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• 21. [Article] Natural Resource Conflict Management 1982

  Abstract -- This Handbook was used for a series of workshops on Natural Resource Conflict Management held jointly by the USDA, Forest Service and USDI9 Bureau of Land Management in 1982. It was written ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Natural Resource Conflict Management 1982 Abstract -- This Handbook was used for a series of workshops on Natural Resource Conflict Management held jointly by the USDA, Forest Service and USDI9 Bureau of Land Management in 1982. It was written by Romcoe, Center for Environmental Problem Solving, Boulder, Colorado. It is intended for people who are new to the field of conflict management as well as for experienced practitioners. The field of natural resource conflict management is comparatively new, so the insight, procedures, techniques and theory have been gathered from many disciplines and areas where dispute resolution has been more highly developed. This includes international peacemaking experience, organizational development processes and skills, labor-management relations, community dispute settlement procedures and academic research in social psychology. Although the literature in the field is limited, the experience and practice of natural resource conflict management have been extensive. This workbook draws together some of the theory and techniques that have been successful in environmental conflicts and may be helpful to the person who handles natural resource disputes on a day-to-day basis. Title: Natural Resource Conflict Management 1982 Abstract -- This Handbook was used for a series of workshops on Natural Resource Conflict Management held jointly by the USDA, Forest Service and USDI9 Bureau of Land Management in 1982. It was written by Romcoe, Center for Environmental Problem Solving, Boulder, Colorado. It is intended for people who are new to the field of conflict management as well as for experienced practitioners. The field of natural resource conflict management is comparatively new, so the insight, procedures, techniques and theory have been gathered from many disciplines and areas where dispute resolution has been more highly developed. This includes international peacemaking experience, organizational development processes and skills, labor-management relations, community dispute settlement procedures and academic research in social psychology. Although the literature in the field is limited, the experience and practice of natural resource conflict management have been extensive. This workbook draws together some of the theory and techniques that have been successful in environmental conflicts and may be helpful to the person who handles natural resource disputes on a day-to-day basis. Close

• 22. [Article] Does Gender Matter? Human Elephant Conflict in Sri Lanka: A Gendered Analysis of Human Elephant Conflict and Natural Resource Management in a Rural Sri Lankan Village

  This study is a gendered analysis of natural resource management at the local scale of a poor rural Sri Lankan village in a conservation buffer zone. This village experiences destruction of forests and ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Does Gender Matter? Human Elephant Conflict in Sri Lanka: A Gendered Analysis of Human Elephant Conflict and Natural Resource Management in a Rural Sri Lankan Village Author: Griffin, Katherine Eileen Year: 2015 This study is a gendered analysis of natural resource management at the local scale of a poor rural Sri Lankan village in a conservation buffer zone. This village experiences destruction of forests and human elephant conflict. The objective of this study is to gain an in-depth knowledge of residents' use and understandings of environmental resources, and to investigate if gender helps shape these factors. This study relies on a social sustainability conceptual framework. It tracks participation of local women and men in natural resource management, and in conservation within and outside of the Bibile community. Local nongovernmental organizations focus on mitigating human elephant conflict and government policies influence particular farming practices. Unless socially and environmentally sustainable practices are developed, areas within and outside of the protected areas are not sustainable in their current state (Jayewardene 1998). Current interventions are failing to solve this problem in both rural communities and natural ecosystems, demonstrated most clearly by shrinking forest habitats and the frequency of human and elephant deaths (Bandara 2009). By broadening the analysis of natural resource management to examine possible social, economic, and political influences, my research examines how different resource management approaches might be filtered and reflected by variation in local residents' use and understanding of environmental resources. I suggest that gender, household decision-making, and equality are overlooked but potentially important aspects in the perception and implementation of natural resource management. Title: Does Gender Matter? Human Elephant Conflict in Sri Lanka: A Gendered Analysis of Human Elephant Conflict and Natural Resource Management in a Rural Sri Lankan Village Author: Griffin, Katherine Eileen Year: 2015 This study is a gendered analysis of natural resource management at the local scale of a poor rural Sri Lankan village in a conservation buffer zone. This village experiences destruction of forests and human elephant conflict. The objective of this study is to gain an in-depth knowledge of residents' use and understandings of environmental resources, and to investigate if gender helps shape these factors. This study relies on a social sustainability conceptual framework. It tracks participation of local women and men in natural resource management, and in conservation within and outside of the Bibile community. Local nongovernmental organizations focus on mitigating human elephant conflict and government policies influence particular farming practices. Unless socially and environmentally sustainable practices are developed, areas within and outside of the protected areas are not sustainable in their current state (Jayewardene 1998). Current interventions are failing to solve this problem in both rural communities and natural ecosystems, demonstrated most clearly by shrinking forest habitats and the frequency of human and elephant deaths (Bandara 2009). By broadening the analysis of natural resource management to examine possible social, economic, and political influences, my research examines how different resource management approaches might be filtered and reflected by variation in local residents' use and understanding of environmental resources. I suggest that gender, household decision-making, and equality are overlooked but potentially important aspects in the perception and implementation of natural resource management. Close

