Collaboration and Conflict Transformation in Multi-Party Processes for Natural Resource Conservation
May 20, 2020
- May 22, 2020
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University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho
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In the United States and around the world, humans continue to face the increasing presence of conflict over natural resources. Traditional legal processes establish regulatory boundaries, but often fall short of providing concrete tools for long-term resolution of multi-party environmental disputes. Students and practitioners of law and the natural sciences must be better equipped for conflict management if they are to help their clients and society at-large successfully navigate contentious conservation issues. This course focuses on overcoming conflict through collaborative decision-making that fosters buy-in, improves relationships, and builds a framework for longer-lasting, mutually beneficial solutions. Presentations, case studies, and discussions will be integrated with group exercises aimed at building skill in conflict resolution.
What You Will Learn
- Better manage conflict during a decision-making or settlement process.
- Develop awareness of one’s own tendencies in thinking about and responding to conflict.
- Design a process that builds trust and repairs broken relationships to promote enduring solutions.
- Build greater awareness & acknowledgment of conflict and its effects on decision-making and legal processes.
- Employ techniques to address, manage, and transform conflict in a decision-making and legal process.
- Use tools such as the progress triangle, conflict mapping, and narrative analysis.
- Evaluate and institutionalize collaborative decision-making processes.
Instructors:
Patricia Heglund, Wildlife Biologist, PhD and Decision Analyst
Maureen Laflin, JD, University of Idaho Professor of Law, Director of NWI and Mediation Clinic
Location: Moscow, ID
Date: May 20 - 22, 2020, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Fee: $350 *Includes all course materials