Catchment Audit Question
Consider what principles stakeholders are appealing to, explicitly or implicitly, when presenting their positions.
- A useful technique to is to ask "why?" three times, as you think into someone's position.
(When we don't take for granted what is usually taken for granted, we tend to expose underlying interests, and then underlying principles that people are appealing to.)
Draw out relevant alternative and complimentary fundamental assumptions about 'what it is reasonable to do'.
- As you do this, develop your own view of what principles it is reasonable to employ when making decisions about management of your catchment.
- Be explicit (probably just briefly) about why the principles you recommend are good principles to guide decision-making in your catchment.
Optional steps: |
| 1. Talk to stakeholders |
| 2. Talk to colleagues |
| 3. Review the principles espoused by organisations |
| 4. Review the principles used in legislation |
- NSW Council Management Plans (using a tailored Google search)
- NSW Council State of the Environment Reports (using a tailored Google search)
- Organisational websites
- Catchment management case studies
- Principled negotiation
An approach to negotiation which shifts the emphasis (1) to interests (what people and groups actually need and value) rather than positions (what they say they want), and (2) principles by which options may legitimately be chosen.
