Message-ID: <s76fca52.081@landcare.cri.nz> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 17:38:06 +1200 From: William Allen <mailto:AllenW@LANDCARE.CRI.NZ> Subject: Collaborative approaches to environmental management - new To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Apologies for cross-posting
*** Please help disseminate to interested colleagues ***
A number of new papers and reports on the use of collaborative
approaches to environmental management are now directly available
from the Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research website
http://www.landcare.cri.nz/science/social/
Of particular interest to this group may be a recent review of a
multi-stakeholder catchment management initiative. This report (46 pages)
by Margaret Kilvington evaluates this programme, and documents the
lessons learnt. It is available in HTML <<
http://www.landcare.cri.nz/science/social/index.shtml?whaingaroa >>
and can also be downloaded as a postscipt file. The Whaingaroa
Catchment Management Project (WCMP) represents the first formal
attempt in New Zealand at establishing community-based, integrated
environmental management on a catchment scale. The evaluation is
comprised of two parts: A review of the progress of the community
project steering group, established through the Whaingaroa Catchment
management project; and an assessment of the trial process (based on
the North American Atlantic Coastal Action Programme) used in the
Whaingaroa Catchment management project. If you do not have Internet
access and would like a hardcopy of this report contact Margaret on
Email: mailto:Kilvingtonm@landcare.cri.nz
The lessons from a regionally-based initiative in the tussock grasslands
of New Zealand to establish a community-based adaptive management
process are also available through this site. This programme has now
been running for five years. Site material includes an overview of ISKM
(Integrated Systems for Knowledge Management) - an approach to
managing information for decision making in complex situations, and
on-line copies of related research papers.
Other pages provide information on group dynamics, urban biodiversity
and participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM & E). Links are also
provided to other sites in this area.
Feedback and comments on any of this material is welcome, and can be
made directly to the researchers involved.
Regards
Will
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Will Allen
Manaaki Whenua -Landcare Research NZ Ltd.
PO Box 282, Alexandra, New Zealand
Tel: +64 3 4489093 Fax: +64 3 4488160
E-mail: mailto:allenw@landcare.cri.nz
http://www.landcare.cri.nz/science/social/
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