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Collaborative Learning Guide For Ecosystem Management, Christine Baumann Feurt
Collaborative Learning Guide For Ecosystem Management, Christine Baumann Feurt
Environmental Studies Faculty Publications
Community-based ecosystem management is an approach to getting things done. It manifests as actions that collectively maintain or restore nature’s ability to provide clean water, clean air and support for living systems. Sustaining the earth’s natural capital requires integration within the system of social capital. Through collaboration, people can accomplish the first step toward sustainability – the development of a collective vision of desired future outcomes for the places where they live, work and play. The individual perspectives that shape these visions take many forms. They are present in town Comprehensive and Open Space plans, in mission statements for organizations …