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Agriculture to urban water transfers
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2014-11-04) Wallace, George, author
Presentation covers: Changing the way we think about the water used by agriculture; benefits provided by the irrigated landscape; local food supplies are in greater demand; irrigated agriculture in Larimer County produces a wide range of crops; Larimer County farms, ranches provide open space; irrigated ag provides wildlife habitat; and Larimer County production expenses from 2007 USDA census of agricutlure.
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Are we prepared to lose our precious land? Community approaches to pasture and cropland restoration in Marigat District, Kenya
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2012-04-03) Lenachuru, Clement Isaiah, speaker
Global concerns about deforestation caused by fuelwood shortages, prompted introduction of in Lake Baringo area early 1980's. is on IUCN's new list of 100 world's worst invasive alien species. has survived where other tree species have failed and in many cases become a major nuisance. In Baringo, is reported to depress the growth and survival of indigenous vegetation around it, and farmers claim to have lost their farmlands, reduce grazing potential and space of pasture lands. Its invasion in Baringo area in the last 10-15 years has attracted national attention and contradictory responses from responsible agencies. Unlike in other parts of the world where it has been introduced, potential benefits have not been realized. Strong local calls for eradication and replacement appears to be well justified. problem is further compounded by the fact that the land is communally owned. Thus, where land is held under common property arrangements, management responses to the invasive species require cooperation among affected individuals. This project plans to actively engage on regular basis and mobilize the local community to work cooperatively in checking the spread of this shrub, at the same time seek alternative land uses that will help to control any further invasions.
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Bread and beauty grow best together
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2010) Knight, Rick, author
Two-thirds of the U.S. is private land and, on average, two out of every three acres of planet Earth are degraded. Ecosystem services have developing economic markets associated with them, but degraded lands allow few such services to be harvested. There is a growing awareness among land owners of these potential new revenue streams. In times to come economists, ecologists and land owners will increasingly work together for land health and economic prosperity.
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Challenges for sustainable nature-based tourism: Vilsandi National Park, Saaremaa Island, Estonia
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2012-02) Raadik-Cottrell, Jana, speaker; Cottrell, Stuart, speaker; Unidentified speaker
The first protected area in the Baltic countries, Vilsandi National Park (VNP) is located near the west coast of Saaremaa Island, Estonia. As an archipelago, the area was designated a protected area at the beginning of the 20th century, became a national park in 1993, and designated as a wetland of international importance in 1997. VNP faces many challenges including a decentralized management structure, disjointed conservation plan, and lack of a visitor management plan. The purpose of the CCC fellowship is to enhance VNP and stakeholder capacity to manage nature conservation collaboratively, enhance sustainable livelihoods among tour operators via tourism to the park and to enhance the visitor experience. Data have been gathered via an onsite survey among international visitors, two initial workshops with VNP stakeholders and a second home owner survey conducted in summer/fall 2012. The project links conservationists, tourism specialists, NGOs, INGOs (PAN Parks, WWF), local municipal governments, and universities (Kuresaare College) in a collaborative process for conservation and tourism development. This presentation will highlight key findings of the various phases of the project thus far as well as challenges posed due to ongoing institutional changes protected area agencies face in Estonia.
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Collaboration - why it's hard, why it's frustrating, and why I still think it is the way forward: reflections on collaboration in Montana's Crown of the Continent
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2014-01-31) Parker, Melanie, speaker; Unidentified speaker
In the 1990's, collaborative efforts sprung up in small towns all across the American West. Most were born out of local citizen efforts to address seemingly intractable conflicts around natural resource management. Since that time, local collaborative groups have given way to more regional collaborative efforts, and collaboration has begun to find itself codified in law and agency best practices. Melanie will be sharing her own reflections on the current practice of collaboration and hopes to also engage in a thoughtful discussion regarding the merits of this approach to natural resource management.
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Collaborative conservation at CSU: where are we now and where should we go?
