Across the Great Divide: Explorations in Collaborative Coservation and the American West

Book Overview

Amid the policy gridlock that characterises most environmental debates, a new conservation movement has emerged. Known as collaborative conservation, it emphasises local participation, sustainability,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559638117
• ISBN13: 9781559638111
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Hope in multi-stakeholder conflict

This book showcases how people can work to come to collaborative agreements over natural resource issues - if they get tired enough of fighting. Set in the West over the battle for water, stakeholders ended lawsuits and tried to reach win-win situations on their own. They succeeded in several instances, no small miracle. A great book of interest for those interested in collaborative decision making and natural resource conflict.