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Creating Space, Aligning Motivations, and Building Trust: Key Elements of Stakeholder Engagement in 12 Ecosystem Services Case Studies

Resource description:

Using examples from all twelve of the OPERAs Exemplar case studies, this guidance document puts forth a stakeholder engagement framework comprising three key elements and their respective components, and demonstrates how awareness of key issues and a strategy for addressing them can help build productive researcher-stakeholder relationships.

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  • Both academics and stakeholders can benefit from insights that encourage more successful interactions between them. We suggest that a research design that considers how to create the space in which researchers and stakeholders will meet, aligns motivation

Partners:

  • Adrienne Grêt-Regamey
  • Samantha Scholte 
  • Ariane Walz 

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  • Free, no licence

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  • Concept only

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