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Evaluating Progress Towards Land Use Conflict Program Outcome Targets, William Boyd, Kristin Den Exter, Rik Whitehead, Kirsty Howton, Peter Boyd

Dr Kristin den Exter

This paper reports the results of a survey of land use management practitioners on how they evaluate the success of land management programs in the context of land use conflicts and disputes. The aim is to understand how a natural resource planning authority may evaluate progress towards a high-order planning target, such as reduction of land use conflict. The survey records a wide range of practitioner approaches to assessing programs against targets, summarised in four categories: assessment, monitoring and evaluation; effective management activity; planning and planning instruments; and community responses and engagement. While practitioners comment on difficulties and challenges, it …