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community of practice are presented. These include identification of a shared conceptual vision that is clear in purpose and provides for the evolution and growth of
the Community, as well as for both internal and external perspectives and multiple
levels of participation by its members.
Yet the commonalities of particular local ‘hotspots’ attest to the value of sharing
knowledge, experience, and best practices at the global level (Mohtar and Lawford
2016). A global platform will provide for these leverages:
1. Enables and empowers the primary resources management debate;
2. Bridges sound science with science-based policy-making;
3. Offers the multiscale stakeholder community the benefits associated with effective,
equitable distribution and management of WEF resources.
4. Provides the platform for trade-offs analysis; these trade-offs are integral to
effective decision making: the current allocative model has failed to correctly
consider them, and this fact will increasingly lead to conflict unless corrected.
Understanding and addressing the trade-offs will allow the development of new
business models that leverage technological innovations, social and political
awareness, and ultimately will provide knowledge-based clarity for financial
leverage.
These four leverages will allow the community to define the roles of the private
and public sectors and civil society. We will return to communities of science and
practice in Sect. 21.3.1.
17.6 Case Studies
17.6.1 Case Study 1: Collaborative Geo-Design
Another example of novel participation enabling approaches has supported the
improvement of management practices in rural landscapes to produce food and
renewable energy while attaining better water quality, and sequestering greenhouse
gases that lead to climate change. Stakeholders used landscape designs involving
coupled biophysical and economic models to evaluate how alternative water and
landscape management scenarios could improve the provision of ecosystem services
in comparison with baseline practices.
Results from this modeling were then placed in a geospatial database, linked to
an ArcMap server and a touchscreen. Stakeholders used the touchscreen to identify
locations where they would like to place alternative management practices on the
landscape. Their landscape geo-designs were then used to determine the impacts of
their decisions on the production of food, renewable energy, water quality, carbon
sequestration, and terrestrial bird habitat. Results were also easily visualized as a set
of ecosystem indicators meaningful to stakeholders.
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community of practice are presented. These include identification of a shared conceptual vision that is clear in purpose and provides for the evolution and growth of
the Community, as well as for both internal and external perspectives and multiple
levels of participation by its members.
Yet the commonalities of particular local ‘hotspots’ attest to the value of sharing
knowledge, experience, and best practices at the global level (Mohtar and Lawford
2016). A global platform will provide for these leverages:
1. Enables and empowers the primary resources management debate;
2. Bridges sound science with science-based policy-making;
3. Offers the multiscale stakeholder community the benefits associated with effective,
equitable distribution and management of WEF resources.
4. Provides the platform for trade-offs analysis; these trade-offs are integral to
effective decision making: the current allocative model has failed to correctly
consider them, and this fact will increasingly lead to conflict unless corrected.
Understanding and addressing the trade-offs will allow the development of new
business models that leverage technological innovations, social and political
awareness, and ultimately will provide knowledge-based clarity for financial
leverage.
These four leverages will allow the community to define the roles of the private
and public sectors and civil society. We will return to communities of science and
practice in Sect. 21.3.1.
17.6 Case Studies
17.6.1 Case Study 1: Collaborative Geo-Design
Another example of novel participation enabling approaches has supported the
improvement of management practices in rural landscapes to produce food and
renewable energy while attaining better water quality, and sequestering greenhouse
gases that lead to climate change. Stakeholders used landscape designs involving
coupled biophysical and economic models to evaluate how alternative water and
landscape management scenarios could improve the provision of ecosystem services
in comparison with baseline practices.
Results from this modeling were then placed in a geospatial database, linked to
an ArcMap server and a touchscreen. Stakeholders used the touchscreen to identify
locations where they would like to place alternative management practices on the
landscape. Their landscape geo-designs were then used to determine the impacts of
their decisions on the production of food, renewable energy, water quality, carbon
sequestration, and terrestrial bird habitat. Results were also easily visualized as a set
of ecosystem indicators meaningful to stakeholders.
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