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Collaboration between agencies, private groups, and citizens in the field of natural resource management is generally seen as a productive strategy in challenging management situations. Collaborative management is particularly appealing in efforts like farmland preservation, which depend for their success on local initiative and support. However, such partnerships may create new dilemmas about the appropriate use of information in management. This paper analyzes the use of information by 15 county-wide Farmland Preservation task forces in the state of Ohio, U.S.A.
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Korfmacher, K.S., Koontz, T.M. Collaboration, information, and preservation: The role of expertise in farmland preservation task forces. Policy Sciences 36, 213–236 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:OLIC.0000017465.67811.6d
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