Setting up a Basin Study Timeline

March 27, 2019 at 11:24 PM

Months 1-3

  • Review existing datasets

  • Establish contact with technical collaborators (e.g., universities, regional government agencies' tech staff)

  • Preliminary review of stakeholders within the basin

  • Stakeholder consultation forum to introduce the Freshwater Health Index

Months 4-6

  • Perform initial calculations of indicators based on existing data

  • Establish technical collaborations to calculate indicators with local data

  • Organize 1-2 technical meetings with collaborators to review initial results

Months 7-9

  • Interviews with individual stakeholder agencies/organizations to administer governance questionnaire

  • Review collaborators' calculations and model scenarios

Months 10-12

  • Prepare assessment report and policy summary

  • Stakeholder forum to discuss results

  • Prepare plan for technical collaborators to conduct subsequent assessment (e.g., in 3-5 years)