Archives by Tag 'independent scientific review'
Guest Lecture at Columbia University (July 2011)
As part of CONCUR’s periodic guest lectures at major universities, Senior Associate Bennett Brooks served as a guest lecturer at Columbia University in July 2011. Speaking to the graduate-level course, “Environmental Conflict Resolution Strategies,” taught by Adjunct Professor Allen Zerkin, Bennett’s presentation focused on strategies for folding complex and often-contested information into science-intensive, consensus-seeking [...]
CONCUR Guest Lectures at UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design: 2009 and 2010
In 2009 and again in 2010, Scott McCreary presented guest lectures on CONCUR’s work in environmental conflict resolution to graduate courses in the UC Berkeley Departments of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning and City Planning. Both presentations stressed the linkage between the theory of principled negotiation and mutual gains bargaining and their practical application [...]
Update on Adaptive Management for the Guadalupe River Flood Control Project
The Guadalupe River Flood Control Project has a prior history of collaboration, which culminated in its redesign from a trapezoidal channel bypass tunnel and successful construction of the project, along with a suite of early implementation items to mitigate remaining impacts on the river corridor. Its 2001 Dispute Resolution Memorandum, facilitated by CONCUR, created an [...]
Abalone Advisory Group Project Update (Fall 2007-Spring 2010)
CONCUR partnered with the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) staff to support the work of the San Miguel Island Abalone Fishery Advisory Group (AAG) – a broad-based stakeholder group convened to develop management alternatives for a potential red abalone fishery at San Miguel Island. The Advisory Group, comprising commercial fishing, recreational diving, marine [...]
Abalone Advisory Group (AAG) Releases Report: “Management Options for a Potential Red Abalone Fishery on San Miguel Island” (January 29, 2010)
A novel collaborative process designed and led by CONCUR to develop a range of management options for a potential red abalone fishery reached a major milestone on February 16, 2010, when the Marine Resources Committee (MRC) of the California Fish and Game Commission met to discuss the newly-released report.
The report – entitled “Management Options for [...]
“Conflict Resolution Day” Presentation at EPA Region 2 (October 15, 2009)
CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary and Senior Associate Bennett Brooks gave a presentation October 15, 2009, to attorneys and program staff at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 2, the regional office covering New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The presentation, organized by Region 2 ADR coordinator Joseph Siegel to [...]
New CONCUR Fact Sheet on Watershed Planning
CONCUR has prepared a new fact sheet focused on our watershed planning experience and expertise (download PDF).
Watershed planning touches on a broad range of issues including local land use policies, stream protection concerns, restoration goals, flood control, and water quality. The planning framework can be transboundary and address implications for climate [...]
Abalone Advisory Group (Fall 2007-Present)
CONCUR is working with the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) staff to support the work of the San Miguel Island Abalone Fishery Advisory Group (AAG). The AAG is a stakeholder group representing the interests of commercial fishing, recreational diving, marine conservation, and fisheries science. Its mission is to recommend a limited range of [...]
Strategic Advice/Stakeholder Assessment on Proposed Alcoa Aluminum Smelter for Trinidad and Tobago Environmental Management Agency (2006)
CONCUR was a member of a team retained to provide advice to the Trinidad and Tobago Environmental Management Authority (EMA) on the review of a major aluminum smelter proposal. Alcoa applied to the EMA for a Certificate of Environmental Clearance (CEC) to build an aluminum smelter and associated facilities. The proposed smelter would be located [...]
CALFED: Using Joint Fact-Finding to Resolve Long-Standing Disputes (1998-2005)
From 1998-2005, CONCUR organized, structured and facilitated several high-profile and technically complex independent review processes intended to help resolve several aspects of California’s long-standing water wars. These independent review panels – undertaken as part of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, a state-federal initiative intended to resolve the state’s intertwined water supply reliability, water quality, levee system [...]