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The debate over the value of community-based environmental collaboration is one that dominates current discussions of the management of public lands and other resources. In Community-Based Collaboration: Bridging Socio-Ecological Research and Practice, the volume's contributors offer an in-depth interdisciplinary exploration of what attracts people to this collaborative mode. The authors address the new institutional roles adopted by community-based collaborators and their interaction with existing governance institutions in order to achieve more holistic solutions to complex environmental challenges. Contributors: Heidi L. Ballard, University of California, Davis * Juliana E. Birkhoff, RESOLVE * Charles Curtin, Antioch University * Cecilia Danks, University of Vermont * E. Franklin Dukes, University of Virginia and George Mason University * Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, Colorado State University * Karen E. Firehock, University of Virginia * Melanie Hughes McDermott, Rutgers University * William D. Leach, California State University, Sacramento * Margaret Ann Moote, private consultant * Susan L. Senecah, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry * Gregg B. Walker, Oregon State University

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<p>Though field-based collaborations have been evolving for manyyears, this thoughtful volume finally brings together all the pieces needed tounderstand how CBCs work, why they work, and what may get in their way. Community-Based Collaboration is a seminal bookthat should be considered a 'must-have' for those investigating collaboration, especially collaboration that is not just decision-making, but also collecting andapplying knowledge. A roadmap to usher in an era of cooperative and participatoryresearch and practice, the volume's chapters are thorough, well-written, refreshingly complementary and well-integrated.--Tamra Pearson d'Estr e, University of Denver

<p> This book is one of a kind. Dukes, Firehock, and Birkhoff havefor the past decade been leading researchers in community collaboration, and thisbook represents the culmination of their work. Standing apart from otherpublications that address consensus building, resolving environmental and landdisputes, or mediating resource conservation conflicts, Community-Based Collaboration focuses on the U.S.experience with collective management of water and land resources. The book providesnew knowledge and insights that will be indispensable to all scholars andpractitioners in the field. --Ric Richardson, University of New Mexico

Though field-based collaborations have been evolving for many years, this thoughtful volume finally brings together all the pieces needed to understand how CBCs work, why they work, and what may get in their way. <i>Community-Based Collaboration</i> is a seminal book that should be considered a 'must-have' for those investigating collaboration, especially collaboration that is not just decision-making, but also collecting and applying knowledge. A road map to usher in an era of cooperative and participatory research and practice. The volume's chapters are thorough, well-written, refreshingly complementary, and well-integrated.</p>--Tamra Pearson d'Estree, University of Denver

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E. Franklin Dukes is Director of the Institute for Environmental Negotiation at the University of Virginia and the Environmental Conflict Resolution Initiative at George Mason University. Karen E. Firehock is Executive Director of the Green Infrastructure Center and Adjunct Professor at the University of Virginia. Juliana E. Birkhoff is Vice-President of Programs and Practice at RESOLVE.

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