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2014-03-25) Reid, Robin, speaker; Unidentified speaker
Colorado State University has tremendous strengths in collaborative governance and conservation across campus. We started the Center for Collaborative Conservation 6 years ago to build upon and magnify that strength. In the process, we created a set of programs that attempt to build the ability of students, faculty and conservation practitioners to be more successful in collaborative efforts. Please come to this short seminar and long discussion to suggest how we might go forward together to take collaborative governance and conservation at CSU to even higher levels.
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Community collaboration: sharing responsibility, not power
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2012-09-11) Merriman, Tim, speaker
Expecting people to share power and collaborate is often unrealistic in community and agency settings. The HEART approach to collaborative planning brings groups into collaboration to share responsibilities and a planning approach with the understanding that their power and ethical framework is not compromised. Examples will be shared from national and international settings that demonstrate what can be achieved when collaboration does not threaten the core values of participating groups and agencies.
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Connecting human dimensions research to place-based collaboration through science delivery
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2012-01) Clement, Jessica, speaker; Unidentified speaker
Connecting human dimensions research to on-the-ground applications is a subject for ongoing experimentation for social scientists. In this case data collected in the context of forest planning on the Bridger Teton National Forest in Wyoming was used to create science delivery mechanisms, in turn aiding the initiation of place-based, targeted collaboration efforts or helping to redirect and re-energize existing but flagging collaborative efforts. These science delivery mechanisms also helped unearth additional areas requiring human dimension exploration. These efforts also appear to be energizing agency morale through greater understanding of data collection methods and therefore the relevance of the data to their work. This understanding may help to create greater connectivity between agency staff, their constituents and the landscape they are conserving. Jessica Clement has used CCC funds and USFS funds to create these science delivery mechanisms and to explore the use of previously collected social science data to place-based collaboration and will discuss in this presentation the approach taken and the results.
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Conservation beef: options for producers
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2010) Grimmett, Hill, speaker; Unidentified speaker
Conservation beef or “story beef” is increasingly available in the marketplace. Beef producers who are seeking additional income streams and ways to profit from good land management and animal husbandry practices may find such a niche strategy worth considering. And several small producers locally might band together in pursuing such a marketing plan.
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Creating a mule deer habitat mitigation tool for energy extraction activities
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2013-11-19) Boone, Randall B., speaker
In the last nine months, Randy has worked with a team of resource managers and scientists led by Ted Toombs of the Environmental Defense Fund to design an approach to quantify changes to mule deer habitat. The overall goal is to support a habitat exchange. Those who disturb habitat, such as those in the energy extraction industry, may trade habitat disturbance credits with others who are in a position to improve habitat for mule deer. Both the magnitude and type of disturbance to mule deer habitat must be considered, and the cost of assessment of habitat should be commensurate with the value of the original project. The group designed site measurements that depend upon local field-based measures of mule deer habitat and context measures of suitability that may be accessed through spatial analyses. Randy will review the components of the site and context measures. Each is documented, with a user's manual and field guide. Field testing and calibration of the method was conducted in July 2013, and refinement of the methods by the science team will occur soon.
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Cross-cultural communication of knowledge and study results: a case for Mongolia
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2014-04-08) Ulambayar, Tungalag, speaker; Unidentified speaker
Tungaa's fellowship project aimed to support the outreach objectives of the Mongolian Rangelands and Resilience (MOR2) project of Colorado State University by implementing two activities. The first was to create a nation-wide radio program targeted to the learning needs of pastoral herders and the second was to contribute to increasing research capacity of Mongolian students to conduct studies using MOR2 data. Her radio program communicated preliminary research results of MOR2 regarding effects of collaborative management practices of formally organized community groups on their livelihoods, social relations as well as resource conditions contributing to their resilience to climate change. The project was implemented for a 4-month period starting from mid-June, 2012. Proposed activities took place both in Mongolia and U.S.A in collaboration with the Mongolian National Radio, individual young researchers based in Mongolia and the CSU MOR2 team members. Lessons learned from the fellowship project include that scientists should provide feedback to local communities after their survey taken in their places. In Mongolian condition summer time is not very good time to broadcast educational program on radio. Designing short-term training requires extra careful consideration of content in order to prevent incomplete understanding of the key topics.