• 23. [Article] Learning to address complexity in natural resource management

  Conventional natural resource management has struggled with effectively addressing dynamically complex natural resource issues. Many organizations structured in the rational-analytical paradigm of resource ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Learning to address complexity in natural resource management Author: Kakoyannis, Christina Conventional natural resource management has struggled with effectively addressing dynamically complex natural resource issues. Many organizations structured in the rational-analytical paradigm of resource management are becoming increasingly aware that new management approaches are needed. Particularly in a rapidly changing environment, organizational learning is important for promoting an organization's ability to adapt and shift to new approaches for natural resource management. The purpose of this research was to understand what organizational structures and processes inhibit or facilitate opportunities for organizational learning when addressing complex resource problems. Because partnerships are increasingly being employed as a method of organizing in natural resource management, I conducted a comparative case study approach of two resource management partnerships in Oregon's Willamette Valley the Willamette Restoration Initiative and the West Eugene Wetlands. Data were triangulated from three qualitative data sources: interviews, organizational documents, and participant observation. Findings reveal that how the case study partnerships and its members frame complex natural resource issues has a strong influence on organizational learning. In particular, partnership members who frame their work using positive, social, and dynamic orientations foster their ability to continuously learn when addressing issues of dynamic complexity. These individual and group frames promote learning in part through their influence on the development of inclusive, reflective, and place-based organizational processes and organic organizational structures. How individual and group frames are established, maintained, and altered is an important consideration for promoting learning within natural resource management partnerships. Furthermore, organizational learning in these partnerships was comprised of individual learning embedded into partnership routines and memory as well as emergent learning resulting from a process of social construction. Organizational practices directed toward both individual and team learning therefore need to be fostered in natural resource partnerships addressing dynamically complex problems. Title: Learning to address complexity in natural resource management Author: Kakoyannis, Christina Conventional natural resource management has struggled with effectively addressing dynamically complex natural resource issues. Many organizations structured in the rational-analytical paradigm of resource management are becoming increasingly aware that new management approaches are needed. Particularly in a rapidly changing environment, organizational learning is important for promoting an organization's ability to adapt and shift to new approaches for natural resource management. The purpose of this research was to understand what organizational structures and processes inhibit or facilitate opportunities for organizational learning when addressing complex resource problems. Because partnerships are increasingly being employed as a method of organizing in natural resource management, I conducted a comparative case study approach of two resource management partnerships in Oregon's Willamette Valley the Willamette Restoration Initiative and the West Eugene Wetlands. Data were triangulated from three qualitative data sources: interviews, organizational documents, and participant observation. Findings reveal that how the case study partnerships and its members frame complex natural resource issues has a strong influence on organizational learning. In particular, partnership members who frame their work using positive, social, and dynamic orientations foster their ability to continuously learn when addressing issues of dynamic complexity. These individual and group frames promote learning in part through their influence on the development of inclusive, reflective, and place-based organizational processes and organic organizational structures. How individual and group frames are established, maintained, and altered is an important consideration for promoting learning within natural resource management partnerships. Furthermore, organizational learning in these partnerships was comprised of individual learning embedded into partnership routines and memory as well as emergent learning resulting from a process of social construction. Organizational practices directed toward both individual and team learning therefore need to be fostered in natural resource partnerships addressing dynamically complex problems. Close

• 24. [Article] Who's in place, who's out of place : examining the politics of natural resource collaboration

