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Browsing by Author "Parker, D."

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    Culture, worldviews, communication styles, and conflict in forest management
    Morford, S.; Parker, D.; Rogers, H.; Salituro, C.; Waldichuk, T. (Kamloops, BC: FORREX-Forest Research Extension Partnership, 2003)
    This paper explores culture, worldviews, communication styles, and conflict among stakeholders in forest and natural resource management. It addresses the fact that forest managers and stakeholders often speak about forest resources very differently, and it makes suggestions for improving communication among them. It also reviews the history of the development of worldviews regarding the environment. The paper draws from studies of environmental perception, conflict, and communications. A central argument is that culture, values, and communication styles are strongly linked with conflict, and that improved understanding of other cultures and one's own culture, values, and communication styles can reduce the negative consequences of conflict and lead to better resource management decisions. We believe that the success of conflict prevention and resolution depends on the ability of all parties forest managers and stakeholders to understand and respect all worldviews.
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    Evaluation Framework for Water Quality Trading Programs in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
    Stephenson, Stephen Kurt; Parker, D.; Abdalla, C.; Shabman, Leonard A.; Shortle, J.; Jones, C.; Angstadt, B.; Rose, B.; King, D.; Hansen, D. (Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, Chesapeake Bay Program, 2009)
    Water quality trading programs are being proposed and implemented across the US in a variety of forms and with differing objectives. The programs being proposed and implemented in the Chesapeake Bay region are no exception. Against this background the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee and the Mid-Atlantic Water Program requested a general framework to inform and guide the evaluation of the performance trading programs. This resulting report was developed by a workgroup comprised of ten individuals with extensive experience in the study, design, and evaluation of trading programs. While the impetus for this report was to improve evaluation of trading programs in the Chesapeake Bay region, the evaluation framework is broad enough to apply to trading programs in general.