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Democratic participation and inequitable outcomes: evaluating the social costs of hydraulic fracturing in Colorado
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2013-10-22) Collins, Ashley, speaker
In 2013, the topic of hydraulic fracturing is a highly contested debate in Colorado among community members, elected officials, and energy companies as considerations for energy independence, economic stimulation, and cleaner fuel alternatives are balanced against the need for public health and environmental protections. Natural gas development is rapidly expanding throughout a number of densely populated communities located along the Front Range. Ms. Collins has been conducting exploratory research examining the impacts of drilling since November 2011. This presentation will report on her ongoing ethnographic research that identifies how issues of environmental justice and different forms of activism are coalescing in response to unconventional oil and natural gas projects in Colorado.
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Development of an ecosystem services marketplace in northern Colorado
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2012-02) Flynn, Patrick, speaker; Unidentified speaker
Ecosystem service markets are emerging as a new tool for conservationists to use for protecting critical landscapes and natural resources. The goal of these markets is to properly value the landscapes and natural resources upon which human communities rely on for vital services such as clean water and climate regulation. In Northern Colorado, a group of concerned citizens is spearheading an effort to develop a voluntary ecosystem services marketplace, called the Colorado Conservation Exchange. The mission of the Colorado Conservation Exchange is to create a marketplace where community members support land stewards who conserve and enhance nature's ability to provide clean and abundant water, healthy food, productive soils, carbon storage, wildlife habitat, and inspiring open spaces. This talk will detail the collaborative effort undertaken by this group thus far to engage a broad group of community stakeholders and develop a vision for implementing the marketplace.
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Empowering or alienating communities: conservation in Maasailand, East Africa
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2011-09) Goldman, Mara J., speaker; Unidentified speaker
Rangelands used by Maasai pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in northern Tanzania and southern Kenya also provide essential wet season forage for various wildlife species. In an effort to assure the continued availability of such pastures for wildlife, various forms of community-based conservation have been implemented throughout Maasai village lands. Costs, benefits, and community participation processes vary with the model used and the communities involved. I compare and contrast the different approaches to highlight how conservation interventions can be either empowering or alienating to the communities at hand. I suggest that participation based on respect for local knowledge and skills is key to empowering communities through conservation. I also argue that participation as well as the degree to which a project is succeeding at benefiting pastoralists is related to whether or not it is succeeding at protecting wildlife.
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Energy and private lands - models of cooperative conservation
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2013-12-03) Teeuwen, Randy, speaker
This seminar will discuss building collaborative relationships between landowners and communities surrounding energy development issues in the West. Working with landowners, residents, communities, local governments and regulatory entities builds and maintains long-term, mutually beneficial relationships and is key to understanding our complex energy world. Mr. Teeuwen will also discuss his involvement with the Cooperative Sagebrush Initiative and the Upper Green River Conservation Exchange.
