Making Collaboration Work: Lessons From Innovation In Natural

Making Collaboration Work: Lessons From Innovation In Natural Resource Managment
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Across the United States, diverse groups are turning away from confrontation and toward collaboration in an attempt to tackle some of our nation's most intractable environmental problems. Government agencies, community groups, businesses, and private individuals have begun working together to solve common problems, resolve conflicts, and develop forward-thinking strategies for moving in a more sustainable direction."Making Collaboration Work" examines those promising efforts. With a decade of research behind them, the authors offer an invaluable set of lessons on the role of collaboration in natural resource management and how to make it work. The book: explains why collaboration is an essential component of resource management describes barriers that must be understood and overcome presents eight themes that characterize successful efforts details the specific ways that groups can use those themes to achieve success provides advice on how to ensure accountability Drawing on lessons from nearly two hundred cases from around the country, the authors describe the experience in practical terms and offer specific advice for agencies and individuals interested in pursuing a collaborative approach. The images of success offered can provide ideas to those mired in traditional management styles and empower those seeking new approaches. While many of the examples involve natural resource professionals, the lessons hold true in a variety of public policy settings including public health, social services, and environmental protection, among others."Making Collaboration Work" will be an invaluable source of ideas and inspiration for policy makers, managers and staff of government agencies andnongovernmental organizations, and community groups searching for more productive modes of interaction.
Country USA
Brand Island Press
Manufacturer Island Press
Binding Paperback
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UnitCount 1
EANs 9781559634625
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Island Press
Manufacturer	Island Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	unknown
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781559634625
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Making Collaboration Work: Lessons From Innovation In Natural Resource Managment

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