Environmental
Environmental ADR
Collaborative problem solving for complex environmental, public-lands, natural-resources, energy, transportation, and land-use disputes.
Environmental Conflict Resolution
Workable Solutions to Shared Problems
The Army recognizes the value of ADR and collaborative problem solving for environmental conflicts, which can involve competing public interests and serious consequences.
The Army collaborated with OMB, the Council on Environmental Quality, and other departments and agencies to develop Basic Principles for Agency Engagement in Environmental Conflict Resolution and Collaborative Problem Solving.
Environmental conflict resolution brings people and organizations with differing views and interests together in a systematic, organized way to find workable solutions to shared environmental problems.
USACE Institute for Water Resources
Conflict-Resolution & Public-Participation Center
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has embraced collaborative approaches to water-resource problems through its Campaign Plan and Civil Works Strategic Plan.
The Institute for Water Resources created the Conflict-resolution & Public-participation Center to help Corps staff anticipate, prevent, and manage water conflicts while addressing public interests in decision making.
Key work includes collaborative process design, conflict assessment and resolution, decision-making methods, collaborative simulation and visualization, and Shared Vision Planning.
U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution
Independent Federal ECR Support
The USIECR was established by the Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998 to assist in resolving federal environmental, natural-resources, and public-land conflicts through facilitated negotiation, mediation, and collaborative problem solving.
Its services include case consultations, mediator referrals, conflict assessment, process design, convening, mediation, facilitation, training, and programmatic support.