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Environmental governance in multicultural areas: lessons learned from two Colombian communities
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2012-05-01) Velasco, Marcela, speaker
Most Latin American countries have recognized the right to local political autonomy of ethnic communities as well as their potential to conserve important natural resources. Unfortunately, national and sub-national authorities and institutions have more often than not failed to live by these reforms as a result of conflict, lack of political will, or disinclination to collaborate with local authorities. The study looks at Colombia, where Black and Indian communities have legal rights to over 25 million hectares of tropical forestland, making them authorities of 38% of the country's forest reserves which constitute about 2% of the world's tropical rainforests. However, as of 2007 only 18% of the country's indigenous territories were benefiting from the legal framework that enabled them as local authorities, while the land rights of Afro-Colombians have been limited by violence and historical discrimination. This constitutes a problem for the welfare of Indian and Black communities in general and for conservation in particular. Local autonomy was promoted by Indian and Black social movements as a strategy to protect their cultures, environments and economies, and some of the more successful local organizations are now sharing knowledge and experience on local governance to support their peers from regions facing ethnic governance problems. In my work as a CCC fellow, I supported a field exchange where an indigenous community recovering 1,300 hectares of deforested land in Cristianía (Antioquia) shared its governance experience with leaders from an Afro-Colombian community addressing the environmental effects of a hydroelectric company in the Anchicayá River(Valle). The experience reveals firsthand information about leadership and local governance in multicultural regions and intra-institutional relations in general, and about the challenges facing black communities living in remote areas as their lands are forcefully included in badly devised economic agendas that fail to consider the community's voice.
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Essential conservations: using collaborations with farmers to build strong conservation
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2015-01-27) Mangan, Anna, author
Agriculture is a leading driver of land use change. Although increased production is necessary to provide food and fiber to more than seven billion people worldwide, the conversion of natural lands to agriculture is associated with habitat loss, increased pesticide use and soil erosion. Habitat loss and degradation has fostered global declines in many bird species, raising concerns as birds provide important and sometimes irreplaceable functional roles in ecosystems. Identifying how to enhance both bird habitat and food security is a priority, yet our understanding of what birds contribute to agroecosystems is relatively poor. Research is needed to advance our understanding of species interactions and identify opportunities to achieve conservation objectives through sustainable agriculture.
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Experiential programs for educators: a case study on coastal policy communication in Cebu, Philippines
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2013-02-13) Knight, David, speaker
Optimizing citizen engagement for coastal policy implementation is an ongoing, ubiquitous challenge for governments around the world. This presentation will describe a recent project in which an experiential learning program for educators was piloted as a coastal policy communication tool in the southern part of Cebu Province, Philippines. The process of program design and implementation allowed over thirty educators to collaborate with local policy makers and fish wardens while learning about salient coastal policy issues in their community. Project outcomes suggest that experiential learning programs for educators could drastically improve the policy communication efforts of local-level governments, leading to an increased awareness of and engagement in community-based coastal resource management among citizens.
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Food sovereignty and home gardens in northern Nicaragua
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2012-03) Boone, Karie, speaker; Unidentified speaker
Central America stands out not only for its great concentration of endemic animal and plant species, but also for its large variety of climates and ecosystems. This biodiversity has historically contributed to rich soils for agricultural production that allow local farmers to create and sustain their livelihoods. However, impacts of climate change are expected to decrease productive capacity of coffee and staple crops that farmers depend on to meet their daily caloric needs. Non-governmental organizations and participatory researchers share concerns about increasing food insecurity in local communities due to the impacts of climate change on coffee growing regions throughout Nicaragua. As a potential strategy to mitigate the projected negative impacts of climate change while affording more farmer control over their food system, home gardens are being promoted by development organizations in this region. This presentation will share preliminary findings from my research on home gardens as a potential food sovereignty strategy. I will ask if farmers are interested in achieving food sovereignty and if home gardens are an effective strategy for doing so. I give an overview of a model for international collaborative conservation, highlighting my encounter with the model's challenges and opportunities in practice.
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Forest Service experiences understanding power and working collaboratively: bridging the theory and practice
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2012-10-09) Williams, Peter, speaker
Power is linked inextricably with collaborative conservation; how you handle those linkages reflects ethics in fundamental ways. These two premises underpin how many in the US Forest Service are approaching collaboration as part of public land management in the US. They also underpin work conducted on behalf of the agency's International Programs efforts in other countries. This talk will explore power and ethics broadly understood and as that understanding applies to Forest Service work to grow collaborative capacity inside and outside the agency.

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