Estuary restoration and maintenance: The national estuary program

Cognitive Conflict and Consensus Building in the National Estuary Program

The consensus-building processes that characterize many environmental partnerships are often thwarted by cognitive conflict, which occurs when stakeholders have conflicting beliefs about the parameters of environmental problems and institutional performance. The author argues cognitive conflict results from stakeholders behaving like intuitive lawyers, who interpret uncertain situations in ways...

Resolving conflict and building cooperation in the National Estuary program.

Since its beginning in 1987, researchers and policymakers have touted the US Environmental Protection Agency National Estuary program (NEP) as one of the leading examples of collaborative institutions designed to resolve conflict and build cooperation at the watershed level. Using the NEP as an example, I summarize the advantages and disadvantages of collaborative institutions. Using data gathe...

Contamination and restoration of an estuary affected by phosphogypsum releases.

The Huelva Estuary in Huelva, Spain, has been one of the most studied environmental compartments in the past years from the point of view of naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) releases. It has been historically affected by waste releases, enriched in radionuclides from the U-decay series, from factories located in the area devoted to the production of phosphoric acid and phosphate ...

The Pulse of the Estuary

About this Report This publication represents a new style of reporting for the San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program (RMP). The fundamental purpose of the RMP is to provide information to improve the management of the San Francisco Estuary and protect what we value about the Estuary (SFEI 1998a). The intent of The Pulse of the Estuary (hereafter referred to as The Pulse) is to help ...

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