ABSTRACT
If there is a conflict between different interests in the selection of a management strategy for an aquatic ecosystem, it is necessary to solve the possible conflicts by a brainstorming meeting. An alternative would be to develop a mediated or institutionalized model (see Chapter 19), which as a step in the development of the model presumes such brainstorming meetings. Models are synthesizing tools. Without a model, it will hardly be possible to overview the problems and the roots of the problems in the society in relation to the possible solutions, the development of the drainage area, and the weighting of different interests.