  A qualitative research approach composed of three strategies was employed to systematically examine the politics of natural resource collaboration. First, using the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Who's in place, who's out of place : examining the politics of natural resource collaboration Author: Cheng, Antony S. A qualitative research approach composed of three strategies was employed to systematically examine the politics of natural resource collaboration. First, using the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds as a case study, the behavioral assumptions of natural resource policy instruments enabling collaboration were uncovered and analyzed. Three key assumptions emerge: 1) stakeholders are internally motivated by strong social values to work with others to save salmon and restore their watersheds; 2) stakeholders are willing to take action in their watershed but lack the capacity to do so, such as financial, technical, and information resources; 3) stakeholders are capable of learning about, testing, and processing feedback from alternative restoration approaches. Second, theoretical perspectives focusing on the social influence of place were integrated with Elinor Ostrom's behavioral theory of collective action. The resulting theoretical framework proposes that place is a variable that influences choice of behavioral strategies in natural resource collaboration by: 1) providing a means for stakeholders to identify and, therefore, understand how to relate to one another; and 2) influencing the probabilities that stakeholders can expect to interact with one another in the future. Third, a qualitative, comparative case study of two watershed councils in western Oregon applied the framework and identified three key dimensions of group identification related to place: 1) group identities related to stakeholders' interest and values in the watershed; 2) group identities related to stakeholders' ways of knowing the watershed; and 3) group identities related to social ties within the watershed. The qualitative research approach sheds light on the diverse behaviors stakeholders exhibit in natural resource collaboration. It challenges the notion that stakeholders are strictly motivated to maximize material self-interest in natural resource politics. Stakeholders vary in their interactions depending on the geographic scale of the landscape in question. The study also provides compelling evidence that stakeholders' collective identification to a shared place generates a higher likelihood of sustaining collaborative relationships and trust in one another. Title: Who's in place, who's out of place : examining the politics of natural resource collaboration Author: Cheng, Antony S. A qualitative research approach composed of three strategies was employed to systematically examine the politics of natural resource collaboration. First, using the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds as a case study, the behavioral assumptions of natural resource policy instruments enabling collaboration were uncovered and analyzed. Three key assumptions emerge: 1) stakeholders are internally motivated by strong social values to work with others to save salmon and restore their watersheds; 2) stakeholders are willing to take action in their watershed but lack the capacity to do so, such as financial, technical, and information resources; 3) stakeholders are capable of learning about, testing, and processing feedback from alternative restoration approaches. Second, theoretical perspectives focusing on the social influence of place were integrated with Elinor Ostrom's behavioral theory of collective action. The resulting theoretical framework proposes that place is a variable that influences choice of behavioral strategies in natural resource collaboration by: 1) providing a means for stakeholders to identify and, therefore, understand how to relate to one another; and 2) influencing the probabilities that stakeholders can expect to interact with one another in the future. Third, a qualitative, comparative case study of two watershed councils in western Oregon applied the framework and identified three key dimensions of group identification related to place: 1) group identities related to stakeholders' interest and values in the watershed; 2) group identities related to stakeholders' ways of knowing the watershed; and 3) group identities related to social ties within the watershed. The qualitative research approach sheds light on the diverse behaviors stakeholders exhibit in natural resource collaboration. It challenges the notion that stakeholders are strictly motivated to maximize material self-interest in natural resource politics. Stakeholders vary in their interactions depending on the geographic scale of the landscape in question. The study also provides compelling evidence that stakeholders' collective identification to a shared place generates a higher likelihood of sustaining collaborative relationships and trust in one another. Close

• 25. [Article] Assessing ecological integrity across jurisdictions and scales

  This paper is the product of a series of workshops that occurred between 2011 and 2014. They were hosted by the Institute for Natural Resources - Oregon Biodiversity Information Center, U.S. Geological ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Assessing ecological integrity across jurisdictions and scales Author: Kagan, James S., Vickerman, Sara This paper is the product of a series of workshops that occurred between 2011 and 2014. They were hosted by the Institute for Natural Resources - Oregon Biodiversity Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Defenders of Wildlife, and NatureServe, and attended by a wide variety of staff from resource agencies, non-profit organizations, universities and the private sector. Many of the participants reviewed and/or contributed to the content of the paper. Final editing decisions were made by the primary authors and do not necessarily reflect unanimous agreement from all parties. Title: Assessing ecological integrity across jurisdictions and scales Author: Kagan, James S., Vickerman, Sara This paper is the product of a series of workshops that occurred between 2011 and 2014. They were hosted by the Institute for Natural Resources - Oregon Biodiversity Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Defenders of Wildlife, and NatureServe, and attended by a wide variety of staff from resource agencies, non-profit organizations, universities and the private sector. Many of the participants reviewed and/or contributed to the content of the paper. Final editing decisions were made by the primary authors and do not necessarily reflect unanimous agreement from all parties. Close

• 26. [Article] Expressing Oregon environmental benchmarks in ecological terms: recommendations to the Oregon progress board

