The International Joint Commission, Water Levels, and Transboundary Governance in the <scp>G</scp>reat <scp>L</scp>akes

Clamen, Murray; Macfarlane, Daniel

doi:10.1111/ropr.12107

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“…The past three decades have seen a shift from national to regional management of water resources in North America through the decentralization of governance [88,89]. There are now thousands of local, regional and special-purpose governing bodies who have the responsibility to govern some aspect of the regions water resources [90]. In Québec, for example, 40 watershed organizations have been established, each charged with planning and facilitating the implementation of watershed management plans within their own jurisdiction [12].…”

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Exploring the Potential Impact of Serious Games on Social Learning and Stakeholder Collaborations for Transboundary Watershed Management of the St. Lawrence River Basin

Medema

Furber

Adamwoski

et al. 2016

Water

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Abstract:The meaningful participation of stakeholders in decision-making is now widely recognized as a crucial element of effective water resource management, particularly with regards to adapting to climate and environmental change. Social learning is increasingly being cited as an important component of engagement if meaningful participation is to be achieved. The exact definition of social learning is still a matter under debate, but is taken to be a process in which individuals experience a change in understanding that is brought about by social interaction. Social learning has been identified as particularly important in transboundary contexts, where it is necessary to reframe problems from a local to a basin-wide perspective. In this study, social learning is explored in the context of transboundary water resource management in the St. Lawrence River Basin. The overarching goal of this paper is to explore the potential role of serious games to improve social learning in the St. Lawrence River. To achieve this end, a two-pronged approach is followed: (1) Assessing whether social learning is currently occurring and identifying what the barriers to social learning are through interviews with the region's water resource managers; (2) Undertaking a literature review to understand the mechanisms through which serious games enhance social learning to understand which barriers serious games can break down. Interview questions were designed to explore the relevance of social learning in the St. Lawrence River basin context, and to identify the practices currently employed that impact on social learning. While examples of social learning that is occurring have been identified, preliminary results suggest that these examples are exceptions rather than the rule, and that on the whole, social learning is not occurring to its full potential. The literature review of serious games offers an assessment of such collaborative mechanisms in terms of design principles, modes of play, and their potential impact on social learning for transboundary watershed management. Serious game simulations provide new opportunities for multidirectional collaborative processes by bringing diverse stakeholders to the table, providing more equal access to a virtual negotiation or learning space to develop and share knowledge, integrating different knowledge domains, and providing opportunities to test and analyze the outcomes of novel management solutions. This paper concludes with a discussion of how serious games can address specific barriers and weaknesses to social learning in the transboundary watershed context of the St. Lawrence River Basin.

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Section: Research Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Potential Impact of Serious Games on Social Learning and Stakeholder Collaborations for Transboundary Watershed Management of the St. Lawrence River Basin

Medema

Furber

Adamwoski

et al. 2016

Water

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Section: Research Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Water Governance, Stakeholder Engagement, and Sustainable Water Resources Management

2017

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“…border to implement its nonbinding recommendations. As Clamen and Macfarlane () explain in their contribution to this special issue, the IJC has opened up to multistakeholder engagement during the past several decades. Its reports (containing its policy recommendations) reflect broad‐based consensus derived from specialized knowledge among a diversity of commercial stakeholders and scientists within and outside government.…”

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“…In what follows, this special issue continues with two articles providing historical overviews of bilaterial and trilateral organizations governing environmental issues in North America. Mumme's () contribution is a “big picture” view of the scope and evolution of these organizations, whereas Clamen and Macfarlane's () contribution focuses on how the IJC's role has developed over the past century. The next three articles present research on transnational networks and bilateral organizations addressing natural resource governance challenges along North America's national borders.…”

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Bilateral and Trilateral Natural Resource and Biodiversity Governance inNorthAmerica: Organizations, Networks, and Inclusion

Stoett

Temby

2015

Review of Policy Research

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This special issue represents an assessment of international organizations and transboundary networks governing natural resource and biodiversity issues in and among Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The management of natural resources and protection of biodiversity is a highly technocratic process requiring collaboration and information sharing among a diversity of actors to facilitate the development and coordination of policy addressing complex and multisectoral issues. Numerous bilateral and trilateral organizations exist to ostensibly facilitate transboundary governance, yet the scholarly knowledge of their respective roles has many gaps. In this introductory article, we propose a typology of international environmental organizations based on two dimensions: (1) whether their activities center primarily on capacity building or regulation, and (2) the extent to which they exemplify the "bureaucratic" or "post-bureaucratic" model of governance. Using this typology we provide an overview of the special issue's contributions in terms of their assessment of North American bilateral and trilateral environmental organizations and transboundary networks.

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The International Joint Commission, Water Levels, and Transboundary Governance in the Great Lakes

Cited by 16 publications

References 6 publications

Exploring the Potential Impact of Serious Games on Social Learning and Stakeholder Collaborations for Transboundary Watershed Management of the St. Lawrence River Basin

Exploring the Potential Impact of Serious Games on Social Learning and Stakeholder Collaborations for Transboundary Watershed Management of the St. Lawrence River Basin

Water Governance, Stakeholder Engagement, and Sustainable Water Resources Management

Bilateral and Trilateral Natural Resource and Biodiversity Governance inNorthAmerica: Organizations, Networks, and Inclusion

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