Chapter 7. IMPLEMENTATION OF MANAGEMENT PLANS

Abstract

Control of hazards to human health from cyanobacteria is part of a wider picture of water quality and quantity management, environmental protection, policy formulation and general development concerns. Implementation of programmes to address cyanobacteria-related health hazards therefore takes place within the larger framework of other local, national, and international plans and activities relating to water. That framework is the subject of this chapter, which examines the principal elements required to respond effectively to cyanobacteria-related health risks. First the organisations, agencies and groups that may become involved where there is a cyanobacterial bloom are identified, then the tools governments can use to implement policy are examined, together with legislation as an implementation tool. The remainder of the chapter outlines how professionals and the public may be educated, informed and mobilised. 7.1 Organisations, agencies and groups 7.1.1 Vested interests Every water body has associated with it a set of persons and organisations with a vested interest and an involvement. Vested interests can be associated with the level of water