Description
Book SynopsisConflicts frequently arise over environmental issues such as land use, natural resource management, and laws and regulation. This book is a primer on causes of and solutions to such conflicts. Joshua D. Fisher provides a foundational overview of the theory and practice of collaborative approaches to managing environmental disputes.
Trade ReviewFor a future filled with conflicts over land, water, and climate, Fisher’s clear description of the theory and practice of managing these wicked problems provides an essential roadmap. Environmental conflicts are difficult but not impossible to resolve, if one approaches them based on an understanding of complexity in social-ecological systems and collaborative relationship building. A must-read primer for anyone entangled in messy, multi-stakeholder environmental peacebuilding. -- Ruth DeFries, cofounding dean, Columbia Climate School, and author of
What Would Nature Do? A Guide for Our Uncertain TimesFisher explains why conflict is inevitable but still contributes to almost all collaborative environmental problem solving. He outlines a pragmatic approach called collaborative environmental conflict management (CECM). Notwithstanding political power differences, as well as the many constraints imposed by complex institutional architectures, he shows why there are many opportunities for reflective practitioners to assist stakeholders who want to resolve their differences in sustainable and just ways. -- Lawrence Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and founder of the Consensus Building Institute
Managing Environmental Conflict offers a clear, comprehensive discussion of the range of conflicts involving natural resources and an insightful framework for how to implement CECM. Fisher is concise, brief, and provocative, proposing a new way of thinking in the environmental peacebuilding field. -- Janet Edmond, senior director for peace and development partnerships in the Center for Environment and Peace, Conservation International
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
1. The Case for Collaborative Environmental Conflict Management
2. Foundations of Environmental Conflict
3. Wicked Systems
4. Collaborative Dynamics
5. Collaborative Environmental Conflict Management: An Integrative Framework
6. Collaborative Environmental Conflict Management in Protected Area Management
7. Collaborative Environmental Conflict Management Practice
8. The Road Ahead
Appendix A. Illustrative Tools for Implementing CECM Processes
Appendix B. Supplemental Information on Chapter 6 Case Study
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
