied in their focus. Click the links for more information on and to access these systems. Take a look at and subscribe to our blog.
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- WaterWorld - This system provides water resources policy support for local to national scale water resources, water security and hydrological ecosystem services projects anywhere in the world.
- AguAAndes - Developed for the CGIAR Challenge Programme on Water and Food (CPWF) Basin Focal Project for the Andes (BFP-Andes), this system provides policy support for water resources, water security and hydrological ecosystem services projects in the Andes.
- CompAndes - Developed for the CGIAR Challenge Programme on Water and Food (CPWF),
this system (which is derived from AguaAndes) provides negotiation
support for developing hydrological benefit sharing mechanisms in the Andes.
Developed for the CompAndes
project.
- Co$ting Nature - A Collaboration with UNEP-WCMC, Co$ting Nature assesses the Ecosystem Services provided by landscapes across the world and provides policy support for the sustainable management of these services through definition of conservation priority.
- DESURVEY - Developed for the EC DESURVEY integrated
project, this system provides policy support for understanding the
effects of land use and climate change upon processes of desertification
and land degradation.
Users:
These maps show the distribution of users of these policy support systems over the last 12 months by city (excluding London) and by country (excluding UK).
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