8 pages, Effectively communicating with diverse groups involved in environmental management is critical to facilitating successful projects. This five-step communication plan is designed to enable resource managers and extension professionals to successfully engage their stakeholders. This plan, which uses oyster reef management as an example, was informed by two primary sources: an expert meeting with stakeholder leaders and coastal residents and a review of relevant literature. By incorporating stakeholder input throughout the planning and implementation of natural resource management projects, new and innovative ideas emerge, and relationships between stakeholders, managers, and extension agents are strengthened.
17 pages., via online journal., In the face of widespread degradation of natural resources (including
deforestation), and socio-economic disparities, underserved populations
from rural and indigenous spaces of the global south face challenges to
conserve environmental resources. Many of these spaces, such as
sacred-groves, are important to indigenous people and are deeply
intertwined with their identity, worldviews and existence. This research,
embracing principles of critical/cultural environmental communication,
examines how indigenous people of eastern India mobilized collectively
to protect their sacred environmental resources, thus improving
community members’ well-being. Paying attention to engaged
environmental action; critical listening and dialoguing; and local-centric
participation, this research argues that contextually meaningful and
community-led environmental initiatives help motivate and raise
consciousness among future generations as well as among wider
indigenous (and marginalized) populations.
