Societal dimensions of environmental science: global case studies of collaboration and transformation

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"This book brings together several key examples of the successes and the challenges that exist for environmental stakeholders trying to strike a balance between science and the societal implications of the issues involved. It provides important methods and approaches necessary for informed decision making and a better understanding of the common threads of learning, collaboration, negotiation, and compromise. It also explains the concepts and skills needed to better understand how specific project goals can be best achieved in the rapidly-changing field of environmental management, by providing practical situations and solutions, across a global landscape"--  Read more... Abstract: "This book brings together several key examples of the successes and the challenges that exist for environmental stakeholders trying to strike a balance between science and the societal implications of the issues involved. It provides important methods and approaches necessary for informed decision making and a better understanding of the common threads of learning, collaboration, negotiation, and compromise. It also explains the concepts and skills needed to better understand how specific project goals can be best achieved in the rapidly-changing field of environmental management, by providing practical situations and solutions, across a global landscape" Content: 1. The Journey to Integrating Societal Needs and the Environmental Sciences 2. Environmental Decision-Making within a Recovering War Zone: The Republic of Iraq 3. Water Quality as a Collaborative Force in the Ozark Plateau, Missouri and Arkansas: The Long-Term Dimensions of Action through Common Interest 4. Integrating Traditional Knowledge and Geospatial Science to Address Food Security and Sustaining Biodiversity in Yap Islands, Micronesia 5. Halal Food Security: Forensic and Laboratory Management 6. Achieving Meaningful Stakeholder Dialogs in the American Midwest: Stakeholder Perceptions and Interactions Using Enhanced Place-Based Appreciative Methods 7. Community-Based Management of Mangrove Forests in Southeast Asia 8. Common Themes and Lessons from Our Global Stories of Collaboration and Transformation