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Effective Collaborative Decision-Making Includes Stakeholder Analysis and Communication

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In collaborative endeavors like community decision making or adaptive management, the identification, recruitment, and engagement of diverse, representative stakeholders are critical to success. Representativeness, transparency, and the comprehensive gathering of diverse perspectives and information are critical to establishing the legitimacy of the process and its outcomes. Well-tested, established tools are described to aid conveners of a collaborative process in promoting stakeholder collaboration. A sequential, iterative process is outlined to provide conveners with a road map for integrating stakeholders in cooperative decision-making.

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Parnell, R.A., Gangwish, A. (2023). Effective Collaborative Decision-Making Includes Stakeholder Analysis and Communication. In: Gosselin, D. (eds) A Practical Guide for Developing Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration Skills . AESS Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37220-9_6

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