Resolve. Managing Scientific and Technical Information in Environmental Cases: Principles and Practices for Mediators and Facilitators. J. E. Birkhoff, P. Adler, R. Barrett, M. Bean, and C. Ozawa
Thousands of significant environmental disputes involving public health, public lands, and natural resources have been successfully mediated since the early 1970s. In these cases, it is critical to pay attention to how high-quality information is infused into decision-making. Many environmental and public policy cases involve significant information gaps and scientific uncertainty. They also involve political and social priorities and reflect different values and access to decision-making fora. How do these processes integrate diverse knowledges, interests, values, and politics? For the past 18 months, the authors worked with stakeholders and professional mediators to capture and make explicit the various strategies and techniques that mediators use in collaborative processes to resolve science-intensive environmental disputes. Through the inquiry, the authors identified nearly 40 key ideas and practice principles that underlie the way mediators approach problem-solving when technical and scientific issues are at the forefront. This paper presents the results of that inquiry.
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