Archives by Tag 'biodiversity'
Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA)
CONCUR facilitated a 45-member dialogue charged with devising a locally preferred alternative for flood control that integrates habitat restoration and recreation components. Participants ratified detailed proceedings addressing bank protection, levee stabilization, planning for alternate flow levels, hydraulic mitigation, and floodway management.
Conference on Planning for the Future of the Tokyo Bay Wetlands (1999)
In June 1999, Dr. McCreary made the lead presentation at a public conference on the Future of the Wetlands of Tokyo Bay, sponsored by Chiba University in Chiba, Japan. His presentation examined the history of planning for the wetlands of the San Francisco Bay. The one-day conference attracted about 150 people, mostly citizens and associates [...]
Briefings for USAID (1990-1991)
Principal John Gamman lead a series briefings for senior US AID officials, building on the work of his dissertation research examining the relationship between consensus building techniques and the support of sustainable development policies and natural resource policy reforms. Results were tied to USAID projects on implementing policy change and environmental training programs.
Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand (1990)
The CONCUR team has completed several initiatives in New Zealand. In 1990, the Ministry for the Environment brought John Gamman and Scott McCreary to New Zealand to present a three course series to senior resource planners, officials in the private sector, and Maori leaders in workshops convened in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch. This was followed [...]
Neutral Fact-Finding Effects of Oil and Gas Exploration in the Ecuadorian Oriente (1992)
CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary teamed with three colleagues from the University of California at Berkeley to conduct an independent review of ARCO’s oil and gas exploration in the Ecuadorian Oriente. The review, jointly commissioned by proponents and critics of oil exploration, focused initially on the adequacy of the environmental documentation, was quickly broadened to include [...]