Community-Based Collaboration: Bridging Socio-Ecological Research and Practice

The debate over the value of community-based environmental collaboration
is one that dominates current discussions of the management of public lands and other resources.
In Community-Based Collaboration: Bridging Socio-Ecological Research and
Practice, the volume’s contributors offer an in-depth interdisciplinary
exploration of what attracts people to this collaborative mode. The authors address the new
institutional roles adopted by community-based collaborators and their interaction with existing
governance institutions in order to achieve more holistic solutions to complex environmental
challenges.

Contributors:

Heidi L. Ballard,
University of California, Davis * Juliana E. Birkhoff, RESOLVE * Charles Curtin, Antioch
University * Cecilia Danks, University of Vermont * E. Franklin Dukes, University of
Virginia and George Mason University * María Fernández-Giménez, Colorado
State University * Karen E. Firehock, University of Virginia * Melanie Hughes McDermott,
Rutgers University * William D. Leach, California State University, Sacramento *
Margaret Ann Moote, private consultant * Susan L. Senecah, State University of New York
College of Environmental Science and Forestry * Gregg B. Walker, Oregon State
University