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Front Matter i-xiv
THE NEED FOR RELIABLE INFORMATION 1-2
THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEM TREE 3-3
A PROCESS FOR NEGOTIATING AMONG STAKEHOLDERS 4-4
COMMERCIALIZATION AND PRIVATIZATION 5-6
A CHANGING WORLD 7-10
THE INFORMATION TREE 11-12
ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT 13-14
SCIENTIST VIEWS 15-18
PRIVATE-SECTOR VIEWS 19-22
GOVERNMENT AGENCY VIEWS 23-24
POLICY MAKER VIEWS 25-26
GENERAL PUBLIC VIEWS 27-28
3 Environmental Information Systems 29-30
Elements of the Information System 31-34
The Cycle for Updating Environmental Information Systems 35-36
DATA POLICY 37-39
Economic Characteristics of the Provision of Environmental Information 40-41
The Rationale for Public Funding for the Trunk and Roots 42-45
The Potential for Commercializing Branches 46-47
The Potential for Purchasing Data From Commercial Entities 48-48
REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC-PURPOSE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION TREES 49-52
5 War and Peace Among Stakeholders 53-53
Potential Conflicts in the Roots 54-58
Potential Conflicts in the Trunk 59-62
Potential Conflicts in the Branches 63-64
Confidential Government Data 65-67
INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS 68-71
OVERALL LESSONS LEARNED 72-72
THE NEED FOR A PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING AMONG STAKEHOLDERS 73-74
Purchasing Data for Scientific Research 75-77
Purchasing Value-Added Products and Services 78-78
GUIDELINES FOR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND PRIVATE-SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS 79-79
Purchasing Data and Public-Private Partnerships 80-80
Commercializing Government Data 81-81
Privatizing Government Functions 82-83
Privatizing Branches 84-85
Privatizing Roots 86-88
Appendixes 89-90
Appendix A Scientific Practices 91-94
COPYRIGHT AND FAIR USE 95-96
CONTRACT 97-98
Appendix C Acronyms 99-99

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Resolving Conflicts Arising from the Privatization of Environmental Data (2001)

Chapter: THE INFORMATION TREE

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Resolving Conflicts Arising from the Privatization of Environmental Data (2001)

Chapter: THE INFORMATION TREE