<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>32</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kitchen, Shawn Mark</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Evaluating consensus-building as a tool for making crown land-use decisions</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">economics</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1998</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://search.proquest.com/docview/304432322</style></url></web-urls></urls><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">University of Guelph</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">en</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This thesis evaluates consensus-building as an alternative approach to decision-making and conflict resolution in the management of crown lands in Canada. In particular, the research investigates what works, and what the limitations and barriers are, when using consensus-building. The Alberta-Pacific Forest Management Task Force is the case study used as the basis for evaluation and analysis.

The paper concludes that consensus-building presents a number of opportunities as a public consultation decision-making tool and conflict management tool. There are also many barriers that have to be overcome to make consensus-building work. While consensus-building presented a number of barriers to stakeholders having their interests met, the process was seen by most participants to be a more effective and efficient way to address their interests, compared to using conventional approaches of decision-making. As the Detailed Forest Management Plan has not been fully implemented, the full impact of using consensus-building has not been determined.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">M. Sc. </style></issue><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alberta-Pacific Forest Management Task Force</style></notes><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Forestry</style></custom1><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alberta-Pacific Forest Products Ltd., Boyle</style></custom2><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/627572454</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Science</style></custom4></record></records></xml>