Toward Better Outcomes for Natural Resource Management Decisions - The Potential of Public Deliberation

Sandra Hodge and Neil Southorn

No 24320, 14th Congress, Perth, Western Australia, August 10-15, 2003 from International Farm Management Association

Abstract: The type of public participation or community consultation process used by communities to resolve natural resource management issues will have a major impact on the types of decisions which result. A familiar process is the "expert" model where expertise is delivered to the community rather than reflecting a true collaborative learning process with community members. An alternative is deliberation, a community-based process where community members engage incollaborative learning and find courses of action valuable to the community as a whole, and not those which represent just a few interests. This paper discusses two case studies - the development of Water Sharing Plans by River Management Committees in New South Wales, Australia, and concern over potential intensive livestock operations in Saline County, Missouri, USA - and compares how the different processes were used to resolve natural resource management issues.

Keywords: Resource/Energy; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.24320

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