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Evaluating Progress Towards Land Use Conflict Program Outcome Targets, William Boyd, Kristin Den Exter, Rik Whitehead, Kirsty Howton, Peter Boyd
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 …
Current Issues In Environmental Management In Australia: What Do People Think?, William E. Boyd, Kristin A. Den Exter, Leslie Christidis, David J. Lloyd
Current Issues In Environmental Management In Australia: What Do People Think?, William E. Boyd, Kristin A. Den Exter, Leslie Christidis, David J. Lloyd
Dr Kristin den Exter
In 2010, the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC) published their Grand Challenges in Global Sustainability Research, seeking to mobilise researchers in a 10-year scientific effort to address what they call the “grand challenges in global sustainability”. In this paper, we ask whether these Grand Challenges are relevant to Australian environmental management. We examine this from two angles, insights from public perception surveys, and our own survey data. Public attitudes surveys indicate public ambiguity on the knowledge base, a finding that implies an immediate need for improved public communication of scientific knowledge. Our on-line …