Stakeholder Dialogues in Natural Resources Management: Theory and Practice (Environmental Science and Engineering)

Participatory Processes for Natural Resource Management Ortwin Renn University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany Need for analytic-deliberative processes Inviting the public to be part of the decision making process in natural resource management has been a major objective in European and American environmental policy arenas. The US-National Academy of Sciences has encouraged environmental protection agencies to foster citizen participation and public involvement for making environmental policy making and natural resource management more effective and democratic (Stern and Fineberg 1996). The report emphasizes the need for a combination of assessment and dialogue which the authors have framed the "analytic-deliberative" approach. Unfortunately, early public involvement of the public in deliberative processes may compromise, however, the objective of efficient and effective policy implementation or violate the principle of fairness (Cross 1998, Okrent 1998). Another problem is that the public consists of many groups with different value structures and preferences. Without a systematic procedure to reach consensus on values and preferences, the public's position often appears as unclear (Coglianese 1997, Rossi 1997). Participatory processes are thus needed that combine technical expertise, rational decision making, and public values and preferences. How can and should natural resource managers collect public preferences, integrate public input into the management process, and assign the appropriate roles to technical experts, stakeholders (i. e. Front Matter....Pages I-XXVIII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Foreword....Pages 3-15 Towards a More Effective and Democratic Natural Resources Management....Pages 17-39 Front Matter....Pages 41-41 Integrative Theory of Reflexive Dialogues....Pages 43-78 ‚Participation’ in Development Thinking — Coming to Grips with a Truism and its Critiques....Pages 79-116 Evaluating Stakeholder Dialogues....Pages 117-151 Tools for Stakeholder Assessment and Interaction....Pages 153-185 To See or not to See, that is the Question: Geoinformation Visualisation Tools as a Means to Facilitate Stakeholder Dialogues in Land and Water Management Planning....Pages 187-210 Front Matter....Pages 211-211 Science-based Stakeholder Dialogues in Climate Change Research....Pages 213-240 Science in Support of the Forest Biodiversity Programme for Southern Finland....Pages 241-260 Public Participation during Site Selections for Natura 2000 in Germany: The Bavarian Case....Pages 261-278 Experiences with Stakeholder Dialogues in Natural Resources Management in Ecuador....Pages 279-324 Incorporating Local People through Economic Incentives at Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda — Africa Works!....Pages 325-343 Front Matter....Pages 345-345 Linking Case Studies to the Integrative Theory of Reflexive Dialogues....Pages 347-371 Back Matter....Pages 373-387

the Book Outlines An Integrative Theoretical Framework And Examines Examples Of Stakeholder Dialogues And Public Participation In Three Areas: Science, Policy And Management. The Current Practice Has Been To Analyse These Separately. However, The Three Areas Should Ideally Be Closely Interrelated. Therefore, The Book Aims To Integrate Them By Using Case Studies As Examples And By Developing A Theory Of Reflexive Dialogues, Which Can Be Applied In All Three Domains.