Successful examples of participatory regional planning at the meso-level Towards sustainable land use through negotiated conflict resolution A.M.Hoefsloo t and L.M. van den Berg (editors) < • ..3.\" Report 164 DLO-Staring Centre, Wageningen, 1998 \ ABSTRACT Hoefsloot, A. and L.M. van den Berg, (eds) Successful examples of participatory regional planning at the meso-level; Towards sustainable land use through negotiated conflict resolution, 1998. Wageningen, DLO-Staring Centrum. Report 164. 136pages . 14 fig.; 6tab. ; 61 ref. Six local examples, from four continents, of overcoming the contradictions between economic survival of farming communities and the need to stop environmental degradation are systematically analysed. For each case the perceptions are discussed, that stakeholders had ofth e problems at hand, along with the relations between the various categories of stakeholders. This is followed by a discussion of the negotiation process that took place between the stakeholders, including the role of initiators and mediators. Special attention is paid to the involvement of different knowledge systems in this process. Conclusions are drawn about conditions leading to success of the respective cases. Keywords: stakeholders, participation, negotiation, land use planning, environment, wildlife, soil conservation, agriculture, Africa, Australia, Bolivia, Gelderse Vallei, mediation, facilitation, problem perception, land degradation. ISSN 0927-4499 © 1998 DLO Winand Staring Centre for Integrated Land, Soil and Water Research (SC-DLO), Postbus 125,NL-670 0 ACWageninge n (TheNetherlands) . Phone:+3 1 317474200 ; fax: +3131 7424812 ;e-mail :
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