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The National Estuarine Research Reserve System protects more than 1.3 million acres in 28 reserves in 22 states and Puerto Rico.

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Collaboration

Collaboration Resources

We have compiled the following resources for those who are interested in learning more about collaboration.

Burgess, J. and J. Chilvers. 2006. Upping the ante: a conceptual framework for designing and evaluating participatory technology assessments. Science and Public Policy. 33(10): 713-728.
http://spp.oxfordjournals.org/content/33/10/713.abstract

Cash, D.W., W.C. Clark, F. Alcock, N.M. Dickson, N. Eckley, D.H. Guston, J. Jager, and R.B. Mitchell. 2003. Knowledge systems for sustainable development. Publications of the National Academies of Science, July 8, 2003; vol. 100, No. 14.
http://www.pnas.org/content/100/14/8086.abstract

Cockerill K., H. Passell, and V. Tidwell. 2006. Cooperative modeling: building bridges between science and the public. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 42(2): 457-471.

Conley, A. and M.A. Moote. 2003. Evaluating collaborative natural resource management. Society and Natural Resources. 16: 371-386.
http://www.fs.fed.us/emc/nfma/collaborative_processes/conley_moote.pdf

Jacobs, K.L. (2002). Connecting Science, Policy and Decision-Making: a handbook for researchers and science agencies. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Global Programs, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Lynam, T., W. de Jong, D. Sheil, T. Kusumanto, and K. Evans. 2007. A review of tools for incorporating community knowledge, preferences, and values into decision making in natural resources management. Ecology and Society. 12(1): 5.
http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol12/iss1/art5/

Mandarano, L.A. 2008. Evaluating collaborative environmental planning outputs and outcomes: restoring and protecting habitat and the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program. Journal of Planning Education and Research. 27: 456.

McNie, E.C. 2007. Reconciling the supply of scientific information with user demands: an analysis of the problem and review of the literature. Environmental Science and Policy. 10: 17-38.
http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/admin/publication_files/resource-2486-2007.03.pdf

National Research Council. 2009. Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate. Panel on Strategies and Methods for Climate-Related Decision Support. Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12626

Von Korff, Y., P. d'Aquino, K. A. Daniell, and R. Bijlsma. 2010. Designing participation processes for water management and beyond. Ecology and Society. 15(3): 1.
http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss3/art1/

Zorrilla, P., G. Carmona, A´. De la Hera, C. Varela-Ortega, P. Marti´nez-Santos, J. Bromley, and H.J. Henriksen. 2009. Evaluation of bayesian networks as a tool for participatory water resources management: application to the upper Guadiana Basin in Spain. Ecology and Society. 15(3): 12.
http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss3/art12/

Last Updated on: Monday, August 27, 2012


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