Across The Great Divide Explorations In Collaborative Conservation And The American West Sarah F Bates by Sarah F. Bates, Philip Brick, Et Al.inscribe Digital|island Press||adult Nonfictionnaturelanguage(s): Englishon Sale Date: 21.06.2013street Date: 21.06.2013 9781597262729, 1597262722 instant download after payment.

Amid the policy gridlock that characterizes most environmental debates, a new conservation movement has emerged. Known as "collaborative conservation," it emphasizes local participation, sustainability, and inclusion of the disempowered, and focuses on voluntary compliance and consent rather than legal and regulatory enforcement. Encompassing a wide range of local partnerships and initiatives, it is changing the face of resource management throughout the western United States.Across the Great Divide presents a thoughtful exploration of this new movement, bringing together writing, reporting, and analysis of collaborative conservation from those directly involved in developing and implementing the approach. Contributors examine: the failure of traditional policy approaches recent economic and demographic changes that serve as a backdrop for the emergence of the movement the merits of, and drawbacks to, collaborative decision-making the challenges involved with integrating...