Overview: The Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation (“Open Standards” or “OS”, hereafter) is an adaptive planning framework utilised by local governments and NGOs around the world to collaboratively and systematically conserve flora and fauna. The OS was created by the Conservation Measures Partnership (CMP) – a collaborative venture...

Problems and Purpose A new paradigm of watershed governance has emerged in recent decades, one which aims to improve stewardship and protection of rivers, lakes, and streams through community-based initiatives and cross-jurisdictional collaboration (Brandes, 2005; Parsons, 2015; Fielding, 2016). While past watershed regimes typically utilised technocratic and “command-and-control” approaches to...

A study of the complex developments and interactions between government, private, and civil society actors behind the shift toward collaborative, community-driven planning in the case of Still Creek.

After a long-enduring legal and political struggle to assert their Aboriginal rights and the mobilization of social and community capital to sustainably plan Haida Gwaii, the Haida Nation won the right to protect and co-manage 70% of their territory's forests with the Province.

(Note: This article is a stub and requires further elaboration and editing) Definition: Ecosystem-based management (EBM) is a concept that links human and ecological systems through adaptive management approaches. Generally, EBM promotes human well-being by managing for the coexistence of "healthy, fully functioning ecosystems and human communities" (CIT, 2004, pg...

(Note: This article is a stub and requires further elaboration and editing) Definition Collaborative planning is a conceptual framework for resolving complex, multi-stakeholder planning scenarios. This approach is often applied to planning cases for the purposes of encouraging public participation, and resolving and mediating stakeholder disagreements. While the literature notes...