  A multidisciplinary team of scientists (Appendix 1) examined 10 of the 16 environmental benchmarks that are tracked by the Oregon Progress Board. The intent of the environmental benchmarks is to provide ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Expressing Oregon environmental benchmarks in ecological terms: recommendations to the Oregon progress board Author: Oregon State University, Norris, Logan A. (Logan Allen), Institute for Natural Resources, Nicholas, Jay, Salwasser, Hal, Oregon Water Enhancement Board A multidisciplinary team of scientists (Appendix 1) examined 10 of the 16 environmental benchmarks that are tracked by the Oregon Progress Board. The intent of the environmental benchmarks is to provide a fair assessment of the status and trends of Oregon's environmental health. The scientists were asked to clarify benchmark definitions if necessary, explain the status of data for the benchmarks, and define ecologically possible conditions for each of those benchmarks for which such conditions could be identified. Title: Expressing Oregon environmental benchmarks in ecological terms: recommendations to the Oregon progress board Author: Oregon State University, Norris, Logan A. (Logan Allen), Institute for Natural Resources, Nicholas, Jay, Salwasser, Hal, Oregon Water Enhancement Board A multidisciplinary team of scientists (Appendix 1) examined 10 of the 16 environmental benchmarks that are tracked by the Oregon Progress Board. The intent of the environmental benchmarks is to provide a fair assessment of the status and trends of Oregon's environmental health. The scientists were asked to clarify benchmark definitions if necessary, explain the status of data for the benchmarks, and define ecologically possible conditions for each of those benchmarks for which such conditions could be identified. Close

• 27. [Article] Portland : Forest Park natural resources management plan

  240 pp. Bookmarks supplied by UO. Includes maps and figures. Published February, 1995. Captured December 21, 2007.

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Portland : Forest Park natural resources management plan Author: Portland (Or.), Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning, Portland Parks and Recreation Year: 2007, 1995 240 pp. Bookmarks supplied by UO. Includes maps and figures. Published February, 1995. Captured December 21, 2007. Title: Portland : Forest Park natural resources management plan Author: Portland (Or.), Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning, Portland Parks and Recreation Year: 2007, 1995 240 pp. Bookmarks supplied by UO. Includes maps and figures. Published February, 1995. Captured December 21, 2007. Close

• 28. [Article] Developing the Oregon ExplorerTM -- a Natural Resources Digital Library

  Salwasser, J. and Avery, B. (2010) "Developing the Oregon ExplorerTM -- a Natural Resources Digital Library" Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (ISTL). Winter 2010. Publisher version of article ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Developing the Oregon ExplorerTM -- a Natural Resources Digital Library Author: Avery, Bonnie E., Salwasser, Janine Salwasser, J. and Avery, B. (2010) "Developing the Oregon ExplorerTM -- a Natural Resources Digital Library" Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (ISTL). Winter 2010. Publisher version of article available at http://www.istl.org/10-winter/refereed4.html Title: Developing the Oregon ExplorerTM -- a Natural Resources Digital Library Author: Avery, Bonnie E., Salwasser, Janine Salwasser, J. and Avery, B. (2010) "Developing the Oregon ExplorerTM -- a Natural Resources Digital Library" Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (ISTL). Winter 2010. Publisher version of article available at http://www.istl.org/10-winter/refereed4.html Close

• 29. [Article] Report of the workforce capacity group

  Through several two-day meetings the workgroup and invited subject matter experts discussed each objective in detail. Specific workforce capacity issues facing the ODF Protection from Fire Program were ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Report of the workforce capacity group Author: Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon Fire Program Review Workforce Capacity Workgroup, Oregon Department of Forestry Through several two-day meetings the workgroup and invited subject matter experts discussed each objective in detail. Specific workforce capacity issues facing the ODF Protection from Fire Program were identified. Recommendations were developed to ensure adequate numbers of qualified and experienced personnel to supervise and perform essential tasks in the ODF wildland fire prevention and suppression system. Title: Report of the workforce capacity group Author: Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon Fire Program Review Workforce Capacity Workgroup, Oregon Department of Forestry Through several two-day meetings the workgroup and invited subject matter experts discussed each objective in detail. Specific workforce capacity issues facing the ODF Protection from Fire Program were identified. Recommendations were developed to ensure adequate numbers of qualified and experienced personnel to supervise and perform essential tasks in the ODF wildland fire prevention and suppression system. Close

• 30. [Article] Willamette Basin conservation project, final report

  Appendix 5-B is available upon request.

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Willamette Basin conservation project, final report Author: Institute for Natural Resources Appendix 5-B is available upon request. Title: Willamette Basin conservation project, final report Author: Institute for Natural Resources Appendix 5-B is available upon request. Close