In this study, we analyzed the effectiveness of a data visualization tool (dashboard) designed to provide insights decision-makers about vulnerability water resources in tri-national Upper Lempa River Basin (CARL) face future climate and land use uncertainties. The dashboard was assessed using three methods: (1) user survey for evaluating clarity, completeness, ease seven parameters proposed by Stephen Few. result overwhelmingly indicated positive experience when interacting with dashboard;...

Effective water resource management in hydrologically diverse regions requires the integration of advanced decision-support systems with collaborative approaches. This study presents development and application ERA TOOL, a hydroinformatics platform designed to evaluate resources across multiple jurisdictions Colombia. Initially developed through collaboration between Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) regional environmental authorities (CARs), tool has been implemented for four CARs is...

Watersheds are commonly adopted as the primary unit for water management, yet this approach often fails to capture long-distance interactions—known teleconnections—between coupled natural and human systems that extend beyond watershed boundaries. This study explores cumulative impacts of water-dependent activities, such coffee production hydropower generation, in Colombia’s Magdalena-Cauca macro-basin, using Watershed Topology Tool (WaTT), a newly developed...

Water governance in transboundary lakes and wetlands where there are shared water bodies between countries presents significant challenges due to cultural diversity, differences regulations, conflicts over use. In this paper, we will evaluate the mechanisms developed Latin America for coordinated management of lakes. We show two systems with a institution lake management: Lempa river basin El Salvador, Honduras Guatemala, Lake Titicaca Bolivia Peru. Through evaluation workshops survey...

Water-related risks are increasing for resource-based livelihoods in the Southern Hemisphere and tropical regions. Water security as a concept has not been extensively reviewed assessed rural urban this context. Although there studies related to water security, evidence approaches assess transboundary basins scarce, several of these focus on defining levels terms scarcity, but does availability alone guarantee security? Historically, resources management based discourses national issue...

The limited availability of high-resolution monitoring systems for the drought phenomena and water dynamics affected by weather anomalies hinders policy decisions in a multitude ways. This paper introduces Water Monitoring System (WMS) developed from mix sophisticated multi-spectral satellite imageries, analytic data sciences, cloud computing, changes levels vegetation stress at local scale. WMS was tested Lower Mekong Region (LMR) case basin, Thailand’s Chi River Basin, period January 2021...

Multi-stakeholder participation processes in watershed management face challenges due to limited monitoring and baseline data, resulting a lack of awareness among stakeholders about the current state watershed. This knowledge gap often leads conflicts interest, where broader impacts individual decisions are overlooked. To overcome these limitations, this paper explores design implementation Serious Game (SG) aimed at co-producing plan basin scale within specific context Campoalegre River...

Decision-making in highly altered catchments occurs at different temporal and spatial scales, requiring integration of various datasets models. This paper introduces two the components an environmental multiscale decision support system (EMDSS) for catchments, designed to make decisions time scales. First, integrated dynamic flow water quality model is proposed analyze river system, including wastewater discharges intakes. capable representing unsteady conditions, allowing analysis Second,...

The use of information and models is key to making decisions related water management, considering the interaction between natural supply economic socio-cultural systems. However this data-based decision-making generally complex due uncertainties associated with these models, various individual interests that stakeholders have regarding prevail over collective interest, institutional framework frames decisions. In a system limited by quantity quality available, where users want respond their...

Multi-stakeholder participation processes in watershed management face challenges due to limited monitoring and baseline data, resulting a lack of awareness among stakeholders about the current state watershed. This knowledge gap often leads conflicts interest, wherein broader impacts individual decisions are overlooked. To overcome these limitations, this paper explores design implementation Serious Game (SG) aimed at coproducing plan basin scale within specific context Campoalegre River...

Water resource planning has been promoted to improve access water in terms of quality and quantity. To make a reality, both resources engagement stakeholders the areas analysis are required. However, based on our experience several Latin American countries, taking watershed management plans through implementation is complex. The integration sectoral users more active way, especially where agricultural other producers can evaluate benefits environmental have continued sufficient quantity...

In the context of transboundary water systems, one most relevant challenges involves quantification use for large scale activities such as agriculture. Whether due to methodological differences in consolidation inventories agricultural areas, their production calendars, or data availability between neighboring countries, detailed information represent a process be improved an appropriate allocation resources management. On other hand, advantages and spatiotemporal homogeneity satellite data,...

Water-related risks are increasing for resource-based livelihoods in the Southern Hemisphere and tropical regions. Water security as a concept has not been extensively reviewed assessed rural urban this context. Although there studies related to water security, evidence approaches assess transboundary basins scarce, several of these focus on defining levels terms scarcity, but does availability alone guarantee security? Historically, resources management based discourses national issue...