Articles | Volume 26, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-5103-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-5103-2022
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12 Oct 2022
Research article |  | 12 Oct 2022

Cooperation under conflict: participatory hydrological modeling for science policy dialogues for the Aculeo Lake

Anahi Ocampo-Melgar, Pilar Barría, Cristián Chadwick, and Cesar Rivas

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This article examines how a hydrological model exploring the causes of a lake desiccation was turned into a 5-step participatory process to better adjust the model to address questions that were causing suspicions and conflicts in the community. Although the process was key in finding a combination of strategies that were of moderate impact and higher local acceptability, we address the challenges of such collaboration in modeling when conflict is deeply embedded in the context.
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